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Sumpah Pocong di Sekolah
The Ghost Oath in my School
Indonesia 2008
produced by Ody Mulya Hidayat, Yoen K. (executive), Chandra Lie (executive), Fandy Lingga (executive), Teddy Sudiono (executive) for Maxima Pictures
directed by Awi Suryadi
starring Marcell Darwin, Fandy Christian, Hardi Fadhillah, Henidar Amroe, Herichan, Alex Komang, Joshua Pandelaki, Dwi Putrantiwi
written by Awi Suryadi, Abe C.C., music by Andi Rianto
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Ramon has always been a joyous student, one who was always good for a
prank and stuff, and was always getting into trouble, but since he has
seen a ghost girl, he has changed, especially since the ghost girl seems
to be targetting him primarily, and she looks just like the girl he has
drawn repeatedly - without having the faintest idea who she is. Eventually
though, pretty much everybody in school starts to see the ghost girl, and
attractive teacher Miss Sonya, who Ramon has a csecret rush on, does some
research to find out the girl was actually a student at the school 18
years ago - before Ramon was even born -, and she had a relationship with
Ramon's father that led to pregnancy. Ramon's father forced her into an
abortion though, which she did not survive. Panicking, Ramon's father
walled up the dead girl somewhere on the school's premises. Finally, the
ghost girl comes face to face with
Ramon's father, pushes him off some staircase leaving him paralyzed. But
who's that pushing Ramon's dad's wheelchair? Competently
directed but badly written little shocker. Admittedly the whole thing
starts out nicely enough as a horror mystery that develops out of a high
school comedy, but all the necessary clues to resolve the mystery are
presented to the audience relatively early on in the film, which is
followed by like an hour of rather repetitive shocks that do little to
keep the plot moving, before the whole thing leads to the expected
resolution. Now granted, there are much worse horror movies around, there
are also much worse Indonesian horror flicks around - but that doesn't
make this one a good film!
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