Kuntilanak (2006 film)

Last updated
Kuntilanak
Kuntilanak (2006 film).jpg
Directed byRizal Mantovani
Written byVe Handojo
Rizal Mantovani
Produced by Raam Punjabi
Starring Julie Estelle
Evan Sanders
Ratu Felisha
Music by Andi Rianto
Distributed byMVP Pictures
Release date
  • 27 October 2006 (2006-10-27)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Indonesia
Language Indonesian

Kuntilanak (English title: "The Chanting") [a] is a 2006 Indonesian horror film directed by Rizal Mantovani, about a ghost type in Indonesian (and wider Malay) folklore. In this movie, a student whose step-father molested her moves to a boarding house in a haunted area, this is followed by a series of killings.

Contents

Plot

Samantha "Sam" is an orphaned young woman who moves to an isolated boarding house in North Jakarta, trying to avoid the advances of her pervert stepfather. The landlady of the house, Yanti, tells her that the house was previously a batik factory of the Mangkoedjiwo family, with its current leader, Raden Ayu Sri Sukmarahimi Mangkoedjiwo having lent the house under a condition that the second floor is locked up with no one allowed inside. While listing other restrictions, including about a chair in front of a Javanese mirror in Sam's room, Yanti chants durmo , a Javanese poem said to be able to summon Kuntilanak, a female ghost with half the body of a horse rumored to be living in a weeping fig in front of the house. Meanwhile, Sam mentions her recurring nightmares of a woman in a fire with a Kuntilanak to her boyfriend, Agung. Agung learns from his eccentric friend, Iwank, and his mother that the Mangkoedjiwo is long rumored to be a black magic sect maintaining a Kuntilanak, itself can only be summoned by antique objects. At the house, Sam befriends Dinda, who tells her that there are actually three other mirrors identical to the one in Sam's room: two of which are in herself and Ratih's rooms.

One day, Sam breaks the rule about the mirror, glimpsing a Kuntilanak in the process. Her neighbor, Mawar, who is with her boyfriend (when males are forbidden to step on the third floor), threatens to kill Sam, but Sam suddenly enters a trance and chants durmo, making her puke maggots and materialize a strange scar as well as causing Mawar to have nosebleed. At a motel, Mawar is killed when an electric fan drops on her neck. The next night, Sam tries to peek on the second floor, but is harassed by a neighbor, Alfon. She enters into a trance and chants durmo again. Haunted by terrifying apparitions, Alfon tries to escape but is killed in a car accident. In the light of recent events, Sri Sukma pays visit to the house. Yanti apologizes for her foolish act in introducing durmo to Sam, although Sri Sukma says that it is her destiny to keep it. While reading a book about Mangkoedjiwo factory in Iwank's house, Sam spots the sentence Sing kuat sing melihara ("the strong one is the one that masters Kuntilanak"). During a conflict with Agung, Sam chants durmo; the next day, she learns Agung has disappeared. She hears Agung's faint cries from the second floor. Sam discusses Agung's disappearance with Dinda, but misunderstands Dinda's comfort as her being attracted to Agung. Chanting durmo, Sam passes out when Dinda goes out to take a shower where she is killed by Kuntilanak.

Having had enough, Sam breaks over to the second floor and finds Agung bleeding in front of the fourth mirror Dinda previously forgot to mention. She is confronted by Sri Sukma, who explains that the Mangkoedjiwo does indeed maintain a Kuntilanak summoned by a wangsit (a supernatural mandate) kept by their heirs, but since Sri Sukma is unable to bear children, she has chosen Sam as the next carrier of the wangsit. When Sam refuses, Sri Sukma chants durmo to summon Kuntilanak, though Sam counters with her own durmo, eventually winning out when Sri Sukma has nosebleed. Pleading Sam not to kill her, Sri Sukma says that the Kuntilanak can be stopped by removing its entrance to the living world; by breaking all mirrors. Sam manages to break the mirrors in her, Dinda, and Ratih's rooms, but forgets the one in the second floor long enough before Kuntilanak kills Sri Sukma. Two ghost children appear to take Sam, who manages to break free, only to be cornered by Kuntilanak. However, she continuously chants Sing kuat sing melihara until the Kuntilanak obeys and goes back to the mirror. The next day, Sam decides to keep the mirror so she could use it for her own deeds, disturbing Agung. She happily chants durmo as apparitions of Kuntilanak come out of the mirror.

Cast

Production

Julie Estelle sang an old Javanese song for summoning a Kuntilanak in the film. [1]

Home media

The film received a DVD release in 2007.

Sequels

The film is followed by two more sequels, Kuntilanak 2 and Kuntilanak 3 , setting up a trilogy with Mantovani returning as director. Estelle reprised her role as the main protagonist for both films, while Sanders, Soewardi, Jamil, and Iskak only return for the first sequel. Bella Esperance, Cindy Valerie, Ida Iasha, and Piet Pagau additionally starred in Kuntilanak 2, which was released on 2007 and follows Sam as she struggles to maintain her sanity due to the wangsit of Kuntilanak while being hunted by remnants of the Mangkoedjiwo sect. [2] The final film, Kuntilanak 3, was released on 2008 and starred Laudya Cynthia Bella, Imelda Therinne, Mandala Shoji, and Reza Pahlevi in addition to Estelle, Valerie, and Iasha. It follows Sam accompanied by a rescue group in tracking the origins of the wangsit of Kuntilanak on a remote forest highlands, hoping to destroy it once and for all. [3]

A remake was released in 2018. [4] Kuntilanak 2 , a sequel of the remake, was released on June 4, 2019, [5] with, again, a third installment Kuntilanak 3 (2022). [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ although this is not a direct translation as Kuntilanak or Pontianak .

Related Research Articles

<i>Gundala</i> (film) 2019 sci-fi film by Joko Anwar

Gundala is a 2019 Indonesian neo-noir superhero film based on the comics character Gundala, created by Harya Suraminata (Hasmi) in 1969. The film was co-produced by Screenplay Films and Bumilangit Studios, and distributed by Legacy Pictures. It is the first installment in the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe (BCU). The film is directed and written by Joko Anwar, and stars Abimana Aryasatya, alongside Tara Basro, Bront Palarae, Ario Bayu, Cecep Arif Rahman, Rio Dewanto, and Muzakki Ramdhan. The film depicts the efforts of security guard Sancaka, in the guise of crime-fighting vigilante Gundala, to prevent crime boss Pengkor from poisoning unborn Indonesian children.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nyai Roro Kidul</span> Indonesian goddess of the sea

Nyi Roro Kidul is a supernatural being in Indonesian folklore. She is the Queen of the Southern Sea in Sundanese and Javanese mythology.

<i>Kuntilanak 2</i> 2007 Indonesian film

Kuntilanak 2 is a 2007 Indonesian horror film directed Rizal Mantovani and starring Julie Estelle and Evan Sanders. The film is a sequel to Kuntilanak (2006).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julie Estelle</span> Indonesian actress and model (born 1989)

Julie Estelle Gasnier, better known as Julie Estelle, is an Indonesian actress and model. She is best known internationally for her roles in slasher and martial arts films, such as Ladya in Macabre (2009), Hammer Girl in The Raid 2 (2014), and The Operator in The Night Comes for Us (2018). She won Best New Actress at the 2015 Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dewi Sri</span> Hindu Goddess of rice and fertility in Indonesia

Dewi Sri or Shridevi is the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese Hindu Goddess of rice and fertility, still widely worshiped on the islands of Java, Bali and Lombok, Indonesia. She is often associated or equated with the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, the shakti (consort) of Vishnu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawang Sewu</span> Historical landmark in Semarang, Indonesia

Lawang Sewu is a former office building in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. It was a head office of the Dutch East Indies Railway Co. and is owned by the national railway company Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI). Its predecessor, Djawatan Kereta Api, was seized every rail transport infrastructures and offices from Dutch occupation. Today the building is used as a museum and heritage railway gallery, currently operated by Heritage Unit of KAI and its subsidiary KAI Wisata.

<i>Lawang Sewu: Dendam Kuntilanak</i> 2007 Indonesian horror film

Lawang Sewu: Dendam Kuntilanak is a 2007 Indonesian Horror film directed by Arie Azis. The film tells about a group of seven teenagers from Jakarta is in Semarang to celebrate their high school graduation. Along the road home after partying, they stopped by Lawang Sewu, a supposedly haunted building in Semarang, to relieve themselves. One of the girls went inside the building to avoid the boys and didn't come back. When they start to find their missing friend, the night turns into a nightmare for other six, who find themselves haunted and terrorized by a Kuntilanak.

Pocong vs Kuntilanak is a 2008 horror film, directed and written by David Purnomo, and produced by Zainal Susanto. The main cast consists of Ahmad Zaki, Alia Rosa, and Aldiansyah Taher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sri Tanjung</span>

Sri Tanjung, also known as the tale of Banyuwangi, is a Javanese folktale about a faithful wife who was wrongfully accused. The story has been popular since the era of the Majapahit kingdom. The story is usually performed as kidung, a poem sung or chanted in Javanese tembang. The Kidung Sri Tanjung are performed in the traditional Javanese ruwatan, an exorcism ceremony. The name Sri Tanjung is linked to the Tanjung flower, a flower with a sweet fragrance.

<i>Kuntilanak 3</i> 2008 Indonesian horror film

Kuntilanak 3 is an Indonesian horror film directed by Rizal Mantovani. The film is the third in a trilogy, preceded by Kuntilanak and Kuntilanak 2. The film stars Julie Estelle, Imelda Therinne and Laudya Cynthia Bella. The film was released on March 13, 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bali Kingdom</span> Series of kingdoms in Bali, Indonesia

The Kingdomship of Bali was a series of Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms that once ruled some parts of the volcanic island of Bali, in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. With a history of native Balinese kingship spanning from the early 10th to early 20th centuries, Balinese kingdoms demonstrated sophisticated Balinese court culture where native elements of spirit and ancestral reverence combined with Hindu influences—adopted from India through ancient Java intermediary—flourished, enriched and shaped Balinese culture.

<i>Tiga Dara</i> 1956 film by Usmar Ismail

Tiga Dara is a 1957 Indonesian musical drama film starring Chitra Dewi, Mieke Wijaya, and Indriati Iskak. Directed by Usmar Ismail for Perfini, the film follows three sisters who live with their father and grandmother. When the eldest sister, Nunung, shows no interest in marrying, her family tries unsuccessfully to find a husband for her. Nunung initially rejects the advances of a young man named Toto, who instead dates her younger sister. However, when he becomes jealous and travels from Jakarta to Bandung to profess his love, she agrees to marry him.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baby Huwae</span> Indonesian actress (1939–1989)

Baby Constance Irene Theresia Huwae was a Dutch-born Indonesian actress, model, and singer. Born in Rotterdam, she had moved to Indonesia by the 1950s and taken up modelling. She entered the film industry in 1958, and gained popularity following the success of Asrama Dara. Over the next several years she acted in a further five films and established a girl group, the Baby Dolls. However, after she married in 1960, Huwae focused on modelling. In the 1970s she worked as a fortune teller.

<i>Hi5teria</i> 2012 Indonesian film

Hi5teria is a 2012 omnibus Indonesian horror-thriller film by Starvision Plus & UPI Productions. The film was directed by Adrianto Dewo, Chairun Nissa, Billy Christian, Nicholas Yudifar and Harvan Agustriansyah; and also was screenplay by Daud Sumolang, Chairun Nissa, Billy Christian, Sungkono Pastra and Harvan Agustriansyah. This film have 5 plot stories and was released on March 29, 2012.

Pangeran Pekik was a Javanese prince, and son of the last Duke of Surabaya, Jayalengkara. After the Mataram conquest of Surabaya, he was forced to live in Mataram court. He was executed in 1659 on the orders of Mataram's King Amangkurat I, who suspected him of conspiracy.

Ratu Felisha Renatya better known as Ratu Felisha or Feli is an Indonesian model and actress, known for The Chanting (2006), Something in the Way (2013), and Badoet (2015).

<i>Impetigore</i> 2019 film directed by Joko Anwar

Impetigore is a 2019 horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film stars Tara Basro, Marissa Anita, Christine Hakim, Asmara Abigail, and Ario Bayu. The film follows Maya (Basro), who travels with her friend Dini (Anita) to her remote ancestral village seeking an inheritance.

<i>Foxtrot Six</i> 2019 Indonesian science fiction film

Foxtrot Six is a 2019 English-language Indonesian science fiction action film written and directed by Randy Korompis in his directorial debut, and co-produced by Korompis, Mario Kassar, and Manoj Punjabi. The production of this film spent a budget of up to IDR 70 billion which was considered the largest for an Indonesian action film when it was released. The film was released on 21 February 2019.

Erni Suyanti Musabine is an Indonesian wildlife veterinarian. She works for the Wildlife Rescue Unit of the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Since 2007, her work has focused on the conservation and rescue of Sumatran tigers.

References

  1. ↑ "Belajar Nembang Jawa, Julie Estelle Ketakutan". detikhot . 20 October 2006. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "'KUNTILANAK 2', Horor Berdarah dan Drama". Kapanlagi.com. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Mahgriefie, Lusi Catur (13 March 2008). "Kuntilanak 3: Kuntilanak di Sepanjang Film". Okezone (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Kurmala, Azis (May 23, 2018). "Rizal Mantovani produksi ulang film kuntilanak". Antara. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ Khafid, Sirojul (June 4, 2019). "Sinopsis Kuntilanak 2: Film Baru di Bioskop untuk Libur Lebaran". Tirto. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Review Film Kuntilanak 3" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.