While its larger ideas never fully find their feet, The Queen of Black Magic lights a fire beneath the soles thanks to its continuous flow of gags—eventually developing into an almost Hellraiser-esque carnival of punishment.
The Queen of Black Magic(Ratu Ilmu Hitam)
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Indonesia · 2019
1h 39m
Director Kimo Stamboel
Starring Ario Bayu, Hannah Al Rashid, Adhisty Zara, Ari Irham
Genre Horror, Thriller
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In rural Indonesia, a family visits the orphanage where the father was raised to pay respects to its director, Mr. Bandi, who has fallen gravely ill. As latent childhood trauma and terrifying secrets of the orphanage come to light, the visitors find themselves terrorized by unspeakable horror.
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The Guardian by Leslie Felperin
Ultimately it is all a bit repetitive, derivative (particularly of other Asian horror pics) and somewhat sleep-inducing.
Austin Chronicle by Richard Whittaker
If there are two signatures to Indonesian horror, they would be an overwhelming sense of relentless dread, and poisonous centipedes. The Queen of Black Magic has plenty of both, and an enthralling supernatural siege story binding everything together so tight you'll barely be able to breathe.
I’m the first to admit this isn’t my favorite genre. But anybody can tell when a horror movie works. The few chills hand one or two almost jaw-dropping moments of gore delivered in the most predictable ways don’t quite get the job done here.
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
The unsettling mood and creeping pace of the Indonesian horror movie The Queen of Black Magic take some getting used to.
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