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Good friends Iwan (Adhin Abdul Hakim), Amir (Winner Wijaya), Wati (Anastasia Herzigova), Ani (Anggi Waluyo) and Budi (played alternately by Ibrahim Allami and Haydar Salishz) take a trip to a cabin in the woods to party - a party that comes to an abrupt end when Budi ends up dead. - which is worrying of course, but the whole set-up, also including the creepy caretaker (Ernanta Kusuma) of the place, just sounds too much like a horror movie cliché, which is why Amir, the nerd of the group, soon figures they actually are in a horror movie. And when Budi shows up alive (but not for long the very next day, Amir also figures they're not just in a horror movie but in an early draft of the script. And then zombies attack, zombies that are sometimes running and sometimes just stumbling, as the writer apparently isn't sure yet - which gives our heroes plenty of time to prepare for the onslaught, because as long as the writer's not ready, they have the advantage over whatever might happen - but what if the writer finally makes up his mind?

So ok, there have been many self-a´ware horror movies over the years, with Scream and Cabin in the Woods beng the most popular (but by no means the only or earliest) examples - and yet, The Draft feels very fresh in its approach, as it's more than just self-aware but also mocks genre tropes and pokes (justified) fun at the writing process - and the result is something that still works as a horror movie but at the same time, making the most of an on paper rather bland story - and ultimately a very fun genre ride.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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