Haunted Universities (2009) User Reviews

Mahalai sayongkwan (2009)

[morrigan1982 · 6/10 · 17 September 2014]

Haunted Universities is a low budget movie from Thailand and as the title says it has to do with ghosts. You will not see great special effects or great makeup job or great acting. For some odd reason though, it works.

It works because the stories are descent and they are connected in a great way. The stories are funny, serious and tragic. All put together in a great result. Only one of the stories I found mediocre, but in overall it is pretty good movie. Good horror movies after all, don't need many special effects – CGI to be great.

I would like to point out one last thing. The second story got me curious, because the background seemed so real. So I tried to search about it and found out that is based in some true events about a university in Thailand that happened in the 6th of October 1976. I think it is this story… From what I found out they are trying to forget the events of that day.

In overall it is a good film, with a very interesting plot, not bad directing and it keeps you till the end. The acting might not be great but it is not bad either. Basically what will keep you is the stories, which are interesting, funny, playful and the one that is based on true events will haunt you.

Overacting slapstick

[gobie2920 · 1/10 · 28 November 2020]

Disclaimer. - I could only bear with the movie for the first 20min. The acting is over the top and there are so many plotholes in the short time I watched.

So boring and slow paced that it was painful to sit through...

[paul_haakonsen · 2/10 · 19 October 2022]

Needless to say that I had never heard about this 2009 Thai horror movie titled "Mahalai Sayongkwan" (aka "Haunted Universities" prior to sitting down to watch it here late in 2022. I stumbled upon the movie by random chance, and seeing it was a Thai horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to give directors Bunjong Sinthanamongkolkul and Sutthiporn Tubtim's movie a chance.

But I have to say that the movie's script and storyline felt incredibly sluggish and amateurish. The events in the narrative were predictable, lacked any scares or shocks, and was just held back by acting performances that didn't come off as being believable or energetic.

The entire movie was permeated by a sense of amateurish horror that was cashing in on every single Asian horror trope out there. And that didn't exactly make for a particularly thrilling or enjoyable movie. And the fact that the movie was totally devoid of anything scary or spooky just didn't help to make this a watchable horror movie.

The acting performances in "Mahalai Sayongkwan" were not convincing, and the dialogue and acting performances felt sluggish and forced. It didn't make for an enjoyable viewing experience, and it wasn't furthering an already tarnished storyline.

If you enjoy Asian horror movies, do yourself a favor and don't waste your time, money or effort on "Mahalai Sayongkwan".

My rating of "Mahalai Sayongkwan" lands on a two out of ten stars.

these universities are really HAUNTED

[Resistance2010 · 8/10 · 23 December 2010]

well i have seen a lot of Asian Horrors actually i started these movies this year and i have seen almost every good rated horror movie. than i came through this one HAUNTED UNIVERSITIES well this movie has 4 different types of horror stories you can say its kinda PHOBIA type.

the good thing about this movie is that they connected these stories on a single spot but the stories are totally different indeed.

i would like to rate this movie like this Horror factor 7/10 direction 8/10 editing 7.5/10 stories 8/10 so over all my rating is 8/10 and i really recommend this one for every horror genre fan...

its a good worth of your time ENJOY,,,