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Nightstream2020 – The Queen of Black Magic Review

This terrifying tale twists the knife into a story of a witchy woman scorned

  • Lindsay Traves Lindsay Traves
  • October 23, 2020
  • 3 Minute Read
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Score: 7 / 10

A substantial amount of the Indonesian films that made big waves in “the west” have been their stellar action movies that usually come with extra kicks and blood splatter. Headshot among them, was co-directed by Kimo Stamboel who has come back to direct one of the latest in delicious scary movies out of the country, The Queen of Black Magic (Ratu Ilmu Hitam).

Written by Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves), The Queen of Black Magic tells the haunting tale of an orphanage plagued by a witch and its sordid history. When some grown orphans, now married with children, return to their old home to visit their patriarch, they’re plagued by bad omens and the devastating look of their withering parental figure. Leaving their children to explore the spooky home, some of the adults check on the deer one suspects he hit up the road and discover a bus full of dead children. Terrified, they investigate the fright, while the visitors slowly descend into a haunting madness that begins to reveal the dark secrets held within the orphanage’s walls.

Final Thoughts:

The scares in this Indonesian horror film ensure a constant state of fear and dread. Though the story is sometimes more convoluted than necessary, it adds heart to the black magic tale in such a way that makes the larger terrors land much harder.
Lindsay Traves

Lindsay Traves

After submitting her Bachelor's thesis, “The Metaphysics of Schwarzenegger Movies,” Lindsay decided to focus on writing about her passions; sci-fi, horror, sports, and comic books. She covers movies and games for CGMagazine and you can follow her work on Twitter @smashtraves.
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The Queen of Black Magic

Director(s): Kimo Stamboel
Cast: Ario Bayu, Hannah Al Rashid, Adhisty Zara, Muzakki Ramdhan
Studio: Shudder
Running Time: 99 min

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