Sisworo Gautama Putra
Birth : 1938-05-26, Kisaran, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
Death : 1993-01-05
History
Sisworo Gautama Putra (May 26, 1938 – January 5, 1993) was an Indonesian film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. Born in Kisaran in North Sumatra, Sisworo trained as a director in 1961. In 1962 he began working in the studio Gema Period Film. He worked as screenwriter unit manager, production manager, and then assistant director.
His solo debut as a director started in 1972 with the film Revenge of the Child Haram, in which the screenplay was also written by him. He was a successful director during the golden age of Indonesian cinema from the 1970s until the early 1990s and often directed popular horror films such as Sundelbolong, Telaga Angker, and Nyi Ageng Ratu Pemika, often working actors such as Suzzanna, Ratno Timoer, Barry Prima, and George Rudy.
His last film, Misteri di Malam Pengantin, was released after his death on January 5, 1993. (Courtesy Wikipedia)
Screenplay
A rape / murder victim returns as a ghost to get even with the four men who killed her by possessing each man's bride on their wedding night.
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Sequel to Misteri janda kembang (1991).
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Tragedy strikes when a group of thugs slaughter two children and their mother and father. Then, out of nowhere, a ghost of a sinister, thuggish looking man appears and walks toward the woman's body. Later, a couple moves into the house and encounters the ghosts of the two children. Even worse, the murdered woman, possessed by the evil male spirit, has returned as a ghost/zombie who can invade people's dreams and kill them. She has a glove just like Freddy Krueger and she makes use of it quite frequently. She seeks out those who killed her and her family, taking vengeance on them. But, eventually, she must be stopped, and that falls to a good priestess who must also face the male spirit within the woman. (zmdb.org)
Story
Tragedy strikes when a group of thugs slaughter two children and their mother and father. Then, out of nowhere, a ghost of a sinister, thuggish looking man appears and walks toward the woman's body. Later, a couple moves into the house and encounters the ghosts of the two children. Even worse, the murdered woman, possessed by the evil male spirit, has returned as a ghost/zombie who can invade people's dreams and kill them. She has a glove just like Freddy Krueger and she makes use of it quite frequently. She seeks out those who killed her and her family, taking vengeance on them. But, eventually, she must be stopped, and that falls to a good priestess who must also face the male spirit within the woman. (zmdb.org)
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A competition between black magicians Anggoro (Johny Indo) and Lestari (Suzanna) results in Lestari being banished into the woods with a broken body. After he brother's death, she becomes suicidal until she runs across Ki Jagasatru (Clift Sangra), who comes from the South Seas with a recipe for revenge.
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Tragedy strikes when a group of thugs slaughter two children and their mother and father. Then, out of nowhere, a ghost of a sinister, thuggish looking man appears and walks toward the woman's body. Later, a couple moves into the house and encounters the ghosts of the two children. Even worse, the murdered woman, possessed by the evil male spirit, has returned as a ghost/zombie who can invade people's dreams and kill them. She has a glove just like Freddy Krueger and she makes use of it quite frequently. She seeks out those who killed her and her family, taking vengeance on them. But, eventually, she must be stopped, and that falls to a good priestess who must also face the male spirit within the woman. (zmdb.org)
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A woman finds out she's the incarnation of the Goddess of Snakes, which she uses to her advantage in love and life.
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A fantasy flick with Suzzanna and a lot of campy elements (including laser battles).
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Sequel to Santet (1988).
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Featuring the Warkop DKI group, Dono, Kasino, and Indro live in the same boarding house as Lisa and Selly. After reading the answers of a magazine quiz, Indro wonders if one of the girls in the boarding house is in love with him. After many jokes and funny situations, it turns out to be just a misunderstanding. Kasino himself is having terrible luck when, by mistake, a bank employee gives him more money that he has asked for. He intends to return the money but has to go through many comic situations and obstacles. Then it is Dono’s turn, who has a Caucasian girlfriend, to go through similar obstacles.
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As his wife is always ill, Bisman starts becoming attracted to Katemi. To possess Katemi, Bisman kills his wife and incites the villagers against Sarma, Katemi’s husband, for the murder. Sarma is then killed. Katemi escapes but falls into a cave where Nyi Angker lives. Katemi becomes Nyi Angker’s student. Meanwhile, Bisma takes over the position of the village head. He orders the villagers to find Katemi. The son of the old village head, Achmad, who has just returned from studying in a religious school, joins in the search. Katemi is found and returned to Bisman. But she already attained black magic powers. She takes her revenge on Bisman and leaves. From afar, Katemi keeps practicing her magic. Achmad tries to persuade her to stop but Nyi Angker will not allow it. Finally, Achmad manages to defeat Nyi Angker.
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Malam Satu Suro is a romantic Indonesian horror movie directed by Gautama Putra Sisworo and starring Suzanna and Fendy Pradana. The film is known for its unique story line because it does not highlight the ghost as an antagonist but as the main character / protagonist. The film was distributed by Soraya Intercine Films.
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The Snake Queen returns in this bizarre horror fantasy. In this sequel to "Nyi Blorong" (1982 aka "The Snake Queen") Brian, a man who believes that money and power will win over the love of his girlfriend. While fleeing through the woods (after attempting rape his now-ex-girlfriend) he stumbles upon the Snake Queen who promises him great wealth if he does her bidding.
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With her marriage to the unfaithful Iskandar already in the toilet, Susy goes cougar and tries her luck with several younger men. Leading lady Suzzanna gets a brief reprieve from starring in nothing but horror flicks in this Private Lessons-inspired drama.
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Ayu Sutrisna, a novelist, is suffering from a specific phobia that makes her hands shake and cold sweat to break out. Her boyfriend, Anton, suggests a more laid-back atmosphere. So she takes a retreat in an old house owned by Anton’s father. Then two guards of the house die in a horrible way when they try to rape her, seemingly killed by demons. Finally, Anton’s father admits that in the past, his wife gave birth to a baby one Friday night, and was killed.
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Students Ario, Joshua and Dudi investigate the legend of Nyi Roro Kidul ("The South Seas Queen") in South Lauta. They dive underwater, find the body of a dead woman, bring it ashore and it comes back to life as the beautiful Neneng (Suzzanna). Trouble and death follow.
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Gory indonesian version of "Samson & Dalilah", starring Suzanna, the indonesian scream queen and directed by Sisworo Gautama Putra (the psycho who made Jaka Sembung, among others). In fact, this works like a rip off of Jaka Sembung but with Samson instead of Jaka. Gore and cheesyness for everybody!!!
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The evil witch Calon Arang uses black magic and strikes fear in the population in Bali during the 1000's. Her daughter Manggali, who can not find a man because everyone is afraid of her mother, instead of being nice to people and use their magic for good purposes.
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Legend horror from Indonesia.
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The second film in the "Snake Woman" series with Suzzanna. The beauty of Nyi Blorong makes the kings and the princes competing against each other in order to woe her. A great duel breaks out between Tejo Arum, the lover of Nyi Blorong, and King Dewacengkar. Upon Nyi Blorong's permission, Tejo Arum can marry Nyi Blorong. In one battle, Tejo Arum is devastated and Nyi Blorong comes to help him by turning him into a giant that can defeat his opponents. However, in order to return into an ordinary human form, Tejo Arum has to meditate as long as 350 years. (indonesianfilmcenter.com)
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Increasingly jaded by how men treat women (including how her own mother is casually abused by her father), Nyi Ageng (Suzanna) decides that's not going to be the path for her. She's forced to marry a wealthy man who later dies under mysterious circumstances.
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Rd Cokro, a wealthy businessman, obtains his wealth through the help of Nyi Blorong, the daughter of Nyi Roro Kidul, believed to be the ruler of the south seas. In return, he sacrifices his loved ones - his wife and one of his children. Nyi Blorong demands for another sacrifice so Cokro offers her the boyfriend of his daughter. Nyi Blorong is infatuated with this handsome man. Cokro’s daughter is disappointed and in her dream, she learns about the source of her problem. Then she receives help from a cleric to destroy Nyi Blorong. (catalogue.filmindonesia.or.id)
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Aladin, a teenage orphan, finds a pile of treasure through a sorcerer who claims to be the older brother of his late father. In that place, he finds a magic lamp.
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Aladin, a teenage orphan, finds a pile of treasure through a sorcerer who claims to be the older brother of his late father. In that place, he finds a magic lamp.
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Fantasy flick starring Suzzanna and the usual magic special effects.
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An honest woman falls for a model agency scam, and is then brutally murdered by mindless thugs. She rises from the crypt as a Sundel Bolong (a mythological Indonesian revenge ghost) to exact vengeance in very gruesome and interesting ways. Can anyone stop her? …or at least give this poor soul some peace? Starring film icon, Suzzanna, this pic explodes off the screen like a rocket-powered comic book. It’s got it all, dark and moody atmosphere, a haunting score (infused with some synthpop disco numbers), gory ghostly killings, and some truly inventive cinematography. (cont. https://extralarry.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/jakarta/)
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Barry Prima plays Jaka Sembung, a Robin Hood figure who possesses mystical powers. Captured, tortured and left for dead, he returns even more powerful than before. In desperation the invaders resurrect an evil wizard and set him against Jaka Sembung in a fierce fight to the death.
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People on an island are brutally murdered one by one by a mysterious stranger in this Indonesian Friday the 13th rip-off.
Screenplay
A wealthy family stop practicing their Muslim faith and are tormented by the undead after their mother dies.
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A wealthy family stop practicing their Muslim faith and are tormented by the undead after their mother dies.
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Three students, Tommy, Rita, and Robert, and their guides head into the jungle to study primitive tribes separated from civilization. However, the students say the one tribe they visit isn't primitive enough, and they want to find some really savages, and to locate the legendary cannibal tribe supposedly living in the area.
