A total of five horror films which were screened in 2012 made it into the top 10 chart, each attracting over audiences over 200,000 viewers. Indonesian Folklore Horror ‘Impetigore’ is a Compelling Watch (31 Days of Horror Movies You Missed Pt 19/31) Sommerleigh Pollonais, Horror Head Writer This October I decided to watch and review some of those great horror movies (31 to be exact) that I missed on their initial release.

In fact, five of the ten films in the list belong to the horror genre. He found them scary, and yet strangely addictive. Up to the month of June, Indonesia’s top-grossing movie list is dominated by horror films. Thanks to VHS and pirated VCDs, 28 year-old Azzam grew up on horror movies. It is about a game with a specific ritual in some spells using a simple bamboo doll. Jelangkung becomes one of the most popular Indonesian horror urban legend stories. It becomes one of the most-watched Indonesian movies at that time. The goal is to revive a genre that once, for better or worse, ruled Indonesian cinemas. The horror story about Suster Ngesot was even brought in a movie and becomes popular since then.

In the last few years, the duo have produced some wacky and provocative titles such as Pocong Hiu Unleashed (Ghost Shark Unleashed, pocong is a mythical ghost in the form of a white-shrouded ghoul that hops around), Rangsangan Gaib, which has official international title of Corpsegasm, Sebuah Film Karya Setan (A Film by Satan) and more. With their love for campy, low-budget motion pictures, often referred to as B movies, this has not been easy. The Dark Soul is a 2021 Indonesian horror film about a village terrorised by a demon that has been summoned by an evil ceremony. Amer Bersaudara’s brand of extreme and absurd exploitation horror movies has carved it a niche within the landscape of Indonesian cinema, but it remains an uphill battle.Īdmitting that they have “bad taste in movies,” Azzam Fi Rulah and Alzein Putra Merdeka, known as Amer Bersaudara (Amer Brothers), are a young film-making duo trying to find a place in the Indonesian independent cinema scene.

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