Rent Macabre (2009)
3.4 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
Six friends head out on road trip but their drive is cut short when they run into Maya (Imelda Therinne), a strange girl who wanders out of nowhere into their path claiming she's been robbed. The friends decide to give her a ride to her isolated house, deep in the woods. There Maya introduces them to her courteous mother, Dara (Shareefa Daanish), an ageless enigma of a woman who insists that their Good Samaritan act should be repaid with a feast. This is when the night turns into a bloody horror show for the six friends as they find themselves trapped and hunted by Dara, and her three deadly protégés, who have been born and raised to systematically eliminate unsuspecting passersby for one evil reason. - Actors:
- Shareefa Daanish, Julie Estelle, Ario Bayu, Sigi Wimala, Arifin Putra, Daniel Mananta, Dendy Subangil, Imelda Therinne, Mike Muliadro, Ruly Lubis, Felicia A. Sumarauw, Risdo Alaro Martondang, Ikhsan Samiaji, Cansirano, Roni Kribs, Amink, Putrama Tuta, Arion Suryoprajitno, Joko Anwar, Delon Tio
- Directors:
- Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto
- Producers:
- Greg Chew, Gary Goh, Kimo Stamboel, Delon Tio, Timo Tjahjanto, James Toh, Freddie Yeo
- Writers:
- Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto
- Aka:
- Darah
- Studio:
- Scanbox Entertainment
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Thrillers
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Reviews (1) of Macabre
Inreasingly ludicrous ... - Macabre review by NP
Six friends give a lift to a young girl on her own out in the rain; she insists on inviting them into her home to meet her mother Dara (Shareefa Daanish) who is instantly so creepy (but so aesthetically perfect she is almost inhuman), you really wouldn’t accept any invitation to stay – which the friends do, of course.
The characters are likeable but non-descript, except Astrid (Sigi Wimala), who is eight months pregnant, her delicate condition rendering her almost completely docile until the inevitable happens.
Pretty soon, ‘Macabre’ developes into a shriek-along bloodbath with many of the characters succumbing to a fatal and gory injury, only to come back to life on a number of occasions – so much so that things become farcical. There’s no point in trying to kill anyone off, because they’ll be back, bloodied and swollen, but able to inflict ‘one more fatality.’
With a more tongue-in-cheek approach, this might have rivalled Peter Jackson’s ‘Brain Dead’ in terms of blood and gore, but I suspect we’re meant to take it seriously. That the lickle newborn survives unscathed until the end underlines how silly this all is. My score is 5 out of 10. Indonesian, with English subtitles.
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