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Cambodia in Movies | Mad God (2022)

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Phil Tippett's experimental stop-motion horror film Mad God is visually disturbing and magically captivating at the same time. Simon Abrams writes in his review on RogerEbert.com that "Tippett’s overwhelming descent into his own id also inevitably reveals itself to be about its own miraculous creation. Beautiful and disgusting, mean and awe-inspiring, 'Mad God' looks like multiple people died to make it exactly as you see it." In a final scene of flashing images, representing the rise and fall of a newly created world, our planet Earth, we see mankind's triumphs next to the horrors it did unleash. One of these... read more →

Expedition X searches for Cambodia’s Jungle Monster | Cambodia on TV

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On their second Expedition X episode the TV hosts travel to Kulen Mountain near Siem Reap in search for 'Cambodia’s Jungle Monster'. Originally aired in 2020 on Discovery Channel, a team of explorers consisting of Phil Torres, Jessica Chobot and host Josh Gates, travel to the tropical jungles of the Kulen mountain range in search for any proof or sightings of the supposed existence of 'Tek Tek', known in North America as 'Bigfoot'. The surge of human activity surrounding the discovery of an ancient city sends Phil Torres and Jessica Chobot deep in the Cambodian jungle to search for a... read more →

Shot in Cambodia | Monsters of Man (2020)

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After a final pitch on Indiegogo the sci-fi, action-thriller 'Monsters of Man' was released in December 2020. Australian director Mark Toia made use of the Kulen jungle scenery and the impressive Poeng Ta Kho cliff in the Dangrek Mountain range, just 50km north of Siem Reap, for many of the shots during principal photography in 2016. Some temples of the Angkor Park, a cave system in Kampot province and grimy city scenes in Phnom Penh can also be seen in the movie. While the film itself might just be average action-fare, locals, expats & future visitors to Cambodia will surely... read more →

Cambodia in Gaming | Eternal Darkness: Horror Adventure set in Angkor

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In the 2002 released horror-adventure game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem for the Gamecube one of the four locations includes the ancient city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia. Esteemed video game creator/luminary Shigeru Miyamoto acted as a producer on this title. Many artistic elements of the ancient Khmer temples adorn wall textures and objects in this part of the game, although they are often used with significant artistic license and combined with other magical symbols, spells and cultures of the region. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem has a Metascore of 92 and is therefore a must-play classic on the Gamecube. "Eternal Darkness can... read more →