and produced, not being able to reach the popularity of the 1994 lakhon. A Krasue has been also comically featured in a Sylvania light bulb commercial for Thai audiences and in a more recent dietary supplement ad. A rather ugly Krasue also appears in the animated film Nak. Representations of Krasue, often humorous, are very common in Thai comic books.Comic page Since this ghost is a popular subject in some places of Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand, there are even costumes, dolls, keyholders and lamps in Krasue form,in the Siamese war. A Krasue features as the main antagonist of the 2013 horror game Eyes: The Horror Game. This interpretation shows the Krasue as a woman who was abused by her husband to the point of death, being reincarnated as a ghost to enact revenge. The Krasue lurks around an abandoned mansion, where the player acts as the role of a thief, where they must retrieve an allocated amount of money bags (depends on difficulty), before being able to leave. The game's story-line, has some reference to the original folktale story, as the story talks of a "curse", and "flames", which is supposedly trapped in a photo. A Krasue was also featured in the Creepshow episode "Drug Traffic". It appears in the form of a sickly girl named Mai (portrayed by Sarah Jon) who has to keep taking special medication or else her Krasue form will emerge. See also Dullahan Onryō Hungry ghost Leyak Langsuyar Nukekubi Manananggal (Philippine mythology) Penanggalan (Malay culture) Thai folklore Vengeful ghost References Bibliography Chutima Pragatwutisarn (2010) (ชุติมา ประกาศวุฒิสาร), Evil Woman in a Beautiful Body: Femininity and the Crisis of Modernity in Thai Society, Chulalongkorn University Baumann, Benjamin (2013) Tamnan Krasue - Constructing a Khmer Ghost for a Thai Film. in: Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia (14) Baumann, Benjamin (2014) "From Filth-Ghost to Khmer-Witch: Phi Krasue’s Changing Cinematic Construction and its Symbolism", in: Horror Studies'' 5(2), pp. 183–196 Baumann, Benjamin (2016) "The Khmer Witch Project: Demonizing the Khmer by Khmerizing a Demon", in: Bräunlein and Lauser (eds.) Ghost Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond. Leiden: Brill. pp. 141–183 Baumann, Benjamin. 2020. "Thai Monsters. Phi Krasue: Inhuman Kiss (Mogkolsiri, 2019)." In Monsters. A Companion, edited by Simon Bacon, 101-9. Oxford Peter Lang. External links Tamnan Krasue-Constructing a Khmer Ghost for a Thai Film Macula's illustration of (krasue) Southeast Asian culture Thai ghosts Laotian legendary creatures Cambodian legendary creatures