Plot from Imdb: "The true story of an American girl who learn the dark magic of LEAK BALI from a Rangda, a widow-witch."
I dare you ! I dare you to watch this movie and not imitate the devilish laugh of the Dark Magic priestess.I found it impossible to resist. Mouhahahahahahahaaha !
Based on the feared belief of "Leyak", the actual black magic of Bali, this movie is a treat for all the lover of old-school fx and surreal imagery based on ancient witchcraft. Apparently, the movie was banned in indonesia for quite some time. It's distributed in DVD by Mondomacabro.
The production values are pretty low as far as the main story, the love affair, is concerned but the emphasis is really on the black magic ceremonies and spells. And they'll really rock your socks off. A flying head with entrails attacking a pregnant woman and sucking out her baby, a woman turned into a wild pig before your very eyes, the dark priestess turned into a snake, the spitting of rats, a deadly battle of magic powers, etc....All of this made in a genuine and naive way that shows a certain respect to the original belief.
At the same time, there are some hilarious moments in the movie: the priest trying to exorcise the decapitated body of the american woman by putting 3 toothpicks in her cut-off neck, this way the flying head of the Leàk cannot re-attached itself to the body (!!!) or the American woman is asked casualy by her lover: "Catherine, what's the matter with you?" after she spits rats all over the place.
Imaginative, funny, another classic from South Asia.
Some kind of trailer:
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