Netflix drama Delete: Thai mystery thriller series by Shutter director promises further intrigues in tale of love, hate and infidelity
- Shutter director Parkpoom Wongpoom’s series tells a story of infidelity, controlling partners and a strange, phone-like device that can ‘delete’ people
- Unhappily married Lilly (Sarika Sartsilpsupa) innocently ‘deletes’ a teenage girl, then hangs on to the device, tempted by its ability to remove people
A phone with the power to make people disappear is the inciting force in Delete, a new mystery thriller series from Parkpoom Wongpoom, the creative force behind acclaimed Thai genre offerings including Phobia and Homestay.
A notable cast including Nat Kitcharit and Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying are among the troubled individuals tempted by the idea of “deleting” people from their lives.
The show opens with a distraught teenage girl approaching Lilly (Sarika Sartsilpsupa) in a supermarket, and asking her to take her photograph using a strange, phone-like device.
Upon doing so, the girl disappears in a blaze of white light. Lilly lets the device fall to the floor, but we learn later she has in fact taken it with her.
Jumping back to a week earlier, we discover that Lilly is unhappily married to Too (Natara Nopparatayapon), the wealthy but cold-hearted owner of a vast rural estate.