Primbon

We all have legends of going into the woods, and bring replaced by something not human... I would have loved to have more details about the myths about that added to this film, being not familiar with the culture. Like what kind of spirits troubled this family?

I did like the fact the family drama did bring out the characters really well.

Appart from that I thought it was beautifully shot, the location was gorgeous, and the acting was really good, with some really nice creepy moments. I enjoyed the overall storyline and had a lot of fun watching it.

Supernatural horror is my favourite kind of horror.

Horror Indonesian movies in these past years have become significantly better with its new releases. Although the quality of each movie varies from the generic jumpscare-filled movies to actual neatly-executed movies, the general improvement of the quality is quite impressive. But this movie, is something else.

Initially, the storyline had some sort of structure. But over time, the movie just progressed to the worse. All of the characters have no prominent personality which failed the audience, not even the main characters have that. They also have nearly no character development, so for the most part, the dialogues felt a bit forced. Even those who can actually act were not saved in this movie.

The story itself which was initially promising was all over the place. By the lack of the character developments and the lack of characters' chemistry towards each other, it just made the storyline didn't go as smooth as other movies. The detaiIs of the movie were also not given out nicely. It really did start off promising, but the execution was done poorly.

At least, the background of the movie was quite spot-on especially for those who were brought up from Javanese culture. But other than that, there was really nothing good about this movie.

To be honest, I don't remember the last time I watched a movie this bad. I don't even remember the last time I rated a movie 1/10 stars. But it really is that bad. Please don't waste your time watching this.

What is the overarching moral lesson derived from the narrative? Are we to place our trust in Primbon? Favoring superstition over medical consultation? Should we abstain from venturing into the mountains on purportedly "cursed days"?

Despite the inclusion of renowned famous actors and visually stunning locations, the film is hampered by bad and deficiency of a compelling storyline. The narrative, intended to elicit a sense of trepidation, stumbles in its execution, rendering the purported fright factor ineffectual and contributing to an overall experience that is marked by an unanticipated awkwardness and lackluster quality. While it endeavors to instill a sense of fear, the execution ultimately falls short, resulting in a rather lackluster and awkward ending scenes.

The movie's start was like any other horror movie I have watched so I wasn't expecting to be as bad as it was. The movie stayed pretty chill and horror at the start but I was already think at this point that there should have been a horror scene but I didn't think much of it. Then after a long wait, Finally the music started to get tense so I was fully expecting a very horror scene but then it was just a Jumpscare and it wasn't horror at all as the girl had a normal face with no blood or scratches and stuff. I stared to get mad at this point as nothing too horror had happened yet. The whole movie went like this with absolutely almost any horror scenes and I think that it should not be put In a horror category but rather an emotional category as it that would suit it much better. So overall it is like a 0.1/10 but I can't rate that low, I would recommend not to waste 1 hour 30 minutes of your life on this movie, your time is much more precious.

For your information, Primbon is something that kinda like Fengshui in China. It is a Javanese system of astrology and divination that uses "weton" calculations (based on the day of birth and the market day) to predict and anticipate events in a person's life.

The story revolved around the conflict from elderly who still believe in it and the one who doesn't wanna believe in it but can't believe what just happened.

This movie doesn't have the jumpscare, nor the "sexy-looking girls" that usually exist in casual Indonesian horrors.

The cast were also good, the accent is kinda perfect (not like that the one that "forced" to read Javanese language).

But if you're looking for usual horror with lots of jumpscare, this is not for you.