Impetigore

Unrated

1/26/20201h 46m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Family can get under your skin. ~

Overview:

A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she's unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued them for years.

Director:

Joko Anwar

Status:

Released

Language:

Indonesian

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

cemetery
pregnancy
village
black magic
gore
cult
abandoned house
puppet master
curse
toll booth
folk horror
remote location
heritage

Cast

Tara Basro

~ as ~

Maya / Rahayu

Marissa Anita

~ as ~

Dini

Asmara Abigail

~ as ~

Ratih

Christine Hakim

~ as ~

Misni

Ario Bayu

~ as ~

Saptadi

Faradina Mufti

~ as ~

Shinta

Zidni Hakim

~ as ~

Donowongso

Kiki Narendra

~ as ~

Bambang

Abdurrahman Arif

~ as ~

Nano

Muhammad Abe Baasyin

~ as ~

Suryo

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Reviews (1)

Repo Jack
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
Impetigore is captivating from the get-go. It starts with young Maya toiling away with her best friend Dini while working the night shift at a toll both. In a very creepy and gripping scene, she gets stalked and attacked by a random driver. This leads her to seek out a family house and rural village, taking a very authentic jaunt through local country scenes that are so exotic and realistic to South East Asia (I've been lucky enough to visit many countries in the region) it felt like I was there again.

There is a huge tonal shift halfway through that could be jarring for some viewers, from chatty friends on a road trip to insanely gory and disturbing horror. There is a huge exposition dump at one point towards the end interrupted the narrative flow.

But those are nitpicking points to a thoroughly entertaining romp through the Indonesian hinterlands.