This was such a fun ride!! Yet another Indonesian folk horror, and while the story isn’t anything new (if you’ve seen similar ones, you’ll probably know where it’s going), the execution here is really well done.

Even though it’s a supernatural tale on the surface, there’s an underlying theme about company greed and the way workers are over-controlled with rules but underpaid, and I really appreciated that layer. The mystery itself is super engaging from beginning to end. The lead…

Indonesian horror about a horny demon? I’m in!

Honestly, I got confused at first because there’s The Demon’s Bride and The Devil’s Bride, both directed by Azhar Kinoi. So, I ended up watching both. This one is way more fun. Despite the similar titles, the stories are different. This one’s about a demon disrupting a married couple’s life, while the other is more about a wish-granting demon. From the opening scene, you can already tell this is gonna be a…

A beautifully shot but aggressively basic psychological horror film. There's some genuine tension, haunting score, great use of location, and the lead performance is great as well. You can feel the loneliness that the lead character feels and the language barriers really help induce this feeling of isolation. However, just like any modern paranoia horror film, it feels like a short film content stretched into a feature. The entire film is basically a trope because it feels too familiar that…