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2/10
This shouldn't be a movie -- maybe a 15 minute video.
fernaldyputrawijaya15 December 2023
Siksa Neraka is a great cinematic work that primarily draws attention through its visual elements. In this film, visuals and CGI seem to take center stage, providing a mesmerizing and unforgettable cinematic experience. Each depiction of torment is genuinely frightening and grotesque, creating an atmosphere in line with the horror theme. These stunning visual effects succeed in immersing the audience in a chilling world. The visual artists involved in this project deserve recognition for their skills in creating an image of Hell filled with gore, fear and horror.

Unfortunately, the beauty of the visuals is not complemented by the depth of the story. The plot is extremely shallow, and as mentioned, it seems tailored to a children's level of narrative. For those seeking a complex or emotional storyline, you will be disappointed.

Overall, Siksa Neraka can be enjoyed as an exhibition of the latest visual and CGI skills from Indonesian filmmakers, and really - that's it. For those who actually looking for a movie with an actual story, Siksa Neraka is not it. All of these can be done in a 15 minute video.
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1/10
Worst Movie 2024
bumibomber6 January 2024
This movie is terrible, it's unhealthy fearmongering first and a movie second with paper thin characters, flat emotionless directing, and an exaggerated focus on shock value to try and get people into seats.

But the worst part of it is that it simply isn't scary.

It prays on people's insecurity about their faith for cheap scares and gross-out to try and unnerve the viewer, showing teens below the age of 18 in the movie itself as being tortured for eternity to scare children into being good.

This is not to mention this movie's disgusting portrayal of suicide. Audibly made me yell in my local theater.

Want your children to be good? Treat them with love and respect.

Treat yourself with love and watch something else intead, this movie SUCKS.
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1/10
Shocking the faithful into submission with cheap special effects
erikschannen1 May 2024
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This movie is about a group of children who offend Allah in pretty insignificant and childish ways. For their sins they are sent to a Dante-esque hell to endure eternal torture of every graphic kind imaginable - and then some. It is shocking to read other reviewers see this a moral lesson of some kind. If this is how god behaves then he is clearly a psychopathic devil, not a loving benevolent parent. Create a world full of temptation, and then thrust people with weaknesses and failings (that he clearly created, because who else would have) just to watch them fail in their teen age years and then subject them to ETERNAL horror of every sadistic kind? Who would invent such a thing, and who would convince others that it's real? It's sick and disgusting.
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7/10
A movie of firsts
RachelMary21 May 2024
This is a hard one to rate. It's a low budget movie that doesn't quite pull off being "good". But it's not awful either.

I've never seen anything quite like it before. A lot of my 7/10 score is originality bonus! It might be the first Indonesian film I've seen, and the first horror-esque film with Islam as the faith of focus rather than Christianity. All the main actors do a decent job - no-one is pretending it's Hollywood blockbuster and there's a kind of simple charm to it because of that. There was one particular scene that actually made me feel sick, and again I think that's a first!

The storyline is problematic morally, and too obvious with no subtly in subtext, but then many movies in this kind of genre are like that. It was kinda refreshing to watch something that I didn't feel I'd already seen before several times over.
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8/10
Short movie with deep meaning
cktqjrvjz29 January 2024
Movie's surface depiction of what it is going to be like in hell.

The story is a simple tale of a family from a village. 4 siblings with different characters that face a fatal death and woke up in hell.

Loved that the flow of the movie is nice. There may be a slight language difference but the film overall gave me a wake up call.

What the director is trying to convey in this film is not a scare tactic but a reminder to all of us. The sins we do on this world that we temporary live will be judged in the hereafter those wrong doings will be punished according.

It is a perfect movie. Every single graphic scene in this movie has a flash back of what happened that led to the graphic grotesque scene. Truly enjoyed.
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9/10
Excellent
dancingsheep-7896229 April 2024
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I'm sure many won't like this graphic unusual movie, but I thought it was great. It takes courage to make a movie such as this. It really caused me to self reflect on my own sins. I think it was very good how the young people all appeared to have such good character until you see what was really going on in their lives. The acting was really good. I wasn't sure what to to expect when I first started watching but was really impressed.

It could be seen as a horror movie but not without substance. The visuals were fantastic. I also really enjoyed the depiction of the cultural lifestyle in Indonesia as well as the family and community dynamics.
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8/10
One of the best Indonesian movie i have seen.
ropipgi-581-4871668 May 2024
With great acting, paperthin story and amazing effects this movie presents a story about a tragedy that happens to an, on surface religious and nice family.

It present an excellent visual case of the absurdity of punishment in hell for people that do the slightest sin, according to several religions - and in this case the muslim faith.

Music, directing, light, makeup and everything else that are done to make a movie, is all top notch, and the people behind the camera can take this movie and show anyone in hollywood how you make a good movie.

This movie in the end, show that how much you pray to God and how many people you share your beliefs with, in the end, it is the actions that counts. Have you shown kindness to someone this week ?
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