Nieng Arp
2004 film
Nieng Arp (Khmer: អាប), with an international title of Lady Vampire and also known as Vampire and Bodyless, is a 2004 Cambodian horror film. The film is based on Khmer folklore beliefs about Ahp or Ap, a mythical demon which is found in Southeast Asia. The film is directed by Kam Chanthy, a Cambodian-born director who was trained in Thailand.
Plot
In the middle of a long night, a young woman and her boyfriend are confronted by a group of gangsters on their way home. The girl is violently raped and her lover is killed by gangsters. While unconsciousness she is possessed by an old witch, immediately making her part of the next generation of Ahp ghosts. After becoming an Ahp, she takes vengeance on the gang that raped her.
16 years later, a group of students on a field trip to Battambang arrive at the van and pray to a battabang guardian. Then they see a group of people looking at a corpse. They find a house whose owner is the Ahp.
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