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Sundel Bolong

1981 · 102 min

A grim, slow-creeping folk horror that lingers on cruelty and grief before unleashing a rotting, righteous ghost.

Directed by: Sisworo Gautama Putra
Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Suzzanna, Rudy Salam, Barry Prima

Overview: A newly-married woman and former prostitute whose husband, a ship's captain, has gone to sea, is pressured into returning to her old profession. When she refuses, she is violently gang-raped and left pregnant and despondent. She kills herself while attempting to abort the fetus but returns as a vengeful Sundel Bolong, a ghost with a putrid, rotting hole in her back. When the rapists and conspirers start turning up dead, her husband and the police try to put a stop to the violence, once and for all.

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Directed by: Sisworo Gautama Putra
Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Suzzanna, Rudy Salam, Barry Prima

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
violence
trauma
betrayal
justice
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	4
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, fantasy, drama
Directed by: Sisworo Gautama Putra
Written by: Darto Joned
Starring: Suzzanna, Rudy Salam, Barry Prima, Ruth Pelupessy, Marlia Hardi, H.I.M. Damsyik, Eddy Hansudi, Rukman Herman
Cinematography: F.E.S. Tarigan
Runtime: 102 min
Country: Indonesia
Languages: Indonesian

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