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uspiria · 5 months

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Satan’s Slave (1982) dir. Sisworo Gautama Putra

#satan's slave #pengadbi seten #sisworo gautama putra #horrorstills #horroredit #1980s #horror #indonesian cinema #caps #*#*satansslave

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dailyworldcinema · 1 year

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BEFORE, NOW & THEN / NANA (2022) dir. Kamila Andini

#before now & then #indonesia #2020s #indonesian cinema #happy salma #women directors #by kraina #filmedit #worldcinemaedit #perioddramaedit #weloveperioddrama #onlyperioddramas #periodedits #filmgifs #userfilm #userrobin #userriah #usertom #underbetelgeuse

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ueberdemnebelmeer · 2 months

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NANA / BEFORE, NOW & THEN 2022 | dir. Kamila Andini

#nana 2022 #before now & then #dailyworldcinema #dailyflicks #asiancentral #userfilm #moviegifs #fyeahmovies #indonesian cinema #kamila andini #happy salma #laura basuki #arswendy bening swara #filmedit #movies #*gif #*

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boardsdonthitback · 1 month

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Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim - The Raid (2011 / 2024 4K Remaster)

#joe taslim #yayan ruhian #the raid #the raid movie #the raid redemption #serbuan maut #mad dog #gareth evans #indonesian cinema #indonesian action #action cinema #action choreography #throwing hands

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aprilblossomgirl · 7 months

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Gadis Kretek / Cigarette Girl (2023)

Dir. Kamila Andini, Ifa Isfansyah

#gadis kretek #cigarette girl #dian sastrowardoyo #indonesian cinema #southeast asian cinema #filmedit #movieedit #filmgifs #moviegifs #*gifs #april.gifs #(yes finally decided on my gifs' tag)#*i can't wait for this.#tw: cigarettes #tw: smoking

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maggiecheungs · 1 year

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After the Curfew / Lewat Djam Malam (1954) dir. Usmar Ismail

#after the curfew #indonesian cinema #worldcinemaedit #romancegifs #asiandramasource #usmar ismail #a.n. alcaff #netty herawaty #southeast asian cinema #indonesian movie #Lewat Djam Malam #Netty Herawati #ellisgifs #queue

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everydaym0nstrosity · 4 months

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Pengabdi Setan AKA Satan's Slave (1980), Directed by Sisworo Gautama Putra.

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celluloidrainbow · 2 years

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KUCUMBU TUBUH INDAHKU (2018) dir. Garin Nugroho In a village in Java, Juno, a pre-teen abandoned by his father, joins a Lengger ( a traditional Javanese dance) centre where men assume feminine appearances but the political and social upheaval in Indonesia forces him on the road, meeting remarkable people on his journey. Loosely based on real life dancer Rianto. (link in title)

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i-just-want-to-destroy · 2 years

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Iko Uwais in The Night Comes for Us (2018)

#the night comes for us #tncfu #iko uwais #timo tjahjanto #gore #blood #violence #film #my shit #indonesian cinema #cintai produk lokal. dsb

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neonrebels · 1 year

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Yuni (2021) Dir. Kamila Andini

#yuni #movies #film #arawinda kirana #dailyworldcinema #indonesian cinema

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uspiria · 3 months

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Mystics in Bali (1981) dir. H. Tjut Djalil

#mystics in bali #h tjut djalil #horrorstills #horroredit #1980s #horror #indonesian cinema #caps #*#*mysticsinbali

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dailyworldcinema · 2 years

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MAY THE DEVIL TAKE YOU / SEBELUM IBLIS MENJEMPUT (2018) dir. Timo Tjahjanto

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roskirambles · 7 months

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Horror Movie of the Day: Satan’s Slave (Pengabdi Setan, 1980)

When it comes to religious horror, films inspired by Islam are hard to come by. So when Sisworo Gautama Putra took on the challenge to try and do it, the end result was always guaranteed to be noteworthy in some way.

Inspired by Phantasm (1979), the plot follows a Muslim family who are grieving the death of the mother. Being a fairly secular and lax with their faith, however, they don’t properly pray for the funeral rites and the son is soon visited by her ghost. Thus, as a new maid called Darminah joins the family and they find solutions to their grief in the worldly ways, their lives spiral out of control against the supernatural phenomena of kuntilanak (an Indonesian demonic entity, courtesy of cultural syncretism).

To reinforce the value of a certain religion is an inherent part of the subgenre for sure. However, that ends up awkwardly heavy handed here, lacking nuance or applicability elsewhere and coming across as a preachy “be a good Muslim or the spooky ghosts will haunt you”. This is a result of the family dynamic being quite underbaked and the causal connection of the events not being strong enough to bring a meaningful conflict out of it's setup. Then there's the visuals. At their best? The supernatural entities look effectively creepy and otherworldly thanks to the right framing. Their worst? They look like cheap Halloween party costumes, ||Darminah’s|| demonic appearance being particularly on the comical side.

The issues here might be the film having its wings clipped by national policies, though, as it was created under the regime of president Suharto (which meant there was some heavy guidleines about it's depiction of morals). Otherwise, it be hard to explain those brushes of ingenuity when the film does manage to get under your skin in spite of it's clearly limited budget.

It's such a mixed bag, but it's great that it exists since it inspired greater things.