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Mined Zone

MYSTICS IN BALI
LEÁK

• Director: H. Tjut Djalil
• INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA / 1981 / DVD / Colour / 82’ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Putra Mada
• Editing: Djuki Paimin
• Music: Gatot Sudarto
• Cast: Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo, Sofia W.D.
• Producer: Abdul Muis Sofian, Hendry Katili, Sri Gunawan
• Production Co.: Pusat Perusahaan Film Video Tape Corp.
• World Sales: Public Domain

Based on the novel Leák Ngakak by Putra Mada, Mystics in Bali is a cult classic of Indonesian horror cinema. The film explores black magic and a well-known figure of Southeast Asian folklore, the penanggalan, a vampiric entity that appears in the form of a flying head of a disembodied woman with its trailing organs still attached. The film tells the story of Cathy, an American researcher who travels to Bali in order to learn black magic. She meets a witch who promises to train her in the dark arts. The witch has a darker intention, though: trapped in a cult, Cathy is turned into a penanggalan.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.