Satan's Bed (1986) rare H Tjut Djalil 'Freddy Krüger' clone
6258DVD
original Indonesian
title BATAS IMPIAN RANJUANG SETAN [Satan Bed Dream Limits]
director H. Tjut
Djalil
starring Chintami Atmanegara ˇ Mariane Wolf ˇ Didier A.
Hamel ˇ Linda Lolita Hoesin ˇ Gusti Randa
"Satan's
Bed was produced immediately after release of the original Nightmare
on Elm Street
in Indonesia. It is obviously sincere. Filmmaker H. Tjut Djalil watching
and saying
"We could do this so much better." In many ways, he succeeded."
---Jopseph A. Ziemba, Bleeding Skull
From
Indonesia's madman filmmaker H. Tjut Djalil [director of MYSTICS
IN BALI, LADY
TERMINATOR and DANGEROUS
SEDUCTRESS] comes this wacky-but-deadly-serious Freddy Krüger
story. Some scenes are lifted directly from Wes Craven's original Nightmare
film (e.g., Freddy lives in the world of dreams, he attacks a
girl between her legs while she's taking a bath, another victim floats
bloody over the bed, there's also a scene where Freddy cuts off his
own fingers, etc. But Djalil's version offers some new ideas
as well, including the addition of an Exorcist and Poltergise
subtext [this Indonesian Freddy is haunting a house built over a cemetery],
his finger/knives are not part of a glove but rather the extension of
his hand, and - perhaps the biggest difference - this Freddy doesn't
act alone, he has a succubus sidekick at his side. At one point, they
fight a martial arts shaman by removing their own heads and using them
as weapons.
Of
course, as with other Djalil productions, it is crucial to accept this
film for the aberration that it is... the cinematic ranting of a maniac.
Mr Djalil died from a heart attack in May 2014 at age 86.
An
Indonesian film in English language,
uncut (83 min);
fullscreen prints, DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC,
playable on any USA machine. Extras include selected theatrical trailers.
Graphic
violence/ gore/nudity/sexual themes
for Mature Audiences
