{"id":956178,"date":"2026-11-07T17:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/956178\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T17:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T17:54:16","slug":"davika-hoorne-to-return-for-inherit-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/956178\/","title":{"rendered":"Davika Hoorne to Return for ‘Inherit’ Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBanjong Pisanthanakun<\/a>, the Thai director of horror hits \u201cShutter\u201d and \u201cPee Mak,\u201d tells Variety his new psychological horror film \u201cInherit<\/a>\u201d will get a sequel, with star Davika Hoorne<\/a> set to return.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cInherit,\u201d a Centrepiece selection at the Toronto Film Festival, where it world premiered in September, is closing the Jakarta World Cinema<\/a> festival. <\/p>\n

\n\tPisanthanakun and Hoorne first worked together on 2013 horror-comedy \u201cPee Mak,\u201d Thailand\u2019s biggest local box office hit of all time.<\/p>\n

\n\tHoorne plays Woranart, a youthful-looking grandmother who moves in with her granddaughter\u2019s wealthy family. The family soon discovers she harbors a centuries-old centipede spirit with sinister designs on the youngest in the household, Oui (Baipor Thitiya Jirapornsilp).<\/p>\n

\n\tHoorne was Pisanthanakun\u2019s first choice for the immortal grandmother.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe character has to be sexy, beautiful, and funny at the same time. I think of her as a fashion icon, too,\u201d Pisanthanakun tells Variety. \u201cThe first image that I have was her wearing a bikini and sunbathing beside the pool, which is very modern. She talks like this [era\u2019s] woman, talking to ChatGPT. She\u2019s a very adaptable girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOn set, Pisanthanakun advised Hoorne to study Catherine Tramell, Sharon Stone\u2019s character in \u201cBasic Instinct,\u201d and Anthony Hopkins\u2019 Hannibal Lecter in \u201cThe Silence of the Lambs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHoorne also starred in \u201cA Useful Ghost,\u201d the satirical Thai comedy-thriller that took Cannes\u2019 Critics\u2019 Week Grand Prix in 2025. She regards that film and \u201cInherit\u201d as her return to cinema.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFor movie, I carefully choose the project that I want to do,\u201d Hoorne says. \u201cOne project takes around one year of working, so I really have to choose the one I\u2019m gonna live with for such a long time to bring up my soul as an actress. So, trust me, watch it, I pick for you guys already.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPisanthanakun says that 20 years ago, horror was all about the concept \u2013 ghosts in photos or on videotapes \u2013 with filmmakers competing over where to make the ghost appear.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cActually, after \u2018Shutter\u2019 and \u2018Alone,\u2019 there came a time when I really got bored of making horror films; even going to the cinema to watch horror films made me fall asleep right away,\u201d the director says. \u201cAfter films like \u2018Hereditary\u2019 and \u2018It Follows\u2019 came out, I felt like there were still other new, refreshing ways to make horror films. The modern horror, especially from the Hollywood side, is now very creative. I think it\u2019s the only genre that still has something creative coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHis film \u201cThe Medium\u201d was produced by Korean director Na Hong-Jin.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen I made this project with him, he shared his opinion on how the international market would react all the time. I just made this film [the way I normally do]. But he\u2019s gonna give his opinion on how the international audience would perceive it,\u201d Pisanthanakun says. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI want the concepts and the story to be as solid as possible, and I want the atmosphere to be everything. It has to be very unique, and everything has to be like authentic,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn AI, he says: \u201cI think it\u2019s inevitable in the system, but I think people can use it as long as it\u2019s not violating other people\u2019s rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Thai film industry right now is not so good \u2013 that\u2019s the real pressure because I want this movie to bring Thai audiences back to the cinema,\u201d Pisanthanakun says. \u201cInherit\u201d opens across Thailand Nov. 19.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe adds that public funding for Thai film production is neither robust nor consistent, and only goes to horror.<\/p>\n

\n\tHoorne has moved into producing girls\u2019 love (GL) titles, a genre of romance stories between women that is popular in Thailand.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be better if we have funding from the other help of the government; that help is the independent themes that can go internationally,\u201d Hoorne says. \u201cWhen I\u2019m producing a movie or series, it is very hard to find the funding, and it is really hard for Thai films to recruit people for different genres. Because you have to draw people into the cinema, drama or comedy, something that looks small, people tend to wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHoorne has also directed a family short film, \u201cSoap Opera,\u201d which recently wrapped, and will focus on TV series in 2027. Pisanthanakun is leading a Thai-Korean horror co-production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Banjong Pisanthanakun, the Thai director of horror hits \u201cShutter\u201d and \u201cPee Mak,\u201d tells Variety his new psychological horror…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,523373,523374,134,351507,522872,344],"class_list":["post-956178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-banjong-pisanthanakun","tag-davika-hoorne","tag-entertainment","tag-inherit","tag-jakarta-world-cinema","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}