Nieng Arp

Nieng Arp Khmer, with an international title of Lady Vampire and also known as Vampire and Bodyless, is a 2004 Cambodian horror film. The film is centered upon Khmer folklore beliefs about Arp or Ap, a mythical popular ghost which is found in Southeast Asia. The film is directed by Kam Chanthy, a khmerborn director who was trained in Thailand. The film has attracted huge attention from khmer audiences and led a new wave of interest in the local film industry, becoming a hit thriller in its release year.

A group of students come to her house, discovering her true identity by unlocking several secrets in the basement under her lonely villa. One by one the students are killed by Ap. However, all of the female students are spared. One male survivor does escape and manages to find a new way to be rid of the evil spirit of Ap and thus save his lover, who happens to be the Aps daughter, from becoming the next Ap.The Khmer film industry is small and new Khmer films often meet a muted response in the mainstream media. One website which did review the film, The Fright, described the film in their article Leaks, Penanggalans and Aps, Oh My positively, stating that it is very much in the throatripping tradition of Mystics in Bali and Demonic Beauty, and the film is all the better for it. The review strongly praised the camera work and lighting. They criticized the low quality of special effects, however, as not able to match expectations when it comes to special effects in modern film production. ........

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