OMG!! She’s BAAAACCK!! Dewi Perssik… Indonesian singer and wannabee actress is coming at us again in her latest Indonesian Horror/ comedy attempt, “Paku Kuntilanak”. Yes… I know, Dewi seems determined to become a movie star even if it kills us…. and worse, this one is a sequel to the utter waste of celluloid, “Setan Budeg”….

Synopsis? Yeah… we got one, and it goes somethin’ like this: “Three corpse hunters Sukun (Edi Brokoli), Obeng (Rizky Mocil) and Odjie (Hardi Fadhilah) have been assigned to search for a kuntilanak that has been reincarnated following the removal of a nail on its head by their superior, Pak Joko (Kiwil).

Pak Joko has been pressurized by his mother to get married in his increasingly old age. He tries to woo his secretary Mona (Chinthyara Alona) but got rejected by her. One day a beautiful lady called Kunti (Dewi Perssik) appears and she is actually the corpse that the hunters have been searching for.

Pak Joko falls in love with her beauty and decides to marry her. The hunters and his secretary try to convince Pak Joko that Kunti is a reincarnated kuntilanak that is seeking revenge against people who have hurted her in the past. Will Pak Joko succeeds in marrying Kunti?”

Sigh…. Dewi Perssik… and that goofy bunch of comedians from “Setan Budeg”… am I really ready to sit through this? Even if it does have a version of the kuntilanak in it? Grrrr!! Alright…alright!! I’ll do it… but only because I like trashy movies sooo darn much!! (Please.. gentle visitors, pray for me!!)

Luckily… the rest of you can simply “Read On” and get the jist of this one without risking the actual viewing of what I’m almost certain will redefine terrible movie entertainment.

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Another day… and another creepy Halloween goodie for you all! This time, from Indonesia, another of those scary ghost stories this lil’ Catgirl just can’t get enough of, “Kuntilanak Kamar Mayat”.

Our quick synopsis reads: “Andini is a young female college student. Lately, she has been having very vivid dreams about her sister, Miranda, who works as a hospital nurse. Soon the dreams begin to grow into frightening apparitions. In fear that something terrible may have happened to her, several of Andini’s college friends join together to help to search for news of Miranda. After talking with a woman named Vivian, who lives in Miranda’s residence and works with her in the hospital, she finds out a surprising truth about her sister. The reason Miranda left home with little warning, is because she is pregnant.

After talking with Vivian, Andini went to see another of Miranda’s coworkers, Dr. Indra. He has also been plagued by disturbing visions after having last seen his coworker Miranda. The visions include the appearance of an apparition in the hospital morgue that he thought was a Kuntilanak. He now believes that the kuntilanak is not only real, but is stalking him.

Can the friends discover what has happened to Miranda before it is too late for her and maybe for them too!”

Sounds good! Haunted morgue…. scary pregnant women ghosts getting revenge….. It’s been a while since we got to see what the nasty ol’ Kuntilanak was up too, so what are we all waiting for? Let’s all  “Read On”!!

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Well, I finally managed to grab a copy of “Kuntilanak 3″ so I could wrap up this series. It came to DVD much quicker than I expected, and I lucked out snagging the Indonesian disc for it as well. This one is supposed to be the finale to the story, but one never knows….

After the major disappointment of the second film, this lil’ Catgirl has been fretting that this one would end up being just a big letdown, never explaining anything, leaving all sorts of loose plot elements to dangle in the breeze like forgotten laundry on a clothesline. But….. I really, really, really liked the first one, so I just had to give it a chance.

Will it save the Trilogy? Does Samantha finally lose “The Chant”? Will any of this make any sense by the end? Well…… don’t just sit there, “Read On”!!

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It’s baaaack!!! I know your favorite Catgirl promised this review a while ago, but right after I ordered the Malay disc, I managed to finally find a copy of the original Indonesian release. Since I figured it would be a better disc, I naturally had to grab it as well. Especially since even ordering both set me back about the combined cost of a cup of coffee….. (Ah…. gotta love those amazing Asian DVD prices….)

Anyway, this gives me the chance to watch and compare them, and give you the whole lowdown on what I was hoping would be as cool and offbeat a film as the original. I’ve been eagerly awaiting this one for months and impatiently scouring the net for it in a subtitled form.

The English-challenged synopsis for it reads: “Kuntilanak 2 is the sequel of the first movie starring Julie Estelle. The story continues. Samantha (Julie Estelle) is more and more involve in her dark side. Meanwhile Mangkoedjiwo sect wants to get her to become their sect leader. Sam is struggling try to escape from the dark side. Together with Agung she fights back to Mangkoedjiwo sect.”

Are we in for a treat? Will Sam surrender to the intoxicating power of “The Chant”? Or is this one going to be a major league letdown for your Favorite Catgirl Princess? Let’s “Read On” and find out!!

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Whew…….well I’ve fallen a wee bit behind in my attempts to do a review a day, but worry not…here we go again. This time it’s a truly nifty lil’ chiller from Indonesia, one of a number of excellent discs I’ve managed to score from overseas in the last week or so…and “Oh boy!!”

“Kuntilanak” was a big surprise….a truly wonderful film that I liked a whole lot. I had expected a simple genre exercise in more “Long Haired Ghosts”…..with only a modest plot and effects, but this one was a big, big scary surprise….and something truly different and uniquely Indonesian.

Firstly…the disc itself was completely subtitled into english….film, trailer, and even the half hour long “Making Of” feature. That’s something I don’t often get even from Korean or Japanese discs…..big thumbs up from this lil’ kitten!

The film itself was letterboxed, and the subs were actually understandably written, not the usual weird translations I’m used to seeing. A great thing considering this was a $9.95 US disc…….I don’t get THAT lucky with $27-$45 US discs from Korea or Japan….or anywhere for that matter.

So…..what’s this one about? Why has your favorite Catgirl Princess gone all nutty for a practically unknown Indonesian horror film? (At least in North America, anyway……and I’m guessing it’s a well kept secret most anywhere outside of Indonesia itself…)

To find out, you’ll just have to read on……silly people!

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