If The Incredibles 2 was a horror film about a baby who happens to be possessed, it would be Bayi Ajaib. This absurdly camp Indonesian remake of an old cultural classic had me laughing out loud for the most part and squirming in disgust for the other. I sat down to watch Bayi Ajaib with no idea what it was about, and at first, I was excited to get some insights into Indonesian culture and rural way of life. That quickly faded away to wanting to switch to the Discovery channel and stop the menace that was this film. And I don’t use that word to describe the horrors of the film but to talk about how alarmingly comical the whole affair is. There are many sub-genres of the horror kind, and Bayi Ajaib can fall under many of them, including pregnancy horror, body horror, folklore, and religion (the...
- 5/20/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
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