Setan Budeg
The Deaf Ghost

Indonesia 2009
produced by
Ody Mulya Hidayat, Yoen K. (executive), Chandra Lie (executive), Fandy Lingga (executive), Teddy Sudiono (executive) for Maxima Pictures
directed by Findo Purwono
starring Dewi Persik, Saipal Jamil, Uli Auliani, Chintyara Alona, Edi Brokoli, Rizky Mocil, Hardi Fadhillah, Kiwil, Yadi Sembako, Hm Bolot, N. Laila Sari, Tessy, Anji Drive, Rini Idol, Marissa Jeffryna, Ayhunia, Ilza Daulay, Hendrik Bibir, Meggi Wulandari, Ovie Novita, Ikhza Mahendra
written by Abbe Ac, music by Andi Rianto, special effects by Nanang Juanedy, Angga Chrisdian, Giant Saptaziro

Corpse Hunters

review by
Mike Haberfelner

A trio of corpse hunters (guys who collect lost bodies and bring them to the morgue) lose a dead body, and from then on the morgue seems haunted.

The lost body was that of Lala, who has been run over by a train after she tried to get help from whoever it was she tried to get help from on the street, but nobody helped her. Soon, the people who refused to help her all die horrible deaths that have something to do with Lala's ghost. However, Lala also haunts her sister Anita and her flatmate Siska, and it's only eventually revealed that she ran away and was hit by the train after she caught Siska seducing her sister's boyfriend Andre, and now she blames them for her death. In the finale, Lala scares Siska shitless in such a way that she falls off a rooftop to her death, which makes Andre lose his mind, sending him right into the insane asylum.

Only after that is achieved does Lala's body return to the corpse hunters' van she has escaped from ...

A very indecisive film that's part comedy (the shenanigans of the three corpse collectors) and part horror (the story of ghost Lala killing all these people and haunting her sister and friends). Problem is that the two elements of the film don't really click, so the sudden changes between horific and comic moments seem pretty much out of place. The bigger problem though is that neither the horror- nor the comedy-aspects of the film are really good, and the movie is about as unfunny as it is unscary ... which makes it a bit of a failure, actually.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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