The Unholy

The Unholy (2022)

Qodrat

A former clergyman finds himself back in his old boarding school where the disturbances experienced by its community might help him regain his faith and tie up loose ends in regards to his son's death by a deadly spirit.

Date of release
2022-10-27
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director
Charles Gozali
Collection
Qodrat Universe

Casting

Interesting facts

Qodrat is a 2022 Indonesian supernatural religious action horror film directed by Charles Gozali. The film stars Vino G. Bastian, and Marsha Timothy. It was released in Indonesia on 27 October 2022 by Rapi Films, and then for worldwide audience on Amazon Prime Video on 15 March 2023. A direct sequel, Qodrat 2, was released on 31 March 2025.

Production

The filming was done at Pengilon Hills at Gunung Kidul and Kaliurang Hills at Kaliurang, Sleman. Both located at Yogyakarta. The filming took place for 4 months.

Qodrat is the first debut of Vino Bastian role in a horror film. Not only that, but this movie was also for the first time Vino Bastian played in the same film with his wife, Marsha Timothy. Coincidentally, the film was released exactly on their 10th wedding anniversary.

Due to extensive Islamic religious actions and messages delivered by the film, in order to keep the messages value in line with Islam, the screenwriters deeply researched Islamic demonology and arts of ruqyah during the script development. The production team also consulted Nahdhlatul Ulama socio-religious scientist Dr. Ngatawi Al-Zastrouw and professional raqi from Indonesia Ruqya House Ustad Isman during the production.

Randy Pangalila revealed that the spell recitation used by his role, Ustad Jafar, to summon the demons was actual and original spell used to worship demons used by the real-life Javanese dukun santet (dukun which capable to deal pain or even death by curse). He said that the spell he recited is initial part of dedication to demons which supposed to summon demons for come to assist in santet act.

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