Somtow Sucharitkul

Writing

Somtow Sucharitkul

Born 1952-12-30

Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul (born December 30, 1952), commonly known as S. P. Somtow, is a Thai-American musical composer and conductor, and a science fiction, fantasy, and horror author writing in English as both Somtow Sucharitkul and S. P. Somtow. He has both Thai and American citizenship. He served as a musical consultant on the Todd Field film Tár.

Acting credits

The Laughing Dead poster
3.3

A busload of travelers and their disgraced priest tour guide, on the hunt for Aztec ruins, decide to stop in a Mexican village on the eve of the Day of the Dead. Unbeknownst to them, a local doctor plans to begin a diabolical ritual intended to bring about Hell on Earth.

The Laughing Dead

1989

Dream! poster
NR

A young girl lives in the mountains of Northern Thailand. When she is tragically orphaned, she sets out on a lone quest for a new home and family. Her journey will take her across Thailand, and bring many adventures.

Dream!

2025

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth poster
10.0

A documentary that explores man's enduring fascination with the vampire legend by examining historical accounts, literary works, and as they are portrayed in film and television.

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth

1996

Splatterfest Exhumed poster
NR

A documentary which covers Splatterfest ’90, the notorious all-night horror festival held at London’s legendary Scala Cinema.

Splatterfest Exhumed

2024

The Maestro: A Symphony of Terror poster
NR

Dr. Arun, genius composer, conductor, and madman, has been fired from every major orchestra in Europe and returns to his native Thailand where he takes a humiliating job teaching a youth ensemble. When his chance to conduct his masterpiece on a world-wide live stream is snatched away by celeb conductor Walter Paisley, he and a pair of child prodigies set up their own orchestra in a ruined mansion and, as the Covid crisis takes over the country, begin luring - and eventually abducting - young musicians to create a musical Eden in the wilderness. But things go horribly wrong.

The Maestro: A Symphony of Terror

2022

Behind the camera

Burial of the Rats poster
3.5

In 19th Century France, a young Bram Stoker is captured by a man-hating, all-female cult of thong bikini wearers. Aided by flesh-eating rats, the warrior women raid the lairs of evil men and punish them. Our hero must decide between his wish to escape the dangerous cult and his love for one of its members.

Burial of the Rats

1995

Amphibious Creature of the Deep poster
3.7

Marine biologist Skylar Shane hires an expat charter boat captain, Jack Bowman, to help her find prehistoric life form samples in the north Sumatran Sea. During the expedition, they run into some of Jack's 'friends', a gang of smugglers headquartered on a fishing platform in the middle of the sea. Tamal, an orphan sold into servitude on the fishing platform by his uncle, a 'Dukun' (sorcerer and master of black magic) shaman, begs Skylar to take him away. She empathizes with the boy, who reminds her of her lost daughter, Rebecca, and is determined to help him, not knowing what lurks beneath the dark inky water, waiting to surface. Ever since Tamal arrived, mysterious things begin to happen, until one by one the smugglers will be killed by the terrifying creature from the deep. In the middle of an eerie, violent storm, the animus inside Tamal grows stronger, calling for the ancient creature of his nightmares...

Amphibious Creature of the Deep

2010

The Laughing Dead poster
3.3

A busload of travelers and their disgraced priest tour guide, on the hunt for Aztec ruins, decide to stop in a Mexican village on the eve of the Day of the Dead. Unbeknownst to them, a local doctor plans to begin a diabolical ritual intended to bring about Hell on Earth.

The Laughing Dead

1989

The Laughing Dead poster
3.3

A busload of travelers and their disgraced priest tour guide, on the hunt for Aztec ruins, decide to stop in a Mexican village on the eve of the Day of the Dead. Unbeknownst to them, a local doctor plans to begin a diabolical ritual intended to bring about Hell on Earth.

The Laughing Dead

1989

The Maestro: A Symphony of Terror poster
NR

Dr. Arun, genius composer, conductor, and madman, has been fired from every major orchestra in Europe and returns to his native Thailand where he takes a humiliating job teaching a youth ensemble. When his chance to conduct his masterpiece on a world-wide live stream is snatched away by celeb conductor Walter Paisley, he and a pair of child prodigies set up their own orchestra in a ruined mansion and, as the Covid crisis takes over the country, begin luring - and eventually abducting - young musicians to create a musical Eden in the wilderness. But things go horribly wrong.

The Maestro: A Symphony of Terror

2022

The Maestro: A Symphony of Terror poster
NR

Dr. Arun, genius composer, conductor, and madman, has been fired from every major orchestra in Europe and returns to his native Thailand where he takes a humiliating job teaching a youth ensemble. When his chance to conduct his masterpiece on a world-wide live stream is snatched away by celeb conductor Walter Paisley, he and a pair of child prodigies set up their own orchestra in a ruined mansion and, as the Covid crisis takes over the country, begin luring - and eventually abducting - young musicians to create a musical Eden in the wilderness. But things go horribly wrong.

The Maestro: A Symphony of Terror

2022

Ill Met by Moonlight poster
7.0

This is a modern adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. The plot remains that of Shakespeare, though somewhat amputated: Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia. She loves Lysander, but her father prefers Demetrius. Helena, meanwhile, adores Demetrius. The young lovers escape to the forest, where Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the Fairies) are quarreling. Oberon's mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking; wacky hijinks ensue.

Ill Met by Moonlight

1994