The film archive and data centre, Sinematek Indonesia, counts just 456 movies made between 1990 and 2000. "Among them, 37 are ...

The film archive and data centre, Sinematek Indonesia, counts just 456 movies made between 1990 and 2000. "Among them, 37 are horror films," said archive worker Wahyudi, 55. Yet the country's ...

The film archive and data centre, Sinematek Indonesia, counts just 456 movies made between 1990 and 2000. “Among them, 37 are horror films,” said archive worker Wahyudi, 55. Yet the country ...

"These tales are very close to us." A woman uses her smartphone past a horror movie poster at the Usmar Ismail Film Center in Jakarta on April 11, 2025. Photo by AFP According to the Indonesian Film ...

Representative image Crunching popcorn and screaming, Indonesians are flocking to watch homegrown horror films in cinemas that draw on the country's penchant for ghost and monster stories.