1-star for Shareefa Daanish,1-star for the creepy song, and I guess 2-stars because it was pretty.. meh? There wasn't any story per se, as basic as to the why ghosting it was pretty average. To be fair if it wasn't for Daanish's (the maid) skills to look mortifyingly creepy I would have rated this lower. Props to her! I am curious to read the novel but overall I have seen creepier (and better) Indonesian horror movies.
Danur
2017 [INDONESIAN]
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
Risa is shocked that her three best friends are ghosts. An evil spirit kidnaps Risa's sister. Risa asks Peter, Wiliam, and Janshen for help.
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May 02, 2023 at 07:56 AM
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Shareefa Daanish is a lot more scarier than the actual movie
Bland and generic horror...
As I stumbled upon the 2017 Indonesian horror movie "Danur" by random chance here in 2023, I opted to sit down and watch it on account of it being an Asian horror movie that I hadn't already seen. Sure, I hadn't even heard about this movie, so I virtually didn't know what I was in for, nor did I have any expectations. So writers Lele Laila, Ferry Lesmana and Risa Saraswati had every opportunity to entertain me.
"Danur" was a semi-watchable movie. I mean, it wasn't a particularly thrilling or scary story, and much of the things that the characters in the movie did made little or no sense from a logical viewpoint, so it was somewhat of an awkward movie to sit through. I managed to endure the 74 minutes that director Awi Suryadi delivered, but I wasn't overly entertained.
The acting performances in "Danur" were okay. I wasn't impressed with what I witnessed, because the actors and actresses didn't have all that much of solid material to work with. I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie.
Visually then "Danur" was mediocre. There were a couple of special effects throughout the course of the 74 minutes, so don't get your hopes up. The effects were fair enough, taking into consideration the production value of the movie.
For a horror movie then "Danur" came and went without leaving a lasting impression on me. It is not a movie that I will recommend for fans of the horror genre to rush out and get to watch.
My rating of "Danur" lands on a very generous four out of ten stars.