Korean production and sales powerhouse Barunson E&A is investing in and taking on international sales for upcoming Indonesian horror Sorop, produced by MD Pictures, and will launch the film in Busan’s ...

Horror streamer Shudder has picked up two Indonesian genre titles from EST N8, securing “Pabrik Gula” (Sugar Mill) and “Perewangan” for North American, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand ...

Indonesian director Joko Anwar on location while shooting the hit horror film “Siksa Kubur.” Credit: Courtesy Joko Anwar Subscribe for ads-free reading The tagline for Indonesian director Joko Anwar’s ...

JOKO ANWAR had a bleak childhood growing up in a slum in North Sumatra in Indonesia. “I was worried I might get kidnapped by Wewe Gombel,” he says, referring to a female ghost in Javanese mythology ...

Netflix‘s Indonesian horror film “The Elixir” has surged to the top of the streamer’s worldwide rankings for non-English language titles, drawing more than 11 million viewers in the first several days ...

Crunching popcorn and screaming, Indonesians are flocking to watch homegrown horror films in cinemas that draw on the country's penchant for ghost and monster stories. The genre now dominates ...

Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? Rather than rely on the “scare tactics” of the past, the country’s filmmakers are beginning to tackle more complex and ambitious subjects. A ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...