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Today I'll show you a supernatural horror film: "Kuntilanak, part 3, Mangkujiwo"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins in the Indonesia of the past,
where superstition and myth have taken a stronghold in the minds and hearts of the people
An old man approaches a filthy and ragged girl inside a barn
He hands her a plate of food,
and muses about how unfortunate their village was for being home to a creature like her
The girl is trapped in a wooden contraption, called a pillory,
doomed to live her life as nothing more than an animal
The girl bristles at his comment, and hisses at the old man
She overturns the plate, and screams at him for being the lackey of Jokro,
the wealthy patron of their village who rules above them all
She then adds that she is not crazy; but it's Jokro who is unwell
But the old man is just more scared of the wild and unruly girl than ever
Soon, a well-dressed man named Brotoseno, arrives at their village
The chief tells him about Kanti, the crazy girl who is rumored to be demon-possessed
Ever since she arrived, their village has been plagued by bad luck and misfortune
He takes Brotoseno to the barn, where Kanti is being kept
He approaches her with no fear, and tells her that he believes her
Brotoseno is the bitter enemy of Jokro; and he offers Kanti a chance to take her revenge on Jokro,
who is the reason for all her suffering
He also tells Kanti that if she goes with him, he will heal her
Brotoseno takes Kanti away from the wretched village
The villagers are all relieved that she is gone; and they hurl insults at her as the cart leaves
It is already night when they finally arrive at Brotoseno's resplendent home in the mountains
There, Kanti is given the first bath she's had in a long time
The water they use is filled with pink petals
A large and ornate mirror is placed in her room; and Kanti is clothed in vivid red clothes
Then, Brotoseno places her legs inside the pillory again
Meanwhile, Jokro sees his employee, Nyi,
cleaning a similar ornate mirror with water and pink petals as well
He comments that he has told her not to do that anymore
Nyi answers that the mirror is acting strangely, and needs to be cleansed of evil spirits
She adds that they should also reunite this mirror with its twin,
which is currently in possession of Brotoseno
It turns out, Jokro and Brotoseno used to work at the relic refinery with Nyi
but after their fallout, the two men became enemies
Jokro immediately dismisses Nyi's idea, and storms off
She looks at the mirror again, and sees a reflection of her wearing red clothes, instead of black
In the darkroom where Kanti is being kept,
Brotoseno mixes raw animal innards with rice, and forcefully feeds it to Kanti
He then utters an incantation; and animals like snakes, scorpions, and frogs appear out of nowhere
At that time, Brotoseno's servant secretly watches all this, and feels pity for Kanti
The film jumps forward for about a decade and a half
It's teenage girl Uma's birthday today; and she is getting ready in front of a mirror
When she turns around, her reflection doesn't move with her
Uma goes to work at a local hotel
What Uma doesn't know is that in one of the rooms,
an intense business negotiation is taking place
between a foreigner and a group led by a regal and imposing woman, named Karmila
It involves the sale of a collection of relics
The foreigner is arguing that he is the only one who will buy the collection,
since it's considered by many Indonesians to be cursed
However, Karmila and her associates found out
that the foreigner intends to sell the relics as research objects, and are now driving up the price
One of her associates is a man with a burn scar on half of his face
He threatens the foreigner, and then kills him for not cooperating with them
At that moment, Uma steps into the hotel room to deliver their drinks
She gasps in horror, when she sees the dead foreigner
She tries to run away; but Karmila's two associates quickly catch up to her
Karmila dunks Uma's head again and again in the toilet
She orders her other henchman to finish Uma off
The henchman attempts to force himself on Uma
But her eyes turn red; and she hears a strange ringing sound in her ears
She is possessed by an otherworldly force, and hits the henchman in the face
Back in the past, Brotoseno continues subjecting Kanti to his macabre rituals
He slaughters a bird and makes her drink its blood, while muttering another incantation
He also makes her relive the time that she was raped by Jokro
It turns out, she got pregnant after that; and Jokro,
being the powerful man that he is, called her crazy and caused her to be reviled by her own village
Back in the present, Uma ends up killing the henchman;
and he turns out to be the son of Jokro, albeit with another woman
Karmila pays her respects to Jokro,
and brings up the suspicion that it is maybe his old rival Brotoseno, who killed the henchman
After this meeting, Jokro consults with Nyi about the power of the relics
Most relics are tools of war;
but the mirror in their possession has the power to show signs of the future
Still reeling from the traumatic event, Uma returns home to the mountains
It turns out, she was the baby that Kanti was carrying, and her biological father was Jokro
However, the father who raised her was Brotoseno
In the past, Brotoseno's rituals escalate; and he is now flogging himself as he chants
Kanti is traumatized and scared; her dreams of a better life are dashed,
as she finds herself at the hands of another tormentor
The scarred man comes to visit Brotoseno's home, looking for Uma
He subtly threatens the old man
but he denies that her daughter is in the house
One day, Brotoseno's servant comes down to Kanti's chamber
He tries to ignore her because of the guilt she's feeling;
but she makes it clear that he is complicit in Brotoseno's cruelty
She says that through these rituals,
Brotoseno has allowed demonic spirits to take control of her body;
and now the baby she's carrying, is the secret weapon that Brotoseno has carefully cultivated
Kanti begs the servant to kill her and set her free from her torment
but he flees the chamber instead
In the present, Brotoseno takes Uma down to the chamber, where he kept her mother
The mirror is still there in the corner
One day, Nyi makes a surprise visit to Brotoseno's house
She shares with him her suspicions,
that Brotoseno took one of the magical mirrors from the relic refinery when he left
Brotoseno, of course, denies all this, and smoothly tells Nyi that he no longer deals with relics
He is now a batik salesman, and proudly shows her the ongoing textile-making in his house
Nyi notices Uma among the people working, and remarks that she must be Brotoseno's daughter
Nyi walks by the door to Kanti's former chamber, and senses the suffering that occurred there
She then honestly tells Brotoseno that it is her aim to get the two mirrors reunited
But the two men's rivalry is preventing it
It is also mentioned that Jokro will only be destroyed by his offspring,
which is why Brotoseno was so interested in Kanti and the child she was carrying
Meanwhile, Karmila and Jokro have a meeting regarding the threat that Uma poses
He doesn't believe that Brotoseno has a child because he never married;
but Karmila insists that she is dangerous
The scarred man also pays a visit to Brotoseno's house while he is out
He corners Uma and pummels her
This triggers her powers, and her eyes turn red again
With super-strength, she drowns the scarred man and kills him
In the past, the servant gives Kanti a pretty necklace to cheer her up
But she uses the necklace charm's sharp edge to try and slit her wrist
Brotoseno catches them, and reprimands the servant for being so careless
Brotoseno now has to tell Uma more about her mother
He lies, telling her that Jokro had accused him of betraying the Indonesian king;
and while he was detained far away, Jokro drove Kanti mad with dark magic, and hanged her
He did not tell Uma that he also inflicted pain on Kanti, and that Jokro was her father
In addition, Brotoseno also gave her a hairpin that used to belong to Kanti
That night, Jokro dreams of being visited by scorpions and snakes
Then Kanti appears, and haunts him as he shrieks in terror
Filled with rage over her mother's suffering, Uma tries to go to Jokro to make him pay
She makes it to his house; and sees a figure under the blankets in the master bedroom
Uma stabs it multiple times
But when she peels back the covers, she discovers that it's just pillows underneath
However, Nyi catches her, and brings her back to Brotoseno
Nyi offers this gesture to Brotoseno as a sign that she is willing to work with him,
even though she is working for Jokro
She just wants the two mirrors to be joined as one again
Brotoseno takes her to Kanti's chamber, and reveals that he had the other mirror all along
Nyi quickly surmises that he used the mirror to infuse Kanti
with feelings of vengeance and evil spirits;
so her baby could be imbued with unusual powers, that he can use against Jokro
It is revealed that Kanti eventually hanged herself
When Brotoseno discovered her body, he hurriedly performed a crude cesarean,
and dug the baby out from her stomach, while she was still hanging from the ceiling
He then raised Uma as his own daughter, waiting for the day that he can finally take down Jokro
Uma wakes up; and she is still intent on taking revenge on Jokro
Brotoseno plays coy, and falsely tries to dissuade her
But Uma stubbornly leaves the house and continues her quest
Nyi comments that he had shrewdly used her stubbornness to his advantage,
all part of his plan of using Uma as a weapon
Along the way, Uma encounters the servant
He tries to stop her from going to Jokro's house; but she brushes him off
She doesn't understand him because he is mute;
but the servant is trying to tell her the whole story
Uma makes her way to Jokro's house with the determined servant in tow
She storms inside, and fights off his minions
Uma eventually reaches Jokro's study; and she takes him on
However, he is too strong for her;
and he quickly gains the upper hand, slamming Uma into the walls and incapacitating her
The servant fights the minions too with all his strength; but they overpower him
Uma slumps to the floor, and begins singing a lullaby while calling for her mother
This moment is what Brotoseno has been waiting for
The mirror in the chamber starts to hum and glow red
The other mirror in Jokro's mantel also glows red
The terrifying figure of a demonic Kanti emerges from the mirror in Brotoseno's house
She's now become a full-fledged Kuntilanak–the famed mythical creature,
and the demonic spirit of a woman unable to give birth
This shows the origin of the demon Kuntilanak,
who has been featured to emerge from mirrors in the previous films in the franchise
Kanti floats from the chamber and up the stairs, paying no mind to the delighted Brotoseno
Finally, his decades-in-the-making plan has paid off
All those bloody rituals and patience have been worth it, just to see his rival fall
He good-naturedly tells Nyi that after everything,
Kanti and Uma still belong to him; and they will follow his will
Nyi says nothing; but just serenely smiles
Kanti emerges from the mirror in Jokro's house
She finishes off his minions, by making them kill themselves
Finally, she makes it to the room where Jokro and Uma are
Jokro is completely bowled over by the sight of Kanti, resurrected from the dead
He attempts to flee and runs in the direction of Uma
She brandishes her mother's hairpin, and uses it to stab Jokro,
just like Dinda defeated the Kuntilanak in the second film,
by stabbing its heart with Karmila's hairpin
Jokro looks at the wound with disbelief on his face, not knowing that Kanti is his daughter;
and she has fulfilled the prophecy that only Jokro's offspring will be able to kill him
Although Jokro has been vanquished, this is just the beginning for Uma,
whose powers are still largely undiscovered
The movie ends with her vomiting on the floor, as her mother looks on
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