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Orang Ikan (2024)

Orang Ikan poster
Directed by
Mike Wiluan
Genre
horror film
Country
Indonesia
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
16
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 118 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two enemy soldiers from World War II end up stranded on a Pacific island after a shipwreck. There they come across a hostile creature from Malay folklore called the Orang Ikan.

darktenseominoussurvivalhistorically groundedcreepymonster-filledatmospheric

What happens

Orang Ikan (transl. Fish People) (also known as Monster Island) is a 2024 historical horror film directed by Mike Wiluan. The film stars Dean Fujioka as Saito and Callum Woodhouse as Bronson, two opposing World War II soldiers who wash ashore a Pacific island and encounter the Orang Ikan, a Malay mythological creature. The film premiered at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival and was distributed by Shudder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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