In the 1960's a cop and his new bride return home to investigate a series of murders of people every 30th of the month. Victimes are left with a large whole in their back and crime scralled across their forheads. The federal authorities aren't certain what is behind and partly fear there maybe a coup in the works. They want a solution and they want their officer to get his father, an important figure out out of the village.
This is an uneasy mix of supernatural horror and a thriller like SEVEN. It's a film full of jump scares and practical effects. It's a film of great moments a bit of confusion in the plotting.
I think the confusion for me is that the plot is tied into events that happened in Indonesia in the 60's. While I have a vague idea of the history of the country, I was not fully aware of the levels of authority, the police, the military and their battles, nor was I aware of the political situation and fears of coups and rebellion. I think not fulling understanding took some of the edge off.
At the same time this film has some truly kick ass moments. The demon in the mirrorr is freaky and some of the jump scares got me. The truth of the matter is that while I may not love it, because I didn't fully connect, I trully think this is one of the better horror films I've seen in the last few years because it has a series of great set pieces, any one of which would make this work seeing, but there are several which makes this even more a must see for the horror fan.
You'll forgive for leaving my discussion there, but I don't want to spoil the good stuff here. I do have more to say, but it would reveal somethings, such as scares, that would diminish the fun.
If you like horror films- see this film.
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