Hantu Jeruk Purut

Hantu Jeruk Purut (2006)

Anna, a horror novelist, found dead at her house after she recorded a ghostlike atmosphere in Jeruk Purut Cemetery. Her best friend, Airin whose dreamed to be a novelist then tries to trace the tragedy and made a novel of it. She walks around the cemetery with her two friends for seven times in hope to meet the famous spirit of Pasteur Jeruk Purut. Airin then haunted by mystical experience, even all her closest relatives had a mysterious accident. Will Airin stop her ambition to be a novelist for the sake of her family?

Date of release
2006-11-30
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Horror
Director
Nayato Fio Nuala

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Indonesia

Hantu Jeruk Purut is a 2006 Indonesian horror film directed by Koya Pagayo and starring Angie Virgin, Sheila Marcia Joseph, and Samuel Z Heckenbucker. It tells the story of an aspiring writer who is haunted by the ghost she is investigating.

Production

The story for Hantu Jeruk Purut was inspired by the "Hantu Jeruk Purut" urban legend in South Jakarta, which had circulated for several decades. The urban legend deals with sightings of a headless ghost around Jeruk Purut cemetery. The legend holds that the ghost only reveals itself to odd-numbered groups of people.

Before production, the cast and crew went to Jeruk Purut to request the ghost's permission to shoot the film. While at the cemetery, two of those present, an actress named Yuni and a reporter from TV7, fainted. After they were diagnosed by a local kyai as having been possessed, those present attempted to communicate with the spirit.

Filming took place in numerous locations in Jakarta and the surrounding area, including an abandoned hospital and houses. According to Joseph, while filming she experienced several strange happenings. She recalled that she and Angie saw the spirit of a child appear suddenly while filming in Ciawi, Bogor.

Hantu Jeruk Purut was Joseph's first horror film. She later commented that it was extremely tiring.

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