Marsha Aruan’s Jessica goes from teen clique bitch obsessed with livestream likes to spirit victim, while Rima Melati Adams portrays the show’s horror centerpiece Red Kebaya Lady as the force of nature that torments the group. It’s obvious that the main brunt of the DreadOut “Scooby Gang” is on Caitlin’s Linda, so props to her for carrying the film with her balancing act of distressed heroine who evolves into someone who has to really fight for her life using her patented phone camera. Look no further than DreadOut’s production values and cinematography if you want this year’s best fantastical horror setting (so far). The soundtrack also deserves mentioning: it effectively uses traditional Balinese instruments and percussions to evoke a uniquely creepy feel when the bad stuff happens.
Once the heroes enter the spirit world, the chills mix well with the beautiful yet eerie landscapes, interiors, and even the barong-themed trinkets laid out in some ghost woman’s cupboard. I’ll say this: Indonesia’s horror scene is never short on atmosphere and effects. Oh, and the other dead spirits and zombies in the way.
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The group need to find out how to deal with the problem while also being assaulted by DreadOut’s killing machine: the Red Kebaya Lady. Our heroic schoolgirl, Linda (Caitlin Halderman), is the only one among the group in tuned to the spectral universe due to her past, portrayed in a pretty harrowing and well-executed intro leading to the present day. The plotline is more or less the same school kids accidentally open up a spirit realm in a scary abandoned apartment complex somewhere in Indonesia.
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Such is the case of the latest Indonesian movie DreadOut, based on the pretty decent indie survival horror game where your phone camera is your go-to tool to navigate the spirit realm. Say what you will about Silent Hill nowadays, but at least its movie adaptations are arguably well-produced and evoke that sense of dread from a standard script and plot outline. Do you know what the cinema world lacks? More horror video game adaptations that focus more on the horror & dread aspects.