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I know this movie Made by kimo stamboel or kimo stambol? I don't know, i love he's movie, but im really confused with this movie. Are even this is a horror movie? Or drama? Or comedy movie? Something i love horror movie buat maybe this is the worst. Is just about a cursed village. For me it just did'nt make sense, if you are easy to scare but you want to try to watch one horror movie this is the perfect movie for you, BECAUSE THIS MOVIE IS NOT SCARY. I know maybe scary for some another people, but hey we are Indonesian duh.. we already get used with horror movie because Indonesian only can make horror and drama movie lol. But the point, is if you are easy to scare and you want to try to watch horror movie this movie is perfect for you (Spoiler alert but not really spoiler:)

Literally i was just shocked when i was shown a dead monkey covered with blood, bruh🗿

Mila and her group of cousins are determined to uncover the truth behind her mother's mysterious illness. Their quest leads them to the enigmatic Dancing Village (Desa Penari), where they unravel a series of secrets, piece by piece, including the existence of the dreaded entity known as Badarawuhi.

The film unfolds as a slow-burn horror, with the second half proving more compelling than the first. While some scenes may feel repetitive, reminiscent of "KKN di Desa Penari," the focus is primarily on the gradual revelation of secrets between Badarawuhi and the village.

Although the second act is commendable for its chilling and eerie horror, certain parts of the movie may drag, yet they are integral to the plot's development. Despite the predominantly visual storytelling, viewers may still find themselves questioning certain aspects of the film.

The technical prowess of the film, particularly in editing and transitioning between scenes, deserves appreciation for its clean execution. The eerie atmosphere effectively complements the movie's theme.

While "KKN di Desa Penari" may be preferred for its realism and tragic elements, some viewers may feel a stronger connection to the characters and their personal development. The lack of a direct link between the two films, despite being a prequel, may leave some audiences wanting more coherence.

Nevertheless, "Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari" offers an engaging weekend watch, particularly for horror enthusiasts.

Dancing Village: The Curse Begins is an interesting tale of a forest Demon trying once again to gain power. The story starts without much understanding of the dynamic, but Mila is seeking a particular village to return a trinket to save her mother of an unknown disease that has hit quickly.

While there are tropes galore of they genre of horror films, Dancing Village has enough to keep above the completely obvious downfalls. (Do we have to have the one character that seems greedy, uncouth, and selfishly idiotic?) There are moment of gentle chills and suspense. The story unfolds easily, and at times it's too predictable if you've ever seen an Asian horror.

Dancing Village appears to be a prequel, and I feel it is worth a watch. Overall, a decent film. One element that made it less enjoyable for me was the huge express of distress around a failing family member. The excessive outpouring was at times difficult for me to take seriously, but that could be from cultural issues or my own personal family dysfunction.

This is an Indonasian movie and I must say its a very good movie.

I just started watching this movie without knowing much around its baseline or origin country. But as I started watching it catches me.

I liked the theme and direction. Later I searched and find this is based on true story told/experienced by some students of or around same village. I also found this movie is prequel of "KKN di Desa Penari".

Now I will watch that movie as well.

Acting: very good by the central character and good by other supporting characters Direction: really very good

I was not expecting much from this movie but I must say this is a good movie.

It's been a while I have written a review on here, since I do that on my own website. But this time I had to.

People have been calling this gripping and spine-chilling. There isn't a single event in this film that even came close to this. Director Kimo Stamboel is capable of building up tension and dread. Only in this film, this replaced with empty symbolism and boredom. Badarawuhi, a snake demon, clearly is intended to be scary and intimidating. She might be the latter because of her portrayal by Aulia Sarah. She tries her hardest. If only this was backed up by terror.

There is hardly any terror. The few events that are supposed to signify this are laughable at best. Sure, there are some gross and gory scenes, but they hardly have any effect. Then the finale is like one big joke. I think I was supposed to be creeped out by the menacing dancers. I mean, it could have been done, had these dances been backed up elements that actually made these dances unique and terrifying. But this is not the case one bit. It felt like a rip-off from Suspiria (2018) which also was a joke.

But the absolute part that made me lose interest quite fast is the pacing. There is very little story and substance in the first place. Maybe enough for a 5-minute short. But this is stretched out over 2 hours. You can imagine how slow this feels.

Overall, this is far from the opposite what the majority of the reviewers have been claiming. And don't get me wrong. I wished what they said was true. But to have me sit through this and make me waste my time in this fashion I find criminal. So yeah, don't believe the high rating, this is terrible!

This 2024 film "Dancing Village: The Curse Begins (Badarawuhi di Desa Penari)" directed by Kimo Stamboel explores Indonesian supernatural beliefs. It's a slow burn but really tries to implode human emotions through despair and dancing.

It's story originality based on dance traditions with life/death deities and sorcery. The actors really deliver strong performances of young people trying to rationalize logic to what is a curse. It follows a 2022 KKN di Desa Penari" film, some similar ideas sourced in folklore.

The story focuses on two young women (Rathil and Mila) with mothers in terrible state of physical and mental illness. They aren't understanding what's happening, they dealing with the supernatural, things can't be undone.

The film enters through their struggling between earthy and spiritual realms. A realm controlled by a supernatural tormenter and soul taker: Badarawuhi which played beautifully by Aulia Sarah.

In some ways, it reminds one of the 1977 (and 2018 remake) film Suspiria. Modern ballet ancing on those films play with witchcraft and self-destruction, centered on women.

In this case solely based on Indonesian folk dancing, it's surreal scenes are of interest. There's no excessive gore scenes nor jump scares but still deliver a creepy vibe.

The scenes of dancing and sorcery are done well, as the beautiful dance moves become acts of evil. Again, it's slow but delivers toward the story ending. It also marks that Indonesian horror genre can be smart and elusive.

Past 80s/90s Indonesian horror unfortunately has been seen as campy, championed by a mostly cult film audiences. Although the recent reboot of "VHS" found footage enlisted Indonesian director and actors within the horror genre.

This particular film will definitely challenges old tropes on South Asian horror genre. Film's cinematography is excellent and inviting. Mostly set in rural landscapes and sound effects are superb.

A group of teenager visit to remote village, desperately need help to recover their mother from mysterious disease, but they never know the danger and threat await.

Ok, then. The village folklore is going on, and I knew it from the start that this movie is not meant to be so fearsome, like have a bunch of jumspcare and terror, because this movie is just showing and approaching to realistically enough exactly in threads or real life. Even though I hoping more dreadful story to adapt in the movie, and this story was, sorry to say isn't intens enough for me, because it's not about a ghost or monsters, it's about my sympathy for the victim, and yes this movie is not so horror, but more like drama or folklore and urban legend. And I belive so many of those poor viewer got disappointed from promising horror genre.

The aesthetic view of nature, village and the mountain, absolutely eye catching and stunning. Not to mention the big name producers handle the cinematography so well done, covers up the lack of the horror action, and yeah thats all I get, such the scary side of the dense forest in the beauty of the scenery, thats it and nothing more. For me it's just okay, but need more punch. Yet this still better story to adapt for me, and all those spectacular actors they were absolutely killing it. Once again a better quality, advance from many years before.

Saw the first movie. And then this movie i thought the first one is bad but i was wrong compared to this second one.

The plot or the main story is actually same its about village that cursed by another supernatural village led by Badarawuhi and her cronies.

I thought this second movie is going to tell about Badarawuhi backstory unforunately not

the plot kinda feels repetitive same as the first movie even worse, Kakek Buyut or Elder Shaman doesnt do anything to help the village he only doing what Badarawuhi told to which is make the village remains under her curse

and the Dog's CGI transformation even not showing i guess the render is yetunfinished before the movie exported to cinema.

Main character was so Beautiful but so cruel also, the story line was very detail in this prequel. Makes the audience more familiar with its origins. The timeline is different from the Dancer Village KKN. This time it is set in the 1980s. Where a dancer outwits Badarawuhi, making Nyai very angry.

With different actors and characters from the sequel, this film is fresh and interesting, although some scenes are somewhat similar to the sequel, they don't make you bored and are still fun to watch even with a duration of 122 minutes. At first glance it looks like a repetition but is described in more detail. Moreover, it is supported by the acting of the players, all of whom are good and really get into their characters. A little funny touch from Iqbal Sulaiman creates an ice breaker amidst the horrors of the Badarawuhi terror.

Some of the jumscares are quite surprising. Not only does it show many tense scenes. The emotional drama between mother and child was very touching

Be careful if you have a phobia of snakes, prepare yourself mentally to watch this film.

I found this movie to be mostly decent for the most part. The story feels complicated, and i didn't know what was going on in this movie. So, the actual plot is this girl going to the village to find answers to her mother mysterious illness and learn about this traditional dance. It's interesting to learn about what the dance is about and how it's important to the village. She also encounters a supernatural called Badarawuhi, who gives an eerie vibe when she shows up and what she's doing here in the first place. The movie itself is pretty slow, with scenes that feel like it is dragging on too long and strange stuff happening throughout. Also, the movie isn't scary at all because nothing too extreme happens in the movie and is easily predictable when it shows up. The climax itself is something different, but it isn't that suspenseful at all. And the movie has a rushed ending.

I think this is the best movie I've ever watched, from start to finish the atmosphere of the movie makes us enter into the world of badarawuhi, and this movie is also an improvement that deserves thumbs up, where Kimo Stamboel as a director managed to execute this movie quite well.

This movie is also very interesting to watch, especially for cinematography, this movie is far above the Movie KKN : Di Desa Penari, because indeed this movie sells in cinematography, especially the cool scene transitions.

Even though this movie doesn't sell jumpscared at all, it still manages to present Kimo Stamboel's mystical horror movie spectacle, which is a horror spectacle that is not complicated and pleasant to follow until the end.

This film was made by Director Kimo Stamboel. This film is another version of KKN Universe. Story telling about what happened in the village for a long time ago. Tells more clearly about Badarawuhi and what actually happened in the dancing village before. This film will also tell the story of a girl named Mila. We can enjoy watching Mila and her friends make their journey in the dancing village. There are many new things and secrets that will be explored in this film. A very tense film and we will be taken to enjoy every incident after incident that we never thought about before. A very cool film and highly recommended for people in Indonesia to watch, how culture and customs are always passed down from time to time. There are many lessons that can be learned from this film.

"Badarawuhi" delivers a gripping and spine-chilling experience that showcases the prowess of Indonesian horror cinema. With its masterful storytelling, atmospheric cinematography, and stellar performances, this film stands out as a gem in the genre. The tension is expertly built, keeping audiences on the edge of their seats throughout. Moreover, its exploration of Indonesian folklore adds depth and authenticity to the narrative, elevating it beyond typical horror fare. Overall, "Badarawuhi" earns its praise for offering a truly unsettling and memorable cinematic journey.

Sooo, you must to watch this film!!

The story revolves around Badarawuhi and the Dancer Village here is a little different from the previous one. Here it is explained that there are twin shawls complete with urban legend stories, as if this village holds a mystery that has not been revealed.

Although they both tell stories about a number of young people who finished their business and had to go to the Penari Village. The premise of the film Badarawuhi does look similar to KKN in Penari Village. However, these two films come in neater and new versions. Because Badarawuhi focuses on one entity, even though the hints that appear are not much different from the previous film.

Prequel to the film KKN in the village of dancers, in terms of script and plot, it is well prepared compared to the previous film, the setting is still identical to the yellow river bridge in Kaliurang

From the first second, the film is already tense and gives you goosebumps with the gamelan and special musical accompaniment. Moreover, musical scenes are shown many times. The dancing scene is also 5 stars. Gives you goosebumps and reminds you of Seblang Olehsari. Unfortunately there's only one, there should be a little foreign language inserted to feel the aura

There are lots of cool shots throughout the film. Accompanied by scoring that is no less neat, our eyes and ears can be quite pampered.

It's a great movie. Great film. Tells about badarawuhi who is looking for a replacement or next dawuh. The cast's expressions are very soulful, especially Ratih's character. I like it. Great great-grandmother's character. A good atmospheric background makes the film very amazing. Good movie. Interesting film. In my opinion, Mila's character is less prominent here. The director seems to be showing that Mila's character is devoted to her mother and willing to make sacrifices for her mother. However, at the beginning, Mila becomes a character who is self-righteous and pretentious. Even so, Mila carries out her character very well. In terms of make-up, it is also neat and amazing.

This film so amazing because it tells the story of a dancer who has a lineage and makes them return to the village of dancers and ultimately their descendants follow the traditions in that village. Good plot, not complicated and easy to understand with few jump scares. This work is very good, it shows that if we want to get something we have to make sacrifices and we can make sacrifices for the people we love. This story is packaged in a film whose duration is very short but everything from the opening, content, conflict and so on is all there. They must try to watch the film because this is recommended.

This film was made by Director Kimo Stamboel. This film is another version of KKN Universe. The story is about what happened in the village for a long time ago. Tells more clearly about Badarawuhi and what actually happened in the dancing village before. Very cool film and highly recommended for people in Indonesia to watch, how culture and customs are always passed down from time to time. The place, storyline, so incredible make me amaze along the film. If youre interested to see anorther version of KKN di Desa Penari, so please watch this, this incredible creation must watch by alot of people.