Don’t Come Home – Review | Netflix

DON’T COME HOME on Netflix is a new horror thriller series from Thailand (org. title: Ya Klap Ban). A mind-bending story told across time. With just six episodes, it’s a fairly quick watch. Read our Don’t Come Home series review here!

DON’T COME HOME is a new Netflix series with just six 45-minute episodes. It’s a genre hybrid where episode 1 feels like a straight-up horror movie comparable to The Conjuring (but with classic Thai twists).

However, as it evolves, it moves from horror into something more. Oh, it’s still horror all right, but thriller, crime, and mystery also become plot drivers in this mind-bender of a plot. The original Thai title is Ya Klap Ban.

Continue reading our Don’t Come Home series review below. Find it on Netflix from October 31, 2024.

An order or a warning?

The title of Don’t Come Home seems ominous in itself, but is it meant as an order or a warning? Whatever the case, Varee does return to her childhood home, when running from her abuser, and everything goes wrong from there.

Except the nature of this mind-bending story means that “from there” isn’t quite as chronological as I just made it sound.

Part of the story plays out in 1992, so there are characters who exist across time and come to interact in ways they probably shouldn’t. To avoid spoilers, that’s all I’ll say about that.

I will, however, say that paranormal incidents and the disappearance of a little girl are at the very core of Don’t Come Home.

The brutal ending of Don’t Come Home

This isn’t a Don’t Come Home ending explained or a spoiler revealing details of the ending. Instead, I want to warn you that the ending of Don’t Come Home is brutal in a heartwrenching way.

Also, it’s a really good ending. One that combines all storylines, so the bits and pieces you’ve picked up along the previous five episodes are explained in episode 6.

I think genre fans will enjoy this Thai Netflix series as it offers a story that utilizes all the strengths of its genres. From horror to thriller, crime, and mystery. Also, it truly is a gorgeous mind-bender!

Watch Don’t Come Home on Netflix now!

Woottidanai Intarakaset is the director of the new Netflix miniseries and also wrote it in collaboration with Aummaraporn Phandintong. Unless you’re Thai, you may not know the actors in this series, but you should be very pleased with their performances.

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The new Thai Netflix series (org. title: Ya Klap Ban) should appeal to global audiences. The pace is good, the story is character-driven, and it has just six episodes, so it doesn’t drag on unnecessarily. Be sure to check it out on Netflix.

Don’t Come Home is on Netflix globally on October 31, 2024.

Details

Director: Woottidanai Intarakaset
Writers: Woottidanai Intarakaset & Aummaraporn Phandintong
Cast: Woranuch BhiromBhakdi, Pitchapa Phanthumchinda, Cindy Sirinya Bishop, Ploypaphas Fonkaewsiwaporn, Pariit Thimthong, Thiraphat Sajakul, Partith Pistikhul, Sahatchai ‘Stop’ Chumrum, Nuttanan Kunnawat