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The Ghost of Mount Kawi

2017 · 80 min

A slow-building Indonesian horror that mixes family drama with eerie supernatural dread, unsettling but not overly graphic.

Directed by
Nayato Fio Nuala
Genres
Horror
Starring
Maxime Bouttier, Roro Fitria, Jordi Onsu
Overview
Dika concerns on Drajat (46), his father, who behaves strangely and terrifyingly. Bella (20), Dika’s cousin, who helps oversee Drajat, nearly be killed because she is assumed have been long dead. Drajat’s oddities began when his cigarette factory went bankrupt. When Dika accidentally discovers the photographs of Drajat with a grandfather at Mount Kawi. Other evidences ensure Drajat’s engagement with pesugihan (enriching mantra) practice based in Mount Kawi. After discussions with Bella, Dika decides to look for clues to Mount Kawi. Dika bring friends to Mount Kawi for Mbah Kawi. Having never been to Mount Kawi, they invite the school security guard, Jono Kawat, who claimed to have worked selling tuyul (small) crackers at Mount Kawi.

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Free in the UK
  • Tubi TV
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Nayato Fio Nuala
Genres
Horror
Starring
Maxime Bouttier, Roro Fitria, Jordi Onsu
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour2
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
80 min
Country
Indonesia
Languages
Indonesian

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