Satan's Slaves (2017) poster
2017 · horror · indonesian

Satan's Slaves

Directed by Joko Anwar1h 46m2017
ElsewhereIMDb6.513kRT91%TMDB6.7305
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / indonesian, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.

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After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for three years, a mother returns home to pick up her children.

Our read · Satan's Slaves (2017) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · indonesian entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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You want slow-burn Indonesian family horror with occult dread and jump scares.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 20attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upjump scaresgraphic violencegorechild perilsuicide theme

Skip it tonightSkip if child peril, ghosts, and a bleak open ending will haunt you afterward.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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