Tha Rae: The Exorcist
New York Asian Film Festival 2026
July 10 - 23
A demon returns to Thailand’s oldest and largest Catholic community, takes hold of a former priest, and forces Church exorcism and Isan folk ritual into one terrifying confrontation.
Screening + Q&A
with James Jirayu Tangsrisuk
Tuesday, July 14
Showtimes
Tue, July 14
Screening + Q&A
with James Jirayu Tangsrisuk
Tuesday, July 14
In Tha Rae, Thailand’s oldest and largest Catholic community, an old demon has unfinished business. The first sign is Grandpa Ming. A former priest, the old man begins to transform in ways no one can explain or ignore, as if the evil defeated 40 years earlier had found its way back through him. The village turns to Sopha, a local spirit healer versed in Isan folk ritual, while the Church sends Father Paolo (James Jirayu Tangsrisuk), a young priest facing the exorcism of his life. Then Ming’s daughter Malee comes home and becomes the demon’s next prey. Catholic rite and Isan folk ritual answer the same terror from opposite sides. With this forced alliance at its center, Taweewat Wantha, director of the Death Whisperer films, gives this Thai possession horror dark roots in the haunted ground of Tha Rae itself.
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