‘The Stranded’ is the first Thai Netflix Original. The web series garnered worldwide praise. It is no news that Netflix is investing a hell lot of money in foreign language web series. Series like Sacred Games based in India, Dark based in Germany and Narcos Mexico based in Mexico are some prime examples. Netflix now leads the market share when it comes to OTT platforms.
‘The Stranded’ is a mixture of horror and sci-fi. People that are into watching such genres should definitely give it a go. As thrilling as it sounds, Sophon Sakdaphist, who is the screenwriter for the Horror movie “Shutter” is one of the producers for The Stranded. He is also known for other horror flicks such as “Laddaland” and “The Promise”
The plot of this Thai web series revolves around 37 rich school students that get trapped on a peculiar island when the world is hit by Tsunami. Upon being ‘stranded’ and isolated in the middle of Andaman Sean, they start observing a chain of unusual events.
The students are soon hit by reality and come to terms with the fact that no one is going to come and rescue them and they realise that they can only save themselves and start finding ways to survive and getting off the mysterious island.
The Stranded features a star-heavy cast, featuring a handful of Thailand’s most popular faces in the show-biz industry.
The cast includes Sinjai Plengpanich, Sarunyoo, Hattaya Wongkrachang, Winai Kraibutr, Beam-Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote, Pat-Chayanit Chansangavej, Jack-Kittisak Patomburana, March-Chutavuth Pattarakampol, and Oab-Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang.
The first season of the show was viewed lightly; it holds a rating of 6.3/10 at IMDB which is not that great when it comes to web/TV series. So the chances of a second season seem bleak at the moment. However, we keep our fingers crossed.