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KKN di Desa Penari (2022)

KKN di Desa Penari poster
Directed by
Awi Suryadi
Genre
horror film
Country
Indonesia
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
17+
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of university students go to a remote village for a community service program. They soon discover the village harbors a dark supernatural presence.

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What happens

KKN di Desa Penari (lit. 'KKN in the Dancer's Village') is a 2022 Indonesian supernatural horror film directed by Awi Suryadi, based on a viral Twitter thread of the same name (later rewritten as a novel) by SimpleMan, produced by MD Pictures and its subsidiary, Pichouse Films. This film stars Tissa Biani, Adinda Thomas, and Achmad Megantara. This film released on April 30, 2022, after several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon its release, it became the highest-grossing film in Indonesian history, but on June 1, 2025, the record was broken by the film Jumbo. A prequel titled Badarawuhi di Desa Penari was released in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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