Badoet [Movie Review]

Badoet [Movie Review] | I thought this was a new English movie. Turns out it was a 2015 Indonesian movie. 

SYNOPSIS

Badoet (2015) Trivia

• Also known as Clown of the Dead
• Starring: Daniel Topan, Aurelie Moeremans, Ratu Felisha, Marcel Chandrawinata, Christoffer Nelwan, Tiara Westlake & Ronny P. Tjandra
• Director: Awi Suryadi
• Producer: Daniel Topan & Haresh Kemlani
• Production Company: DT Films

• Distributed by: Netflix & Wild Eye Releasing
• Release date: November 12, 2015
• Running time: 87 minutes
• Rating: MA
• Country: Indonesia
• Language: Indonesian
• IMDb: 4.3/ 10
• Tomatometer: NA
• Metascore: NA
• The entire film is shot in 12 days. 
• Until the third day of filming, Director of Photography Jimmy Indra had never seen Ronny P. Tjandra’s real face as the actor always arrived on set fully in clown makeup.. 
• Before filming, Ronny P. Tjandra tested clown makeup nightly to find Badoet’s character.

Vino is Raisa's son. He loves hanging out with Donald and Farel in their flat unit while his mother, a single parent, goes to work. Donald and Farel are university students and sometimes, Kayla, their tomboyish classmate, comes over to discuss university assignments. 

One day, while playing hide and seek with his 3 friends at a nearby circus plot adjacent to their housing area, Vino discovers a unique wooden musical box. He loves the box so much that he hugs the box while sleeping. The next day, he flaunts the box to his three friends. 

Not long after, one by one of his friends are found dead in a short span of time, all ruled as suicides. What baffles the residents is that these children were bright, cheerful, and came from loving families. Their sudden deaths leave the community in shock and fear.

The peaceful apartment soon turns sinister when Donald, Farel, and Kayla discover dozens of drawings of a mysterious clown in the rooms of the three dead children. The same image begins to appear in Vino’s sketches, raising a terrifying possibility that he might be the next victim. The trio’s search for answers leads them down a dark path, one that blurs the line between reality and the supernatural.

Desperate to protect Vino, they seek help from Nikki, a woman with psychic abilities and ironically, Donald’s old rival on social media. Together, they try to uncover the origin of the evil presence stalking their building. But the deeper they dig, the closer the terror creeps. 

As the haunting escalates, the group realizes they are not merely investigating a series of deaths. They are confronting an ancient, vengeful entity bound to the spirit of the clown. 

Will they be able to save Vino from being the next victim?

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• I love the location - very natural.

What I Don't Like:

• Some actors are quite stiff.
• A bit slow in the earlier scenes whereas the ending kinda rushed.

Will I Watch It Again: Once is enough.

Overall: 3.5/ 5.0

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