Cinema of Indonesia
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The cinema of Indonesia refers to films produced domestically in Indonesia. The statutory Indonesian Film Board, or BPI, defines Indonesian films as "movies that are made by or using Indonesian resources whose Intellectual Property Right is owned either entirely or partly by Indonesian citizen or Indonesian legal entity".
Advertisement for Loetoeng Kasaroeng, the first fiction film produced in what is now Indonesia.
Poster for Terang Boelan, one of three films credited with reviving the Indies' failing film industry.
Former cinema Megaria (ca. 1960–80), today Cinema Metropole XXI
Exterior of La Piazza, which housed La Piazza 21 (later La Piazza XXI) in Jakarta, since closed and as of March 2023 being demolished
Indonesian horror
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Indonesian horror are the films of the horror genre produced by the Indonesian film industry. Often inspired by local folklore and religious elements, Indonesian horror films have been produced in the country since the 1960s. After a hiatus during the Suharto era in the 1990s, when censorship affected production, Indonesian horror films continued being produced following Reformasi in 1998.
Actress Suzzanna has been called the "Queen of Indonesian horror".
Statues of vampire children in a temple in the Ubud Monkey Forest.