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The Snake Queen

1982 · 82 min

A slow, eerie folk-horror fable of greed and supernatural retribution, with a dreamlike, campy atmosphere and a brooding sense of doom.

Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Overview
A wealthy businessman gains his fortune through Nyi Blorong, sacrificing his wife and child in return, and later offers his daughter's boyfriend to satisfy her demand for more. His daughter, learning the truth in a dream, seeks help from a cleric to destroy Nyi Blorong.

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Horror, Fantasy
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • family
  • power
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour2
Realism3
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
horror, fantasy
Directed by
Sisworo Gautama Putra
Starring
Suzzanna, Barry Prima, Ratno Timoer, Nena Rosier, George Rudy, Dorman Borisman, Ade Irawan, Ruth Pelupessy
Runtime
82 min
Country
Indonesia
Languages
Indonesian

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