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Long-Haired Grandmother

1982 · 84 min

A slow, dread-soaked folk horror that unsettles through village superstition and a creeping sense of wrongness rather than shocks.

Directed by
M Sharieffudin A
Genres
Horror
Starring
Farida Pasha, W.D. Mochtar, Muni Cader
Overview
A village is being terrorized by an evil spirit called Kuyang or Nenek Grondong, which especially loves sucking blood from infants and pregnant women. That all coincides with a couple adopting a child that turns on them and becomes vicious and evil.

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Directed by
M Sharieffudin A
Genres
Horror
Starring
Farida Pasha, W.D. Mochtar, Muni Cader
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • death
  • fate
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism4
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
M Sharieffudin A
Starring
Farida Pasha, W.D. Mochtar, Muni Cader, Connie Sutedja, Rully Frans, Sri Gudhi Sintara, Hanna Wijaya, Alicia Djohar
Runtime
84 min
Country
Indonesia
Languages
Indonesian

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