Stars: Ario Bayu, Hannah Al Rashid, Adhisty Zara, Muzakki Ramdhan, Ari Irham, Ade Firman Hakim, Sheila Dara Aisha, Tanta Gintin, Miller Khan, Imelda Therinne | Written by Joko Anwar | Directed by Kimo Stamboel
I am slightly ashamed to admit that I haven’t seen many Indonesian horror films at all. It is something I need to rectify soon because I have heard good things about many films. So where better place to start than the new to Shudder movie The Queen of Black Magic.
With a slightly convoluted story, where we see past residents of an orphanage return to discover that someone is holding a grudge and now wants them dead. But it’s a movie that really doesn’t hold back when it comes to many elements of horror. None more so than gore. There’s a lot of it! It never feels over done or too much and it continuously impresses.
I am slightly ashamed to admit that I haven’t seen many Indonesian horror films at all. It is something I need to rectify soon because I have heard good things about many films. So where better place to start than the new to Shudder movie The Queen of Black Magic.
With a slightly convoluted story, where we see past residents of an orphanage return to discover that someone is holding a grudge and now wants them dead. But it’s a movie that really doesn’t hold back when it comes to many elements of horror. None more so than gore. There’s a lot of it! It never feels over done or too much and it continuously impresses.
- 1/25/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
One of the biggest hits in the 80s slate of Indonesian genre films, Lilik Sudjio’s “The Queen of Black Magic” is given a slick, glossy new update for modern audiences. Handled by several of Indonesia’s modern genre masters, as Joko Anwar writes while Kimo Stamboel directs, this new update arrives and is one of the finest efforts of the year.
Traveling out to the country, Hanif (Ario Bayu) and Nadya (Hannah Al Rashid), as well as their kids Sandi (Ari Irham), Haqi (Muzakki Ramdhan) and Dina (Adhisty Zara), decide to visit Mamaan (Ade Firman Hakim) and his wife Siti (Sheila Dara Aisha) who live at an abandoned orphanage together. Reconciling with old friends Anton (Tanta Ginting) and Jefri (Miller Khan), they begin to reminisce about their shared past in the orphanage as they go through a family reunion of sorts, as the former owner is getting sick. As...
Traveling out to the country, Hanif (Ario Bayu) and Nadya (Hannah Al Rashid), as well as their kids Sandi (Ari Irham), Haqi (Muzakki Ramdhan) and Dina (Adhisty Zara), decide to visit Mamaan (Ade Firman Hakim) and his wife Siti (Sheila Dara Aisha) who live at an abandoned orphanage together. Reconciling with old friends Anton (Tanta Ginting) and Jefri (Miller Khan), they begin to reminisce about their shared past in the orphanage as they go through a family reunion of sorts, as the former owner is getting sick. As...
- 12/11/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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