Ratu Ilmu Hitam (1981)

Ratu Ilmu Hitam: Directed by Liliek Sudjio. With Suzzanna, W.D. Mochtar, Teddy Purba, Sofia W.D.. A woman is accused of being a witch and thrown to her death over a cliff. A strange man rescues her, nurses her back to health, and is told that she must master black magic in order to exact vengeance on her tormentors.

“This film begins with a young bride by the name u0026quot;Baedahu0026quot; (Siska Widowati) preparing to marry her future husband named u0026quot;Koharu0026quot; (Alan Nuary). But as Kohar approaches his new bride Baedah has a hallucination which so terrifies her that she runs inside the house to escape. While this is happening, a terrible storm suddenly developes which wrecks havoc upon the wedding feast and sends the guests into a panic. Not long afterward, Kohar becomes convinced that a past lover by the name of u0026quot;Murniu0026quot; (J. P. Suzzanna) has done this through black magic so together with several young men from the village they march out to kill her. Meanwhile, Murni just happens to be at home with her mother and doesnu0026#39;t know anything about what has happened until the mob reaches her house where they drag her out and subsequently throw her off a cliff. As luck would have it, however, she is rescued by an evil wizard (played by W.D. Mochtar) who takes her to his small hut where he nurses her back to health. And itu0026#39;s then that he teaches her the art of black magic and fills her with a terrible rage so that she can exact her revenge. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an interesting film which benefited greatly from the performance of J. P. Suzzanna who was not only beautiful but played her part extremely well. Likewise, the exotic scenery aided this film to a certain degree as well. On the flip side, however, the suspense was lacking and the script could also have used some improvement. Be that as it may, while this wasnu0026#39;t a great movie by any means, it wasnu0026#39;t necessarily that bad either and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.”