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Grave Torture (Indonesian: Siksa Kubur) is a 2024 Indonesian psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Joko Anwar. The film is based on Anwar's 2012 short film of the same name. The film stars Faradina Mufti, Reza Rahadian, Widuri Puteri, Muzakki Ramdhan, Slamet Rahardjo, and Christine Hakim .

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00:00Grave Torture 2024 is an Indonesian horror and psychological thriller film written and directed

00:06by Joko Anwar. The movie is based on his short film made in 2012 with the same title. It stars

00:13Faradina Mufti, Reza Rahadian, Christine Hakim, and Slamet Raharjo. The movie became one of the

00:20biggest hits of 2024 in Indonesia and received the highest number of nominations at the Indonesian

00:25Film Festival, 17 in total, including Best Picture. The story begins with a brother and sister named

00:32Sita and Adel. They live a peaceful life with their parents who run a small bakery in their town.

00:39Everything seems normal until one tragic day changes their lives forever. Their parents die

00:45in a suicide bombing. The man who caused the explosion believed in a religious idea called

00:50Siksakubur, which means Grave Torture. He thought that if he killed himself for his faith, he could

00:56avoid eternal suffering after death. After this shocking event, Sita and Adel are taken by the

01:02police to a holding room. They are in shock, holding on tightly to a small mixtape they found.

01:07When someone later plays the tape, a chilling and strange sound comes from it. A haunting voice

01:13repeats the words Siksakubur, followed by horrifying screams and strange noises that sound like the cries

01:19of souls being tortured in the grave. From that moment, fear and curiosity about this mysterious

01:26phrase begin to haunt Sita's mind. After losing their parents, both children are sent to a boarding

01:31school. Adel tries his best to move on, but Sita cannot forget what happened. She becomes obsessed

01:38with the idea of grave torture, the belief that after a sinner dies, their soul is punished painfully

01:44inside the grave. Sita begins to think deeply about whether this belief is true or just a story

01:50created to scare people. She starts to believe that there is no such thing as grave torture and

01:57decides she will prove it to the world. As the years pass, Sita grows up, but the dark curiosity inside

02:04her never fades. She becomes an adult and starts working in a nursing home, taking care of elderly

02:09people. Even while working, she cannot stop thinking about death and what happens after it.

02:15She wants to prove that the idea of punishment after death is a myth, something made up by humans.

02:21So she begins to visit graveyards and old burial grounds, searching for clues about what really

02:27happens to people after they die. Sita spends her nights walking through cemeteries, talking to grave

02:33diggers, and even digging near graves. She focuses on graves of people who were known to be sinners,

02:38thieves, and murderers. She believes that if she can find nothing unusual there, she can finally prove

02:46that there is no such thing as grave torture. But as she goes deeper into her search, strange and

02:53horrifying things start to happen. She begins to see shadows moving between the tombstones. Some graves

02:59appear to be cursed, and she hears whispers calling her name. One night, she sees a hand rising slowly

03:05from the ground. At first, she thinks it's her imagination, but soon she witnesses even more

03:11terrifying sights. Dead bodies seem to show signs of pain. The corpses appear twisted and broken, as if

03:17they were tortured. She even sees snakes crawling into the mouths of the dead, a symbol of the souls

03:24being punished. Sita becomes more frightened each day, but her stubbornness keeps her going. She refuses to

03:31believe that what she sees is real. She tells herself that there must be a scientific reason

03:36behind everything. But the supernatural events become stronger. Lights flicker, the walls of the

03:42cemetery tremble, and she starts hearing voices crying for mercy from beneath the ground. The people

03:48around her begin to worry. Her brother Adil, who has grown up into a calm and faithful man, tries to

03:54stop her. He warns her not to go against faith and not to play with the world of the dead.

03:59But Sita ignores him. She believes she must complete her mission, no matter what. She says she wants to

04:05save people from fear by proving that grave torture is just a lie. As time goes on, Sita's mind becomes

04:11unstable. She cannot sleep. Every time she closes her eyes, she sees visions of sinners screaming inside

04:18their graves. She hears a whisper saying, you will know the truth soon. Her nightmares become reality.

04:25She starts seeing ghosts during the day, their faces twisted in pain, their eyes begging for help.

04:31Finally, she decides to face her biggest fear. There is one grave that everyone in town fears,

04:37the grave of a notorious sinner who was known for his evil deeds. People say that anyone who goes near

04:43that grave hears voices crying from the earth. Sita decides to enter that grave to see the truth

04:49with her own eyes. In the climax of the film, Sita digs open the grave at night, holding a flashlight

04:54and a camera to record proof. The deeper she goes, the colder the air becomes. Suddenly, the ground shakes

05:02and she falls inside the grave. Everything around her turns dark. She sees terrifying visions, souls

05:08screaming, bodies being ripped apart, and monsters made of fire and darkness attacking the damned.

05:14She realizes that this is not a dream. She has crossed into the world of the dead, the place

05:19of Siksikubur. She sees the sinner's soul being tortured endlessly. The spirits claw at her, begging

05:25for release. The smell of burning flesh fills the air. She tries to climb out, but invisible hands pull

05:31her back. At that moment, Sita finally understands that grave torture is real. All the things she thought

05:39were myths are true. The disbelief and arrogance she carried all her life turn into regret and

05:44horror. She screams, but no one hears her. The film's final scenes show Sita trapped in a dark and

05:51terrifying world. The souls of the damned surround her, crying and screaming. The ground is filled with

05:57bones and fire. Sita realizes she is now one of them, a lost soul punished for her disbelief. Her body

06:04fades away, leaving only her screams echoing in the darkness. Meanwhile, her brother Adil, played by

06:09Reza Rahadian, is shown living quietly. He continues to believe in faith and prayer. He visits his parents'

06:16graves and prays for his sister's soul, not knowing that she has already fallen into the world she once

06:21denied. The movie ends with a haunting sound, the same voice from the old mixtape whispering again,

06:27Siksa Kubur. The screen fades to black, leaving the audience shocked and speechless.

06:35Grave Torture is not just a horror movie about ghosts and punishment. It is a story about faith,

06:41disbelief, and the fear of what lies after death. It questions whether humans can ever truly escape

06:47their sins, and it shows what happens when curiosity goes too far. Sita's journey begins with a desire to

06:53prove that there is no afterlife punishment, but it ends with her becoming part of that very punishment.

06:59The film warns viewers that some truths are not meant to be challenged. It leaves us with a chilling

07:05message that faith may be the only thing standing between peace and eternal torment. The ending is

07:11powerful and tragic. It makes the audience think deeply about life, death, and the unknown world beyond

07:18the grave. The haunting visuals, the sound design, and the emotional acting make Grave Torture a truly

07:24unforgettable film that stays in the mind long after the credits roll.

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