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2024

2025
Director
Baim Wong
Runtime
108 minutes
Average Rating
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Arini and her family went to a small town to start a new life, but it turns into a disaster after they find an ancient mirror in a secret warehouse.
Overall Score
Fair
Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The narrative focuses on a family unit relocating to a small town. There is no explicit evidence of LGBTQ+ characters or non-heteronormative relationship dynamics.
Gender Representation
The film centers on a female protagonist, Arini, and features a prominent ensemble of established female actors. This structure suggests a focus on female agency over traditional patriarchal horror tropes.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
A predominantly Indonesian cast provides a localized perspective that challenges Western-centric horror. The use of ancient artifacts suggests a narrative rooted in non-Western folklore and indigenous mysticism.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The plot explores subjective reality through themes of hallucinations and schizophrenia. However, the central family unit suggests a traditional social structure rather than a critique of social institutions.
Disability Representation
The inclusion of schizophrenia and hallucinations indicates a focus on neurodivergence. This offers a potential engagement with invisible disabilities through the protagonist's internal psychological experience.
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Areas for Improvement
AI Analysis
Sukma shifts the horror genre away from external monsters toward internal psychological terror. By centering the story on Arini's mental state, the film prioritizes female agency and neurodivergent experiences over standard genre tropes. The production benefits from a strong Indonesian cast and a setting rooted in local mysticism. This provides a culturally specific texture that avoids the typical Western-centric approach to supernatural storytelling. While the film excels in gender and cultural specificity, it lacks evidence of LGBTQ+ representation. The reliance on a traditional family unit also suggests a more conventional social framework.

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