Tengkorak Hidoep

Tengkorak Hidoep (1941)

Raden Darmadji and his friends visit Mustika Island to search for Raden's brother, who disappeared there ten years ago without a trace. The island is also the location where an ancient warrior named Maha Daru was buried 2000 years ago... only Maha Daru is still very much alive. Said to be strongly influenced by the Dracula films, this was censored in its home country multiple times yet became a box office hit nonetheless. It's also considered the very first Indonesian horror film.

Date of release
1941-12-01
Genres
Horror, Adventure
Director
Tan Tjoei Hock

Casting

Interesting facts

Tengkorak Hidoep is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies directed by Tan Tjoei Hock. It has been called Indonesia's first domestic horror film.

Production

The black-and-white film production begin in October 1941 and was written, shot, and directed by Tan Tjoei Hock, with Java Industrial Film's The Teng Chun as producer; it was Tan's last film as director. It starred Tan Tjeng Bok, Moh Mochtar, Misnahati, Bissu, and Ali Joego.

Salim Said, writing in 1981, stated that Tengkorak Hidoep was influenced by previous film adaptations of Bram Stoker's Dracula, while Ade Irwansyah of Tabloid Bintang suggested that the dominance of the jungle scenes was inspired by the various films centred on Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan.

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