Sick Nurses (2007)

by Mark Murton

Original Thai title: Suay Laak Sai

Directed by: Piraphan Laoyont & Thodsapol Siriwiwat

This review contains a Minor Kitty Carnage Warning for scruffing!

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: In a run-down, suburban Bangkok hospital, a young doctor and seven nurses run a scheme to sell dead bodies on the black market. However, when one of the nurses, Tahwaan (Chol Wachananont), finds out that her boyfriend, the doctor, has been having an affair with another nurse she threatens to call the police. Before she can act, the doctor and the other nurses kill her, intending to make hers the latest body for sale. But the spirit of Tahween returns seeking revenge and uses each of the nurses’ obsessions to torment and ultimately kill them.

Kitty Cameo: One of the nurses, Jo (Dollaros Dachapratumwan), suffers from an eating disorder and prior to the killing of Tahwaan we see her making herself sick and weighing it. She then crosses to where her ginger tabby kitten is licking at something on the floor.

Sick Nurses - ginger tabby kitten on floor

Minor Kitty Carnage Warning! Grabbing the kitty roughly by the scruff of the neck, she tells him, “You cannot eat yet. Do you want to become a fat pig?” She adds, “I’ll keep an eye on your weight for you!” before tossing him aside with a dismissive “Get out of here!”

Sick Nurses - ginger tabby kitten being held by scruff by Jo Dollaros Dachapratumwan

After Tahwaan returns to wreak revenge, Jo finds herself trapped in a room with the vengeful spirit who forces Jo to mutilate herself, resulting in her tongue being severed (and far worse!), at which point the kitten reappears sitting on a table behind Tahwaan.

Sick Nurses - ginger tabby kitten on table beside Tahwaan Chol Wachananont

The kitten jumps down onto the floor.

Sick Nurses - ginger tabby kitten on table beside Tahwaan Chol Wachananont

And approaches the tongue . . .

Sick Nurses - ginger tabby kitten looking at human tongue on floor

. . . before starting to lick at it.

Sick Nurses - ginger tabby kitten licking at human tongue on floor

Final Mewsings: Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “Cat got your tongue?”

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