CHOOSING THE RIGHT DIRECTOR FOR SATAN SLAVE REMAKE

It’s always exciting to meet my fellow writers especially who’s got same interest in horror. From our chit-chat there’s a topic about Indonesian horror in old days and one of them known as Satan Slave. 



The film was produced in 1980 and very popular in its time because it had been the pioneer that base on Islamic faith after Indonesia was being flood by horror movie with other belief from outside such as Christianity that came from western movie and Buddhist that came from Hong Kong and China.

Sisworo Gautama Putra - 
The Director of Satan Slave

It’s interesting to say though it filled with Islamic belief the film was directed and written by Sisworo Gautama Putra who turned out to be a Christian. The achievement was marvelous because not only being concern by Indonesian people but internationally as well, with the original format in VHS. The movie achieved cult status as an eastern horror movie and subtitling into English.  

For me, the film was truly scares me like hell, moreover I was only a kid back then and I can’t sleep after I watched it. The image of a dead body that rise from the grave and Kuntilanak who peek outside a window can’t get out of my mind even during a bright daylight which, by unlucky, shadowing for almost several weeks later. I refused to go to the warehouse because I was to scared if by sudden I saw my helpers hanging there as experienced by Mr. Karto who was killed there in that movie.

One of the scariest scenes

"It would be cool if someone remakes it," says Ari Keling, one of the writers who hang out with me.

"But it should be made by good director. If it’s not, I think it will be disappointing," I commented.

From that discussion, it came to me several names as a proper horror directors that will be fit to do the project, here we are:

1. Chiska Doppert

She’s a good director who already made horror movies such Missing (2005), Tumbal Jailangkung (2011), Kerasukan (2013), Kamar 207 (2014), Cermin Penari Jaipong (2014).

2. Rizal Mantovani

He was a director of video clips once but he found he’s passion in horror movie and he’s work includes Jelangkung (2001), Kuntilanak (2006), Kuntilanak 2 (2007), Kuntilanak 3 (2008), Kesurupan (2008), Taring (2010), Wewe (2015)

3. Nayato Fio Nuala

He’s got lot of experience because of his seniority in this industry, so no doubt that he could make a good remake like what he did on The Soul (2003), Kereta Hantu Manggarai (2008), Hantu Perawan Jeruk Purut (2008), After School Horror (2014), Hantu Pohon Boneka (2014), Horror House (2015).

4. The Mo Brothers (Kimo Stamboel & Timothy Tjahjanto)

They’re just like Batman and Robin in horror industry. A dynamic duo who always creating a movie with high level of tension as they did on Bunian (2004), Takut : Faces of Fear - segmen “Dara” (2008), Rumah Dara (2010), Killers (2014)

5. Jose Purnomo

Propelling jelangkung along with Rizal Mantovani in 2001, Jose Prunomo later released horror films were also other cool like Angkerbatu (2007), Pulau Hantu (2007), Rumah Kentang (2011), 308 (2013), KM97 (2013), Rumah Gurita (2014), Mall Klender (2014), Tarot (2015).

So which one you think is the most capable to make the remake?