A Thai production house is releasing a horror flick next month featuring Bangkok’s famous, spooky abandoned building, nicknamed the “Ghost Tower.”
The building is notable among foreigners and Thais alike. Foreigners, especially, love to sneak in and take bucket list vacation pictures or even perform tricks in the dangerous, crumbling building, like these famous parkour dudes who made a viral video inside and were later prosecuted for their antics since trespassing is a punishable offense.
The 49-story building, a project started in 1990 and whose official name is Sathorn Unique Tower, was supposed to be a symbol of class and culture in downtown Bangkok but when the 1997 financial crisis hit, the tower, 80 percent complete, was left as a derelict structure and went on to be marred by graffiti, debris, and more than a few haunted rumors.
The hanged body of a Swedish man was found there in December of 2014 on the 43rd floor.
READ: Scary skyscraper: Bangkok’s ‘haunted’ Ghost Tower
Now “The Promise,” slated for a Sept. 7 release and directed by Sophon Sakdaphisit, is the latest pop culture reference to a scary, mysterious building that has become known all over the world.
The plot of the film is two unhappy girlhood best friends that promise to kill themselves in the abandoned building. Only one of them is successful. The other survives her attempted suicide and goes on to have a good life.
Two decades later, the unlucky friend returns to be sure that both their lives end in the spooky tower.
Here is our own video about the famous, freaky building:
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