JAKARTA - The horror film Don't Be Alone began showing in theaters on April 1. Not only aired in Indonesia, the film is also screened in Malaysian and Brunei Darussalam cinemas starting April 8, following the next screenings in Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Film producer Agung Setray said the film Don't Be Alone is different from the usual horror films, because it doesn't use ghosts in general. "This film uses jump scare instead of ghost figure. Instead, the horrors that these films present are based on the strength of character and storytelling that is built," he said when contacted Friday, April 9.
The combination of thriller and suspense elements, which makes the atmosphere gripping is new in the Indonesian cinema universe, especially horror films. "This differentiation is what makes the film Do not alone get a good enough aplaus for the audience of the country at the beginning of its premiere," he said confidently.
Executive Producer, Witjaksono is optimistic that success in Indonesia will also be followed by the enthusiasm of overseas audiences. "There are several reasons we should be optimistic that national cinema can be accepted in ASEAN countries, especially Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, Cambodia and Vietnam, among others because of the same language factors, the soundtrack of music that is interesting, the sense of humor malay style is also the same," he said.
Can not be denied, based on the fact that the main reason the National film has actually been accepted by the Asean community, namely the similarity of language that is still complex, making it easier to understand, as a result there is no need for difficulty to translate it.
"Of course this situation also adds to our belief, the film Do not be alone will be well received by audiences in other Asean countries, where today millennials and also centenial who have different perceptions in assessing ghost figures featured in a storyline, and in the film Do Not Alone answer the need that horror films do not always dwell on klenik elements" he concluded.
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