Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Whisper of the Dead
Aldi and Emma are a newlywed couple, Aldi from Indonesia and Emma from Malaysia. After getting married, they wanted to go on a honeymoon to Ipoh, but Aldi had work in Kuala Lumpur for a few days, they also looked for lodging in Kuala Lumpur, but they got lost in a place they had never been to. They don't know that it turns out that the house is a haunted house, where the owner Sukri is a devil worshiper and his wife and children were killed in the house to become the devil's sacrifice. Emma is always terrorized by the spirits of Sukri's wife and children. And the climax is when Emma is possessed by the spirit of Sukri who turns out to also die as a victim of the devil.
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Aldi and Emma are a newlywed couple, Aldi from Indonesia and Emma from Malaysia. After getting married, they wanted to go on a honeymoon to Ipoh, but Aldi had work in Kuala Lumpur for a few days, they also looked for lodging in Kuala Lumpur, but they got lost in a place they had never been to. They don't know that it turns out that the house is a haunted house, where the owner Sukri is a devil worshiper and his wife and children were killed in the house to become the devil's sacrifice. Emma is always terrorized by the spirits of Sukri's wife and children. And the climax is when Emma is possessed by the spirit of Sukri who turns out to also die as a victim of the devil.
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Genre:Horror, Drama
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Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Bersahaja Entertainment
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