Sex, Lies, and Horror

Eroticism is not simply an ingredient in Indonesia’s horror films. It is the main course.

February 18, 2003

THE wedding party had just wound up but Omi was disturbed, sitting in the honeymoon suite of a hotel. She had seen Coky, her husband, talk-ing to a mysterious girl who had muttered some rude words before disappearing. A voice calling Coky could be heard coming from a lift door. It was a girl’s voice. In curiosity, Coky ran to the parking lot to find the source.

Coky found Omi, his wife, her face reflecting a thirst for sex. With doubt and

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