Panggonan Wingit

Don't believe the good ratings, this movie is awful!

It's a Ringu (The Ring) rip-off and a really bad one. It's like if The Asylum made a Ringu movie, but at least the Asylum movie don't take themselves too serious, but this movie does.

It's so boring that I was fighting to stay awake, and I watched it AFTER I taking a 3 hours nap. Seriously the only reason I finished the movie is because I was expecting that it at least had to have a good ending and that's why this movie has an above 5 rating in here; but no! The ending was almost an exact copy of the ending of the Ring, except the ending in that movie was good, but in this movie is really bad.

If you want to waste 2 hours of your life, just count your toes a million times, I bet that's more "entertaining" than watching this movie.

This film essentially takes place in Indonesia with a woman by the name of "Ningrum" (Hami Diah) getting hired to work as a maid at a hotel not too far from Jakarta. On her very first day, she is told that the 3rd floor is under construction and to avoid it at all costs. Not seeing any problem with this instruction, she readily agrees and begins her first day at work. It's then, to her surprise, that she hears a noise that sounds like a woman sobbing--and it's coming from a room on the 3rd floor. Naturally, being somewhat curious, she immediately goes to investigate. Then, upon entering the room where the sound appears to be coming from, she stares in horror at an extremely pale woman with white hair who, after mumbling some strange words to her, causes her to run out of the room in sheer terror. Sure enough, three days later she is killed by an unseen entity at midnight. The scene then shifts to a woman named "Raina" (Luna Maya) being driven to a hotel that she has just inherited from her father. Traveling with her is her adopted, preteen daughter "Fey" (Bianca Hello) who looks forward to starting a new life in this exotic location. When they get there, she is greeted by her in-laws who have been taking care of the place for several years. And like everyone else who comes to this hotel, they tell her to avoid the 3rd floor at all costs. Unfortunately, it isn't too long before she hears what appears to be a woman sobbing from one of the rooms on that very floor--and that's when the horror begins all over again. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an okay horror film which primarily benefited from its dark atmosphere and beautiful scenery. And although the acting was adequate, what lessened the film, to a certain degree, was its rather predictable plot and unsatisfying ending. That being said, while certainly not a great horror film by any means, it still kept my attention for the most part, and I have rated it according. Average.

The settings and scenery in Indonesian horror films always go hard.

They really make me want to visit their beautiful country!

The storylines on which they are based, however, are kind of mid.

As far as haunted house films go...this one honestly isn't that bad.

But it's certainly not great, either.

The introduction actually got me kind of into it.

Enough, at least, to render me engaged.

Especially considering there are some really cool parts...like the gore.

The gore is quite well done.

Interspersed between the good bits, however, is some questionably dumb stuff.

Some of which hinders the flow.

And there are several times it looked like things were going to wrap up...only for the film to be drawn out longer and longer.

In what seems like an attempt to make this into a series.

The special effects in it are excellent though.

There is some really solid gorey bits.

So, I'd say it's worth a watch for that alone.

But it probably should have been shorter.

5 out of 10.

In fairness I'm not selecting a star rating for this film so as not to influence the user "grade" considering I didn't finish watching; I invested thirty-five or so minutes (IMO star ratings should generally be given when a film is watched in its entirety). The budget appeared to be in place and the production looked nice, but the writing! And, as a result, the acting was less than good or convincing. The dialogue was unnatural and seemed to be solely expository for us viewers. My eyes were rolling within minutes. I decided early on that another 90 minutes were probably not worth the time. But, perhaps it did turn into something worthwhile....

I'll try not to spoil too much The story revolves around a cursed room at some old hotel, With some of "The Ring" kinda curse. It even shows at the first scene in the beginning. After that it become too much rushed out. Feels like wanna tell so much story in a little time.

Even though the story happens in Semarang there's only a few local language spoken here, and the dialogue feels to formal (kinda like the textbook standard grammar), which is really strange to hear in daily basis.

Not too much jumpscare nor some traditional/cultural background stories behind, just a so-so horror movie to watch.