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Mystics In Bali
''Mystics in Bali'' (originally released as ''Leák'') is a 1981 Indonesian supernatural horror film directed by H. Tjut Djalil. Based on the novel ''Leák Ngakak'' by Putra Mada, the film stars Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo, Sofia W.D., and W.D. Mochtar. The film focuses on black magic and borrows from Southeast Asian folklore and Balinese mythology, specifically the Leyak and the Penanggalan, spirits that appear in the form of a flying head with organs and entrails still attached. The film has been called a cult classic of Indonesian horror cinema. Plot Catherine "Cathy" Kean is an American (or, depending on the dub, Australian) woman who travels to Bali to write a book about voodoo and black magic. She learns of Leák magic from her lover Mahendra, who says that it is the most powerful form of black magic and that it can be used to kill. After attending a ceremonial ritual, Mahendra agrees to help Cathy study magic, and they share a kiss as an unknown woman watches fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia W
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantra
A mantra (Pali: ''manta'') or mantram (मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers. Feuerstein, Georg (2003), ''The Deeper Dimension of Yoga''. Shambala Publications, Boston, MA Some mantras have a syntactic structure and literal meaning, while others do not. The earliest mantras were composed in Vedic Sanskrit in India. At its simplest, the word ॐ (Aum, Om) serves as a mantra, it is believed to be the first sound which was originated on earth. Aum sound when produced creates a reverberation in the body which helps the body and mind to be calm. In more sophisticated forms, mantras are melodic phrases with spiritual interpretations such as a human longing for truth, reality, light, immortality, peace, love, knowledge, and action. Some mantras without literal meaning are musically uplifting an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasue
The ''Krasue'' ( th, กระสือ, ), known as ''Ahp'' ( km, អាប) in Cambodia; as ''Kasu'' ( lo, ກະສື, ) in Laos; as ''Kuyang'' ( id, Kui'yang), ''Leak'' ( id, lei'yak), ''Pelasik'', ''Pelesit'', or ''Penanggalan'' in Indonesia; as ''Penanggal'' ( ms, Pe'nang'gal, pron) in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore; as ''Manananggal'' ( tl, Mana'nang'gal, pron) in the Philippines; as ''Ma lai'' ( vi, ma lai, pron) in Vietnam; is a nocturnal female spirit of Southeast Asian folklore. It manifests itself as a woman, usually young and beautiful, with her internal organs hanging down from the neck, trailing below the head. According to Thai ethnographer Phraya Anuman Rajadhon, the ''Krasue'' consists of a floating head accompanied by a will-o'-the-wisp kind of luminescent glow. The explanations attempted about the origin of the glow include the presence of methane in marshy areas. The Krasue'' is often said to live in the same areas as ''Krahang'', a male spirit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar (Kawthaung). The island country of Singapore also has historical and cultural ties with the region. The indigenous people of the peninsula are the Malays, an Austronesian people. The Titiwangsa Mountains are part of the Tenasserim Hills system and form the backbone of the peninsula and the southernmost section of the central cordillera, which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus, the peninsula's narrowest point, into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor. Etymology The Malay term ''Tanah Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dread Central
Dread Central is an American website founded in 2006 that is dedicated to horror news, interviews, and reviews. It covers horror films, comics, novels, and toys. Dread Central has won the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Best Website four times and was selected as AMC's Site of the Week in 2008. History Dread Central was founded on July 4, 2006. When a venture to create a horror-themed cable television channel stalled, the web team left and established their own news site. In 2012, a negative review posted by Scott Foy attracted controversy when Foy and the film's director, Jim Wynorski, engaged in a verbal altercation online. On September 30, 2019, Jonathan Barkan announced he was stepping down as editor-in-chief. As of December 2021, Mary Beth McAndrews is now Editor-in-Chief and Josh Korngut is managing editor. Website The site's staff use horror-themed aliases. The website has a broad focus, and it covers both mainstream and fringe topics that range from ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. , the Internet Archive holds over 35 million books and texts, 8.5 million movies, videos and TV shows, 894 thousand software programs, 14 million audio files, 4.4 million images, 2.4 million TV clips, 241 thousand concerts, and over 734 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Terminator
''Lady Terminator'' ( id, Pembalasan Ratu Pantai Selatan, lit=Revenge of the South Sea Queen) is a 1988 Indonesian horror-fantasy action film directed by H. Tjut Djalil, also credited under the pseudonym of Jalil Jackson. The film stars Barbara Anne Constable, Christopher J. Hart, and Claudia Angelique Rademaker, and is considered to be a mockbuster of the 1984 American film ''The Terminator''. Plot The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises. One man manages to grab the serpent, which turns into a dagger. Enraged, the Queen curses the man's would-be great granddaughter. In 1989, an anthropologist named Tania is investigating the legend of the Queen of the South Sea, which results in her diving to the Queen's resting place, being bound to a bed, and violated by a serpent, which allows the Queen to take control of her. Tania goes on a rampage, massacring civilians in a nightclub and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Soraya
Raam Lalchand Pridhani, better known as Raam Soraya or Ram Soraya, is an entrepreneur and film producer from Indonesia. He is the owner of production house . He was born in an Indian-Indonesian ( Sindhi) family in Surabaya, Indonesia on 4 November 1949. Before the film industry, he was a textile importer. His career in film began as a distributor for East Java (1972 to 1982). He became a producer in the ' (1983) which won Best Film at the Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) 1984. The film being the result of his own company, PT. Soraya Intercine Films. After that he made films including ' (1985), ''Permainan Yang Nakal'' (1986), ' (1987) and others. Soraya's career peak came after taking over production of the ''Warkop DKI'' series from Raam Punjabi Raam Jethmal Punjabi ( sd, رام ڄيٺمل پنجابي) is an Indian-Indonesian media magnate and president of Cinema of Indonesia#1990s, Multivision Plus. In 2001, due to his production of soap operas, he was referred to as "Indonesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raam Punjabi
Raam Jethmal Punjabi ( sd, رام ڄيٺمل پنجابي) is an Indian-Indonesian media magnate and president of Cinema of Indonesia#1990s, Multivision Plus. In 2001, due to his production of soap operas, he was referred to as "Indonesia's own soap king". Early life He was born in Surabaya, East Java to parents of Indian Indonesian, Indian (Sindhi people, Sindhi) descent. His nephew is Manoj Punjabi. Career Filmography ;As producer * ''Special Silencers'' (1979) * ''Bodoh-bodoh mujur'' (1981) * ''Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters'' (1982) - New York Times * ''Kamp tawanan wanita'' (1983) * ''Itu bisa diatur'' (1984) * ''The Stabilizer'' (1986) * ''Pengantin baru'' (1986) * ''Rambu, Pembalasan rambu'' (1986) * ''Java Burn'' (1988) * ''The Intruder (1986 film), The Intruder'' (1989) * ''Kabut asmara'' (1994) * ''Panj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapi Films
Rapi Films is an Indonesian film production company of mostly exploitation films which was founded in 1968 and was internationally successful mostly in the 1980s. They produced many martial arts films and horror films involving black magic, inspired by old Indonesian legends. Directors who worked for them during this period include Ratno Timoer, H. Tjut Djalil and Sisworo Gautama Putra. Today they produce mostly TV-series and some feature films. Production Film * Pemberangan (1967) * Penaggalan (1968) * Maria Maria (1970) * Rio Anakku (1973) * Menangis Semalam (1975) * Only U (Dulce Enemiga) (1976) * Sirena (1976) * Morelia (1976) * Cinta Fitri (1977) * Cinta Fitri 2 (1977) * Dia Bukan Anakku (1977) * Tanpa Kekasih (1977) * Cinta Fitri 3 (1978) * Rahasia Perkawinan (1978) * 100 Hari Mencari Cinta (1978) * Cinta Fitri 4: Cinta Tiada Akhir (1978) * Cinta Fitri 5 (1979) * Ira Maya Sopha Putri Cinderella (1978) * Cinta Fitri 6 (1979) * Ira Maya Sopha Anak Tiri (1979) * Pinokio (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exploitation Film
An exploitation film is a film that tries to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content. Exploitation films are generally low-quality "B movies", though some set trends, attract critical attention, become historically important, and even gain a cult following. History Exploitation films may feature suggestive or explicit sex, sensational violence, drug use, nudity, gore, destruction, rebellion, mayhem, and the bizarre. Such films were first seen in their modern form in the early 1920s, but they were popularized in the 60s and 70s with the general relaxing of censorship and cinematic taboos in the U.S. and Europe. An early example, the 1933 film Ecstasy, included nude scenes featuring the Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr. The film proved popular at the box office but caused concern for the American cinema trade association, the MPPDA. Hildegard Esper and Dwain Esper are husband and wife film directors and producers who made some of the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
