Impetigore (2019)

Indonesia, South Korea, United States of America

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Ivanhoe Pictures, Rapi Films, CJ Entertainment, BASE Entertainment, Lo-Fi Flick

Tara Basro, Ario Bayu, Marissa Anita, Christine Hakim, Asmara Abigail, Kiki Narendra

Joko Anwar

Joko Anwar

Taglines: Family can get under your skin.

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

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.

Reviews:

Author: repojack
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.