yeslisaja

The plot works as it is. It's simple but the movie executions made up for its plot. It does waste some time to explore the "mystery" (Though from my personal experience, it's pretty predictable).

Now, the eerie/creepy moment at the start of the movie is the best part of the movie for me. Watching a headless body walks in the background with unaware characters really sells it. The atmosphere support these scenes.

The problem came with the slasher part of the movie. Without spoiling much, the movie only uses one kind of execution. Usually, one of the fun part of a slasher movie is watching how the killer creatively execute his/her victim. In Ivanna there is only one method, and it start gets boring aftering watching it done for the third time.

Overall, it's entertaining enough for me, for an Indonesian horror movie, it does a decent job.

The only better thing that this series does compared to Paul W. S. Anderson movies are the camerawork. It isn't a big feat considering how shaky the camera in Anderson's movies. The one star I gave is solely for Lance Reddick. Although not perfect, in my opinion he provides the most effort in the series.

The series itself is terrible, save your time and don't watch this. I'm not a native english speaker, but even for me the writing are terrible. The usage of profanity, reference for sex jokes, or current things (such as covid) is bafflingly bad.

The story? It's bad, boringly bad. Some of the props and effects are actually pretty okay, but because the terrible plot, it couldn't save the series.