Satan's Slaves
2017 · Movie · 106 min · ★ 6.7 · 86% critics
After a strange illness takes their mother, a grieving family returns to the house to retrieve their children. Strange happenings and unsettling signs push them toward a terrifying mystery tied to a sinister cult and what it wants from the family.
Based on Pengabdi Setan
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Details
- Original title
- Pengabdi Setan
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-09-28
- Language
- ID
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (301 votes)
About
If you want an Indonesian ghost horror with a creepy house, anxious tension, and an edge-of-your-seat vibe, you may like Satan's Slaves alongside Hereditary and Birth/Rebirth; Not for you if you only enjoy highly original plots or dislike stories that spiral into extra cult or creature elements.
Pros: genuinely scary atmosphere; creepy old-house setting; strong ghostly moments | Cons: derivative horror beats; some scenes feel overstuffed; uneven ending complaints
Themes
- mother
- funeral
- cemetery
- wheelchair
- haunted house
- haunting
- radio
- remake
- sibling
- family
- vinyl record
- ghost
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- IFFR audience award · 2018 · nominated
Cast & crew
Tara Basro
as Rini Suwono
Bront Palarae
as Bahri Suwono
Endy Arfian
as Toni Suwono
Nasar Anuz
as Bondi Suwono
M. Adhiyat
as Ian Suwono
Ayu Laksmi
as Mawarni Suwono
Elly D. Luthan
as Rahma Saidah
Arswendy Bening Swara
as Ustad
Dimas Aditya
as Hendra
Egy Fedly
as Budiman Syailendra
Directed by Joko Anwar