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Janur Ireng (2025)
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Original name: Janur Ireng: Sewu Dino the Prequel
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sabdo and Intan lived happily despite their material poverty, but tragedy struck when their parents’ house was completely burned down. In their confusion over where to live, they were approached by Arjo Kuncoro, a man who claimed to be their uncle— a wealthy merchant who had everything. They were taken to the Kuncoro family home, but it turned out that Arjo had a sinister plan to exploit them both.
Style:
mystic, brutal, dark, sadistic, sinister, demonic, creepy, supernatural thriller
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, snake, tragedy, blood, tradition, goat, terror, slaughter, supernatural power, haunted, teenager, revenge, wedding, violence, death, universe, sword, house, fire, inheritance, spirit, fiancee, black magic, parents, possessed ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1997, year 2000, 21st century, 1990s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, supernatural thriller, creepy and brutal films with plots about haunting, terror, ghost, violence, blood, fear and parents mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Janur Ireng: Sugar Mill (2025), Santet Segoro Pitu (2024), The Elixir (2025), A Thousand Days (2023), Labinak: They Are Almost Us (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A group of young men and women who work as seasonal workers in a sugar factory face terror from the kingdom of demons where the factory is located. They must find out the cause of the demons' anger, before the terror ends their lives.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Since his father found a mysterious package and heard the eerie sounds of an indigenous tribe, ARDI and his family have experienced strange events. SUCIPTO (his father), MARNI (his mother), and ARIF (his younger brother) all fell ill, one by one. ...
Style:
sadistic, sinister, supernatural thriller, brutal, creepy
Plot:
ghost, terror, black magic, witchcraft, haunted, djinn, food, supernatural horror, spirit, magical, violence, boy ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An elixir unleashes the undead in a village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Sri accepts a generous job offer and tasked to perform a cleansing ritual for Dela Atmojo, an unconscious girl who is suffering from the hex of 1000-days. The terror begins when her coworker neglects to finish the ritual. Failing to perform until ...
Style:
mystical
Plot:
corpse, granddaughter, violence, ghost, blood, nurse, terror, haunting, black magic, economics, village, curse ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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186
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Because of Rini's spell, Edi left his wife and two children. As a daughter who lost her father, Vita tried to win back her father's love and bring him back into the arms of his family.
Style:
emotional, sexual, supernatural thriller, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunting, terror, snake, ghost, witchcraft, haunted, devil, junior high school, folk horror, spirit, incident, supernatural horror ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, year 2013, year 2001, year 2003 ...
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
supernatural thriller, dark, mystical
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Struggling debt collector, Jefri, awaits the birth of his second child with Ella in her 8-month pregnancy. Haunted by the loss of their first child, their high hopes for the baby’s arrival. When complications arise, they unknowingly turn to an ...
Style:
epic, supernatural thriller, brutal, dark, demonic
Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Unbeknownst to her husband Soedjiman, Sulastri made a pact with the devil so that she could have children. She gave birth to twins, Kumala, who survived, and Sumala, who died. Kumala grew up to be a kind child, but she was also physically and ...
Style:
supernatural thriller, dark, brutal, sadistic
Plot:
supernatural horror, village, possessed, terror, ghost, devil, haunting, twins, survival, wife, ritual, deformity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1947, year 1950, year 1955 ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Echa and Ariel married for love, but the marriage they built collapsed when she was loved by a spirit who wanted to take her as his demonic bride. From that day on, terror continued to haunt them.
Style:
spiritual, supernatural thriller, dark
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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387
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A teenager with the ability to enter other people’s dreams witnesses a dark spirit taking people’s lives in their dreams, and quickly realizes that it correlates to the mysterious deaths occurring in reality.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Apartment 610 holds a dark and terrifying secret: anyone who enters it will die within four days. Can Alma and her sister, Mia, escape the curse?
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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