Queen Sofia And Bhisma Mulia Faced The Ghost In The Bell Movie: Call To Death

The Bell: Call To Die (ist)

JAKARTA - The cinemata of Buana Kreasindo raises the ghost story of this urban legend into film production, entitled The Bell: Call to Death. The Bell or the bell also refers to the sacred bell myth owned by village shamans in Belitung.

It is in this bell that the shaman confines the devil, the curious spirit, and even the ghost of the Penebok. This film stars Queen Sofia, Bhisma Mulia, Givina Dewi, Syalom Razade, Mathias Muchus, Septian Dwi Cahyo, Nabil Lunggana.

The Bell could also be short of the word 'Belitung', where the location of the ghost story of Panebok lives as a myth or reality that is said from time to time. The ancestors used to scare their children with the ghost Penebok who was looking for their heads to be used as sacrifices," said Haji Sahani Saleh, quoted from a media statement, Wednesday, September 4.

The story of the Penebok ghost eventually became a contemporary legend that lived in the Belitung community. It is said that he was locked up and dumped in one of the East Belitung areas known as the Dapur island area.

Stories about victims or headless bodies were also found several times in the Belitung beach area. In 2008 Kompas recorded daily death toll without a head, in 2017 there were also findings of headless death victims who became investigations of daily Bangka Pos coverage. Finally in 2021, Pos Belitung daily lowered articles on the finding of mysterious headless corpses. These three articles form the basis for the story of the film production of The Bell: Call to Death.

The ghost of Penebok Sanem (name of Haji Sahani Saleh) explained - indeed not as popular as the story of kuntilanak, pocong, tuyul, ngesot sisters, wewe gombel or Nyi Roro Kidul. But for the people of Belitung, the ghost of Penebok has become a legend spoken by the ancestors. Very mysterious, mystical, living in taboo stories and not a few residents who have met ghosts who are described without their heads.

That said, this ghost is an incarnation of the noni Netherlands who died and was mysteriously killed for defending its land. That's why the ghost of Penebok always looks for victims by releasing the victim's head. Horror stories that have lived and heard since colonial times and at the beginning of tin mining in Belitung began to stretch.

The Bell: Calls for Death are produced to add to the treasures of the horror story and contemporary legends of this country. Also the story of the mystical bell owned by the shaman Belitong which will be a unique story of how the Belitung shamans confine the ghosts in the bell. Production of The Bell: Calls to Death is entirely done in East Belitung. Production duration lasts for 16 days.

The Bell is the third film to explore the potential of East Belitung in particular. The two initial films are Laskar Pelangi and A Man Called Ahok. Both are successful production and successful sales as box-office films," explained Budi Yulianto, Executive Producer of The Bell film.

Budi Yulianto also added that East Belitung has advantages as a location for film production such as a very large natural studio. Various locations are available naturally, clear beaches are soft sandy, hilly soil contours, ancient colonial-era buildings, former mining lands, to the lack of noise disturbances at the production site. All points of this production site strongly support the atmosphere of The Bell production. So many areas in Belitung make it easier for the production team to revive contemporary legends of the story of the Penebok ghost.

Directed by Jay Sukmo and a joint production between Multi Buana Kreasi and Sinemata Productions. "From the many urban legends that are already known to film audiences, we want the story and ghost myth of Penebok to also be part of the Indonesian horror league," concluded Budi Yuianto.