Three is a is a 2000 horror Anthology Film directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Kim Ji-woon (South Korea), Nonzee Nimibutr (Thailand) and Peter Chan (Hong Kong).
It was followed by Three... Extremes, another Asian horror anthology. Because of the latter's success, Three was released internationally as "3 Extremes II'', basically making it a sequel to its own sequel.
Memories
A man goes to a psychiatrist to try to remember what happened the day his wife disappeared from his life. Meanwhile, his wife wakes up and finds herself lying on a deserted road, having no idea how she got there in the first place. She tries to find her way home. At the same time, her husband drives home to their apartment. Separately, they begin to regain their memories of what happened. Directed by Kim Ji-woon (whose credits include A Tale of Two Sisters, The Good, The Bad, The Weird and I Saw the Devil).
- Dead All Along: The wife was murdered by her husband before the film starts. The events that happen in her POV is real; the reason why nobody responds to her is because she is a ghost.
- Fingore - As in severed fingers mysteriously appearing out of nowhere.
- Ghost Amnesia: The wife initially neither remembers her past life or the fact that she is dead. She slowly learns piece by piece what really happened to her.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: The wife is a ghost, having been murdered by her husband after an argument.
- Tomato in the Mirror: The wife is dead since before the film begins.
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia: The man does not clearly remember the event that caused his wife's disappearance, just the fact that it was a tragedy.
The Wheel
A Thai village is terrorized by cursed puppets. Directed by Nonzee Nimibutr.
- Artifact of Doom: The puppets bring a deadly curse to whoever take hold of it.
- Creepy Doll
Going Home
While searching for his missing son, a cop, Wai, finds himself detained by his neighbor Yu, a Chinese physician, in his apartment. Yu has been tending to the body of his dead wife for three years, apparently believing that his wife is still alive and will wake up in a day or two so they can go home together. Directed by Peter Chan.
- Look Both Ways: Yu is suddenly killed when a car hits him as he is running away from the police.
- Mummies at the Dinner Table - A tragic case.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Cheung is able to play with Yu's daughter, a girl his age, even though not only is she a ghost, she is stillborn; her mother died carrying her.
- Real After All - The ending implies that Yu might not have been crazy.
- Together in Death: Yu is reunited with his wife and stillborn daughter after death.
