43/11
Followed by Panggonan Wingit 2: Miss K (2024)
Raina's life was threatened after she opened the door and entered an unnumbered room in the hotel managed by her sister, Fey. The figure of a woman with white hair and skin also made her presence known..
And given my life-long love of the horror genre and Asian movies, of course I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch this movieWriter Riheam Junianti put together a fair enough script
Without ever having heard about this 2023 Indonesian Supernatural Horror Movie titled "Panggonan Wingit" (aka "The Haunted Hotel"), I sat down to watch it here in 2024, as I happened to have the opportunity to do so. It was entertaining for sure, but at the same time writer Riheam Junianti was cashing in on a lot of stereotypical horror tropes, which sort of made certain aspects of "The Winged One" a bit mundane and generic.
I will say, though, that the acting performances in the movie were good
I am not saying that it is a bad movie, far from it, because I definitely enjoyed the storyline, and I am sure that newcomers to the horror genre will get a kick out of watching this movie. As a lifelong horror aficionado, however, I found the movie to be good but not impressive.Given my relatively brief exposure to Indonesian cinema, then I was only familiar with leading actress Luna Maya in this movie.
So director Guntur Soeharjanto managed to take something that was used in moderation and get something good from it
The actor Egy Fedly, who plays the spiritualist Ki Danang, was really well-cast for his role, as he put on quite a memorable and convincing performance."Panggonan Wingit" has a fair amount of blood and visual mayhem, without being over-the-top. I liked the special effects, props, sets, and wardrobe in the movie.Running at 110 minutes, the movie could perhaps have benefitted from a bit of a more generous trim in the editing room.Worth sititng down to watch if you enjoy horror and Asian genre, of course.
