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The Forbidden Door

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A successful sculptor's life is turned upside down when he starts to receive mysterious messages from someone asking for his help. As he digs deeper, he discovers a boy is being abused and has to choose between saving the boy or losing everything.
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Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 01/19/2020
"Forbidden Door" is an elaborate film, both technically and aesthetically, which retains the interest for all of its duration through the constant plot twists. In general, one of the best noir-thrillers of the last decade. Go to Full Review
Ard Vijn ScreenAnarchy 01/17/2020
"The Forbidden Door" looks gorgeous (despite its budget!) and jumps effortlessly from genre to genre without alienating its audience. Go to Full Review
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01/20/2019 Was not a fan of this movie. I only made it 1/2 way through before turning it off (that's a very occurrence for me). It's not that the movie is horrible, it just wasn't interesting or entertaining. It's not a traditional horror per say... it's more akin to a dark thriller/drama. Don't watch this is you're looking for scares. FYI if you do want to see it there's a decent copy on YouTube that has English subs, and it's broken up into 2 parts... just search The Forbidden Door. See more 08/26/2014 One of the best in the country and one of the scariest from all. www.harianfilm.com See more 11/10/2013 Production values are surprisingly good considering it's an obscure Indonesian film, but the plot doesn't live up to expectations - it goes off the rails in terms of coherency which is later explained with a twist that really has been overused by now. See more 01/20/2013 I thought Darah was the only Indonesian movie to encompass the definition of the Indonesian horror/thriller genre. Well, proven me wrong. This movie was really disturbing & twisted which made for an awesome horror thriller. The storyline was very riveting, kept me engaged and made me intrigued. I liked how the characters played were so distinctive and yet subtle at the same time. Overall, a pretty good movie if you can stomach its dark, gritty concept. See more 10/18/2012 A fine psychological horror--A movie that will leave you contemplating... See more 09/18/2012 This movie kept me thinking and imagination See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A successful sculptor's life is turned upside down when he starts to receive mysterious messages from someone asking for his help. As he digs deeper, he discovers a boy is being abused and has to choose between saving the boy or losing everything.
Director
Joko Anwar
Producer
Sheila Timothy
Screenwriter
Joko Anwar
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Indonesian
Runtime
1h 55m
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