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A Useful Ghost

2025 130 min Thai 18

“Love sucks.”

Worried about her husband being allergic to dust, Nat, a recently-dead woman, returns as a ghost possessing a vacuum cleaner to clean the house.

Cast

50 people

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Director · Chaibovon Seelookwar Composer

Worldwide gross $2.6K · United States release January 16, 2026 · Produced in Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany

Box office

Worldwide gross

$2,620

Production

1

185 Films

Production

H

Haut les Mains

Production

M

Momo Film Co

Production

M

Mayana Films

Production

Thailand · France · Singapore · Germany

Produced in

Languages

Original title

ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ

Original language

Thai

Spoken on screen

English · Thai

Release dates

France · May 17, 2025

Premiere · Cannes Critics' Week

Thailand · August 28, 2025

Theatrical

United States · January 16, 2026

Limited theatrical

United States

September 20, 2025 · Premiere · Fantastic Fest

October 19, 2025 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival

January 2, 2026 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival

Australia

August 18, 2025 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival

September 13, 2025 · Premiere · Darwin International Film Festival

October 17, 2025 · Premiere · SXSW Sydney

October 19, 2025 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival

November 29, 2025 · Premiere · Brisbane International Film Festival

February 24, 2026 · Premiere · Mardi Gras Film Festival

Austria

October 20, 2025 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival

June 5, 2026 · Theatrical

Belgium

March 29, 2026 · Premiere · Offscreen Festival

Brazil

October 2, 2025 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

January 8, 2026 · Theatrical

Canada

September 4, 2025 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival

October 2, 2025 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival

March 13, 2026 · Premiere · International Film Festival of Ottawa

France

August 27, 2025 · Theatrical

November 4, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Festival

Germany

September 27, 2025 · Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg

March 26, 2026 · Theatrical

October 20, 2026 · Premiere · Pornfilmfestival Berlin

Greece

October 8, 2025 · Premiere · Athens International Film Festival

April 16, 2026 · Theatrical

Hong Kong SAR China

November 7, 2025 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival

Indonesia

September 28, 2025 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema

December 3, 2025 · Premiere · Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

February 13, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Special Screening

February 17, 2026 · Digital · KlikFilm

Ireland

July 24, 2026 · Digital · Mubi

Japan

July 3, 2026 · Theatrical

Mexico

January 29, 2026 · Theatrical

Netherlands

February 1, 2026 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam

May 7, 2026 · Theatrical

Philippines

November 14, 2025 · Premiere · QCinema International Film Festival

Poland

October 13, 2025 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival

Romania

June 14, 2026 · Premiere · Transilvania International Film Festival

Singapore

December 6, 2025 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival

South Korea

September 20, 2025 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival

Spain

October 13, 2025 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival

Sweden

January 26, 2026 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival

Switzerland

January 16, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Black Movie

Taiwan

October 11, 2025 · Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Festival

November 21, 2025 · Theatrical

Thailand

August 26, 2025 · Premiere · Bangkok

October 2, 2025 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival

Ukraine

October 28, 2025 · Premiere · Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival

United Kingdom

July 24, 2026 · Digital · Mubi

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