Misteri janda kembang (1991)

Misteri janda kembang (1991)
Director: H. Tjut Djalil
Writer: H. Tjut Djalil
Country: Indonesia Runtime: 86 min Soundtrack: Various
Cast: H.I.M. Damsyik, Fujiyanti and Sally Marcellina
A girl returns from the dead to gain her revenge on a gang of thugs that raped and murdered her.

Wild supernatural rape n revenge movie from Indonesia, director H. Tjut Djalil also made the equally mad Mystics in Bali. I watched it without subtitles so what is going on is pure guess work. The film wastes no time as we see back flashes of a gang rape before the credits role, then we see a woman rise from a grave completely clean and dressed up. Even her dog rises from the grave with her, no doubt to keep the ghost company. No sooner as she fed her dog some glass (must be the stable diet of ghost dogs) shes ripping the guts out of a local thug, then feeding his innards to the dog. Next up our ghost decides to jump into the body of another thug making him jive, she eventually finishes the guy off by way of detaching her head and munching on him, she then makes a brief visit to her family. The following morning the gang gather together in the hope of learning what is attacking their members, at which point one of the them as a back flash of the rape earlier. This time shown in more detail. He puts two and two together and figures the gang deaths and rape are connected, and tries to resolve the matter by speaking with a local priest. The priest gets involved as much to aid the thugs, as to help the female ghost find peace.

Given the rape murder subject matter the film is oddly pure comic in tone, not really adding much for the die hard horror or exploitation fans. The deaths are inventive enough though, including the the now ubiquitous flying head. The final of the film gets weird with people disappearing and appearing at random, all the spirit cloning and body jumping left me puzzled. Theres also a truly bizarre haunted tongue moment, it splits into a mouth complete teeth, mini tongues and a baby which was maybe hinting at the woman being pregnant during her death. Even watching a substandard copy I enjoyed it, sadly unlike Mystics in Bali, its never seen a western release. So finding a copy in any state regardless of it being original or subtitled is a mission.

Themes Included: Funny Rape Faces ● Priest Fu ● Gang Rape
Ghost Fu ● Flying Head ● Ghost Mutt ● Dancing Possessed

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 7 out of 10]
[Deathcount 7]
[Gorequota 5/10]