Santau

Santau

Synopsis

In Malay. Halim and his family are blessed with happiness and wealth gained through his own growing business. On top of that, he has an understanding wife Nina who stands by his side and a lovely daughter named Tuti. Near Halim’s home, there is an unrented house. Ever since the neighbour moved out from that house, Tuti sees mysterious happenings until a point where Nina begins to experience weird incidents that have never happened before. Nina’s character soon changes drastically, where she becomes a lazy and hot-tempered person. Halim does not believe Nina and Tuti’s story on the existence of the paranormal until one night; Halim rushes home upon hearing his wife being possessed.

Official Site: NA

Singapore Release Date: 28th January 2010, Sunday.

Running Time: 83 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Thriller | Horror

Cast: Putri Mardiana, Riezman Khuzaimi, Esma Daniel

Crew: Director (Azhari Mohd Zain)

The Trailer

The Review

Most of the local supernatural horror flick I’ve seen are rather cheesy and poorly done, but we have a winner here with “Santau”.

It’s an entertaining movie that boast a good shocker, rivaling those horror films from our Western counterparts in fact, but with a local twist.

Using the local ancient Malay occult mysterious practice as its main setting, plus the convincing special effects and excellent editing/story-telling, you’ll have a hair-raising cinematic experience with little disappointment.

The Good

• Convincing acting
• Excellent character development

The Bad

• Predictable plot
• Too many anti-climax

Editor’s Ratings