The legend of Mae Nak is a simple story of young love, with a twist. Mak leaves his pregnant wife, Nak, to fight in a war. When he returns, Nak and their new baby are waiting for him, though the local villagers try to warn him that Nak is not what she seems. Eventually, Mak discovers Nak’s corpse buried near their house, and, when he sees her stretch her arm down to the ground, he realises that she is a ghost. Nak insists that her love for her husband means that she cannot rest in peace without him, though a Buddhist monk finally exorcises her spirit.