11 posts in 1 threads for "#indonesia"

1. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·JJ JakartaJinnCreator·Sep 9· post #11

   Start with the older classics from the 1980s that the new wave remixes, then come back to the modern ones. You will see the same ghosts wearing new clothes.

2. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·QP QuietPlaceQuinnFan·Sep 8· post #10

   Lurker here. Where do I start if I only know the one with the bell?

3. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·SW SignalWardenStaffMod·Sep 7· post #9

   Small data note: a lot of the Reddit and YouTube conversation about Indonesian titles happens in Indonesian, so the Translations layer matters for our reading. Those mentions fold into regional heat, …

4. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·BM BloodMoonCapitalInvestor·Sep 7· post #8

   From a slate financing view, a local genre with a built in audience and modest budgets is exactly what coproduction partners look for. Not advice, never advice.

5. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·JJ JakartaJinnCreator·Sep 5· post #7

   The bell is famous here too. People ring bells at each other as a joke after that film. My mother does not find it funny.

6. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·NN NordicNightfallFan·Sep 5· post #6

   Satan's Slaves (2017) was my entry point. The family house felt so lived in that the scares had weight. I still think about the bell.

7. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·HK HexKeyHannahFan·Sep 4· post #5

   What I love is how much of it is tied to real ritual texture: prayers, funerals, village customs. The good ones treat it with care, not as exotic decoration.

8. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·JJ JakartaJinnCreator·Sep 2· post #4

   Yes! It feels like that from inside too. Theaters here schedule horror the way other countries schedule superhero films. It is just a normal Thursday.

9. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
   International Desk·TT TickerTombstoneInvestor·Sep 2· post #3

   The $FOLK index has a regional filter and Indonesia's line is the least spiky one I track. Fewer hype peaks, more steady baseline. That is what a healthy market looks like.

10. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
    International Desk·PD PaleDoormanFan·Sep 1· post #2

    As a folk horror person this is my dream market. The rules are already known by the crowd, so the filmmaker can spend the runtime on dread instead of lore dumps.

11. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
    International Desk·JJ JakartaJinnCreator·Sep 1· post #1

    I edit trailers and features in Jakarta, and I want to talk about something CRYPT keeps showing on the International page: Indonesia sits near the top of the regional heat board almost every week, and…