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The Wailing of the Maghrib (2023)
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Original name: Waktu Maghrib
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A terror chases the souls of Adi and Saman. Ayu knows the reason as to why they are tormented - a sin committed at the most dangerous time of Maghrib Time. What sin have they committed and what will happen to Adi, Saman, Ayu and their village?
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, dark, supernatural thriller, indonesian, tragic
Plot:
islam, village, faith, spirit, child, supernatural horror, mysticism, life is a bitch, village life, problem, countryside, teenager, school, ghost, killer, children, exorcism, spider, police officer, forest, teacher, violence, student, death, genie ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, supernatural thriller, tragic and mystical films with plots about ghost, violence, terror, blood, haunting, fear and parents mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Wailing of the Maghrib: Ivanna (2022), Qorin (2022), Lembayung (2024), Sijjin (2023), Sakaratul Maut (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ambar & Dika have just begun with a new chapter of life when years-old grudge of a malicious entity unfolds before their eyes. With a gift she unwillingly has, Ambar is now forced to finish the vengeance of the entity, a headless Dutch spirit, ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical ...
Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Zahra, a third year student at Rodiatul Jannah boarding school, has always been a model student who has many achievements in school. Zahra is willing to obey any orders from Ustad Jaelani, her teacher, to get grades. Including the task of taking ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Arum and Pica, who wanted to complete their internship at Lembayung hospital, had to face mysterious terror from a woman satan who was suspected of hanged herself in the bathroom. The situation became even more tense after they asked others for help ...
Style:
mystical, psychological thriller, tragic
Plot:
terror, ghost, hospital, haunting, female protagonist, djinn, patient, supernatural horror, student, doctor, health, car ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Irma falls in love with Galang, her cousin who already has a wife and children. Irma is very obsessed and wants to be the only woman in Galang's life. Irma comes to the shaman to send black magic to Galang's wife. Since then terror and ...
Style:
mythical, psychotronic, mystical
Plot:
ghost, black magic, shaman, folk horror, grave, children, faith, religious, trance, husband, violence, couples ...
Place:
asia
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
At a time when Pak Wiryo found it difficult to die because he had a 'hold', the children of his first wife and second wife were fighting over the inheritance.
Style:
creepy, tragic
Plot:
ghost, wife, grandfather, accident, terror, haunted, mother, neighbor, haunting, parents, ritual, child ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
As a child, Yuli witnessed her parents die at the hands of a mysterious force after her mother became possessed. Branded a cursed and unwanted child, she survived and grew up under the roof of her father's other wife Ambar and her daughter ...
Style:
spiritual, supernatural thriller, dark
Plot:
djinn, black magic, religious, haunting, terror, ghost, islam, animal, children, partner, trance, evil ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Similarity:
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403
Genre: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ainun found out that her biological father, Abah Mulya, was actually a spiritual teacher who taught heresy and distanced himself from the Qibla. Can Ainun guide them to the right path again?
Style:
spiritual, tragic
Plot:
spell, devil, ghost, islam, religious, haunted, evil, student, spirit, parents, terror, forest ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of medical volunteers who are sent to a remote village to help residents affected by a deadly epidemic while keeping many secrets related to Pamali.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, psychological, mystical, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
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31%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The village still holds many mysteries. Piece by piece of mystery is revealed, including the terror of the most feared entity, namely, Badarawuhi.
Style:
supernatural thriller, dark, mystical
Plot:
skinny dipping, dancing, dance, snake, terror, forest, village, ghost, haunting, supernatural horror, folk horror, witch doctor ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, 1950s, year 1955, 20th century
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A cursed mirror opens up a supernatural bridge to a demonic force that disturbs and terrorises young Maya and her family.
Style:
supernatural thriller, creepy, dark
Plot:
demon, supernatural horror, ghost, haunting, terror, family problems, sacrifice, mirror, father, house, accident, trauma ...
Time:
2010s, year 2008, 2000s, year 2010, 21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After her husband's mysterious death, Lastini believes a dark entity is possessing her daughter, Arum. With only five days before Arum's leap-year birthday, Lastini and her two other children journey across Java to seek help from spiritual ...
Style:
spiritual, mystic, mystical, crying, dark ...
Plot:
ghost, female protagonist, possession, daughter, terror, haunted, mother, demon, possessed, weapons, mass suicide, spell ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Six students were terrorized by a mysterious dancer while running a community service program in a remote village. Apparently, one of them violates the most fatal rule in the village.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
27%
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:
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Time:
2000s, 2010s, year 2013, year 2001, year 2003 ...
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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:
mysterious, demonic, dark, supernatural thriller, hot ...
Plot:
spell, kingdom, demon, countryside, factory, ghost, worker, terror, sugarcane, haunted, farming, witch doctor ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
26%
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 ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Malaysia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A former clergyman finds himself back in his old boarding school where the disturbances experienced by its community might help him regain his faith and tie up loose ends in regards to his son's death by a deadly spirit.
Style:
tense, captivating, mystical, dark, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Where Siena is experiencing depression due to being able to see someone's death sign. Even in this situation, she tries to help the people of Remetuk Village who are shrouded in a suicide mystery.
Plot:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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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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Story:
When the police halt their search, a troubled mother works with a podcaster to find her missing daughter but faces a dark force that haunts her.
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Indonesia, South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Physical and mental violence became Alex's daily menu at the school. Terrible incident haunts senior students after a spirit-calling ritual.
Style:
disturbing, psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
21%
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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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
satan, terror, djinn, devil, occult, haunting, ghost, pregnant woman, victim, pregnancy, blood, wife ...
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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:
teen horror, dark, supernatural thriller, tragic
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After the bizarre death of their father, two siblings must uncover the root cause of their mother's sudden paranormal terror to save her.
Style:
psychotronic, bleak, suspense, slasher, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted, supernatural, revenge, supernatural power, fear, violence, death, boy, voodoo, house, killing ...
Time:
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Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
absurd, brutal, sadistic
Plot:
ghost, mother, demon, ritual, djinn, body horror, terror, children, haunting, grave, blood, torture ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Indonesia, Malaysia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ustadz Qodrat now embarks on the next journey to find his wife, Azizah and once again strike the revenge of evil powers.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, gothic ...
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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