Kuntilanak Penunggu Terowongan Casablanca

Indonesia 200?
produced by
Jimmy Jimmy, Deny Pusung (supervising), Uli Herman (executive) for Creative Films
directed by Joe Sandjaya
starring Ade Pitri, Krisno Bossa, Hendra Cipta, Valdo, Anton Sami'at
written by Jimmy S. Johansyah, music by Danny Gambiro, theme song by Arah

review by
Mike Haberfelner

Zukri is a malformed hunchbacked trash collector who wants nothing more than a wife to love - but with his looks and profession, it's difficult enough to even get to talk to a woman let alone woo her. Then his friend tells him how to turn a kuntilanak (= a female ghost, sort of like a banshee) into a woman of flesh and blood - by driring a nail made of pure gold through her head and then bathe her in certain oils -, and Zukri follows his friend's advice ... and even though the banshee has killed above-mentioned friend, the only one he had, before Zukri has driven a nail through her head, he falls in love with her once she's human. And since she's oblivious to pretty much everything that has happened before her becoming human, the banshee, a lovely girl called Minah, falls in love with Zukri as well, and they soon marry - much to the dismay of Jurbin, the richest man of the village who thinks a girl as lovely as Minah should be his ... so in Zukri and Minah's wedding night, he hires four thugs to beat Zukri up while he rapes Minah, deflowering her in Zukri's stead. After he is done, the four thugs want to rape her as well but accidently remove the golden nail from her head, turning her back into a kuntilanak, and now she's a kuntilanak with a vengeance.

Soon enough, kuntilanak Minah has taken three of the four thugs out, but now Jurbin tries to put the blame on Zukri, accusing him of the murders and trying to get him lynched, and only by luck Zukri manages to make an escape. The last surviving thug though is plagued guilt, and eventually, he confesses the whole affair (including Jurbin's involvement) to the authorities. And as a thank you he is slain by Jurbin, just before kuntilanak Minah can get her hands on Jurbin and not only murder him rather violently, but also hang his corpse from a much-travelled bridge for everyone to see.

Average blend of romance and horror cinema of the monster with a heart of gold-type with the typical don't judge a book by its cover-message. In fact, this film has very little (or rather nothing) new to offer to the (sub-)genre and is at times disappointingly blunt, but on the other hand, thanks to its humane approach and lack of your typical heroic lead to set things right again, it's at least kind of endearing nevertheless.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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