‘A Useful Ghost’ – Thailand Selects Cineverse’s Supernatural Dark Comedy As Oscar Entry • Living-Dead

Thailand has selected supernatural dark comedy A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka) as its submission for the international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards, Variety reports today. Bloody Disgusting’s parent company, Cineverse, recently acquired A Useful Ghost, which won Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize, and will release the film theatrically in early […]

Thailand has selected supernatural dark comedy A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka) as its submission for the international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards, Variety reports today.

Bloody Disgusting’s parent company, Cineverse, recently acquired A Useful Ghost, which won Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize, and will release the film theatrically in early 2026.

Writer/Director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke makes his feature debut on the international co-production between Thailand, France, Singapore, and Germany.

The film follows March as he is mourning his wife, Nat, who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing the vacuum cleaner. Being disturbed by a ghost that appeared after a worker’s death shut down their factory, his family rejects the unconventional human-ghost relationship.

Trying to convince them of their love, Nat offers to cleanse the factory. To become a useful ghost, she must first get rid of the useless ones.

Davika Hoorne (Pee Mak) and Witsarut Himmarat star with Apasiri Nitibhon, Wanlop Rungkumjad