
As their families’ finances imploded, the two vowed to kill themselves together, but only Ib followed through. The Promise centers around a suicide pact that two girls named Ib and Boum made during this crisis. Hundreds of thousands of Thais lost their jobs, and formerly robust GDP growth screeched to a halt.


In 1997, Thailand befell the Asian Financial Crisis when its currency (the Thai bhat) collapsed amidst massive speculative attacks. If mixing students with horror isn’t your thing, then how about mixing economics with horror? That’s one way to describe The Promise, a riveting 2017 Thai horror movie whose plot piggybacks on a pivotal moment in Thailand’s recent economic history. Thai title: สยามสแควร์ | Starring: Numthip Jongrachatawiboon, Apichaya Thongkham, Thunyaphat Pattarateerachaicharoen
