As much as Islam reigns as rules and society in Indonesia, the horror movies aren't that good to portray the religion/teachings more than a good vs. evil token in the 80 horror movies. Since then, fairly all spiritual explanations from Indonesian horror movies are credited to traditional shamans. It is quite tricky to portray Islam in a horror movie since many unspeakable boundaries may rise as controversy if the producers aren't careful enough.
This movie, coming from an acclaimed horror short with the same name (and this full-length version keeps bragging the short's accolades to oblivion lol) using a relatively simple premise. Three students must stay at the dorm to complete extra courses during the holiday season get supernatural occurrences that somehow always happened during their prayers.
I must say, 90 minutes seems too prolonged for the movie to develop the story and characters. It is so slow in terms of the plot and the scenes. Many scenes revolve to a person realizes something is wrong then needs a few seconds before reacting. Most of the actings are so stoic it's cringy to watch them.
Despite that, they have a fair share of good jumpscare moments. What seems to be the problem is how this movie is confined to stereotypic
