In the latest installment of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to travel to the outskirts of Jakarta and cover up mother’s portrait so we can get some sleep as we discuss the 2017 film “Satan’s Slaves”…
One of the best parts about the horror genre is that it transcends people, places and cultures. Americans are just as likely to be terrified by a really scary movie as people living across Europe or Asia. In fact some of the best horror films in history didn’t come from the United States. From the classic “Nosferatu” in Germany from 1922 to Dario Argento’s “Suspiria” from Italy in 1977 to “Audition” from Japan in 1999 to “Let the Right One In” out of Sweden in 2008, horror films are made and enjoyed by a global audience.
In 2017, Indonesian writer and director Joko Anwar penned a script for “Pengabdi Setan” that was ultimately a loose prequel to a 1980 film of the same name. Set in 1981, the film follows a family haunted by the death of their matriarch, who was once a famous musician but now laid on her deathbed just wilting away from a strange illness. When she passes, her children begin being haunted by ghastly visions all around their home.
In the latest installment of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to travel to the outskirts of Jakarta and cover up mother’s portrait so we can get some sleep as we discuss the 2017 film “Satan’s Slaves”…
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