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Twodysfunctionalcouplesrentamodernluxurydeserthomefortheweekendhopingtosortouttheirmessed-uplives.Justastheyareabouttosettleinforafunnight,aneighbourturnsupattheirfrontdoorsayingshehascartrouble.Andthatswhenthemurderoustroublereallystarts.Becausewithoutknowingit,thefourfriendshavelandedslap-banginthewrongviolentplaceatpreciselythewrongbloodytime.Hopefullyyournervesofsteelwillholdforoneofthemoststylish,atmosphericandterror-filledhomeinvasionhorrorsofthemall.

100yearsago,thesistersYodandYardwerethewivesofPhraWanathep.YardwasaloyalservanttomadamKamlai,hismainwife.ButKhunThepaskedYodtohelphimgethersisterandhewouldrewardher.SoYodknockedheroutandWanatheprapedher.Later,YodtricksYardintogivingpoisontoKamlai,togetridofherandgetYardintrouble,soshecanreadmorehaveKhunThepalltoherself.SoYardunintentionallykillsKamlaiandher2daughters.AlltheservantsfindoutthatYardkilledKamlaisotheyhungher.YodsmotherfindsoutthatshecausedYardsdeathsoshestabbedYodandputacurseonher,ifshewastocausehermothertocryatearagain,shewillneverbeabletogetreborn.KhunThepwasrebornasWitsanu,anaward-winningbiographydirector.WitsanureceivedworkfromaTVshowcalledLaoRuangTeukGao(Tellingthestoryofoldbuildings).Palisayoungarchitectthathoststheshow,andforthisparticularepisodethestoryofPhraWanathep’shomeisbeingtold.ThehomeislocatedintheNangBarb(SinWoman)amphoe/district.Duringfilming,thestaffseessomethingstrange.TheydontknowthattheplaceishauntedbytheghostsofYodandYard.KamlaiwasrebornasanactressandYodwantstoapologizeforhersins.SoYodandYardenduppossessingRuengrinandWisa,causingabsolutechaosfortheteam.

IntheChristmasspecial,it’sChristmasinDarrowby,andHelenandJamesrealisetheyhaven’tagreedonwherethey’respendingChristmasDay.MrsHallisexpectingthematSkeldaleandJennyisexpectingthematHestonGrange,andthepairarereluctanttodisappointeitherofthem.Thesituationraisesbiggerquestionsaboutwhattheirliveswilllooklikeinthefuture.Whenabelovedlocalpetistakenseriouslyill,Siegfriedhastobringitintothepracticeforemergencytreatment.Inthefaceofsuchanemergency,HelenendsupfeelinglikeasparepartattheSkeldaleChristmasparty,butfellowfarmerDaveKitsoncouldendupbeingthesolutiontoHelenfindingherplaceatSkeldale,andthekeytotheanimal’ssurvival.Tristanlearnsthatitmightbetimetotakehimselfmoreseriouslyandrevealssomeimportantnews,whileacardfromJames’sfatheraskinghimtophonethemonChristmasDayleavesJamesontenterhooksaboutwhetherhecanmakeamendswithhisfamily.

16-year-oldYuguo,whohasapassionforEasternEuropeanromanticpoetry,makesapilgrimagefromhishomeinChinatothefoothillsofRomania’sCarpathianMountains.Therearenotmany16-year-oldsinChinathatspendtheirdaysreading19thcenturyEasternEuropeanromanticpoetry,butYuguoisnotlikemost16-year-olds.ThisintimatefilmfollowsYuguo’sownteenageroman...