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Not to be confused with the 1976 British film of the same name.
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In 2017, a remake/prequel of this film called ''Film/SatansSlaves'' was made, directed by Joko Anwar, two years before he would direct ''Film/{{Gundala}}''. And in 2022, a sequel follows: ''Satan's Slaves 2: Communion''.

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In 2017, a remake/prequel of this film called ''Film/SatansSlaves'' was made, directed by Joko Anwar, two years before he would direct ''Film/{{Gundala}}''. And in 2022, a sequel follows: ''Satan's Slaves 2: Communion''.
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In 2017, a remake/prequel of this film called ''Satan's Slaves'' was made, directed by Joko Anwar, two years before he would direct ''Film/{{Gundala}}''. And in 2022, a sequel follows: ''Satan's Slaves 2: Communion''.

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In 2017, a remake/prequel of this film called ''Satan's Slaves'' ''Film/SatansSlaves'' was made, directed by Joko Anwar, two years before he would direct ''Film/{{Gundala}}''. And in 2022, a sequel follows: ''Satan's Slaves 2: Communion''.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:Darminah is seemingly destroyed by the power of Islam, but the ending has her stalking the protagonists, waiting for their faith to lapse again.]]

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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:Darminah is seemingly destroyed by the power of Islam, but the ending has her stalking the protagonists, waiting for their faith to lapse again.again, and should that fail, she'll try to find another victim.]]
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''Pengabdi Setan'' is an Indonesian horror film directed by Siswono Gautama Putra. It reached CultClassic status amongst Asian fans due to how it was unavailable for a long time except as a Japanese VHS with no Indonesian subtitle[[note]]Also it is worth noting that this is a known horror film ''before'' the Queen of Horrors of Indonesia, Suzzanna, came to the horror film scene.[[/note]]. As opposed to the typical Christianity or Buddhism beliefs of horror films of the time, the film used Muslim beliefs instead.

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''Satan's Slave''
is an Indonesian horror film directed by Siswono Gautama Putra. It reached CultClassic status amongst Asian fans due to how it was unavailable for a long time except as a Japanese VHS with no Indonesian subtitle[[note]]Also it is worth noting that this is a known horror film ''before'' the Queen of Horrors of Indonesia, Suzzanna, came to the horror film scene.[[/note]]. As opposed to the typical Christianity or Buddhism beliefs of horror films of the time, the film used Muslim beliefs instead.



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'''''Satan's Slave''''' is a 1980 {{Indonesian|Media}} FolkHorror film.

Tomi is a quiet lad whose mother has recently passed away. The next night, he sees her spirit before visiting a fortune teller to find out what's going on. The seer warns him that his family is in great danger. Soon after, a mysterious housekeeper shows up and demonic forces begin terrorizing the family. Are they connected, and can Tomi save his loved ones?

The film received a prequel in 2017, called ''Satan's Slaves''.
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!!This film contains examples of:

* AlienBlood: Zombies have orange blood.
* BigBad: Darminah, a demon who terrorizes lapsed Muslims.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Mawarti, whose funeral kickstarts the film, is portrayed as a saint whose piety protected her family from demons. Her surviving husband Munarto is portrayed as a good man but flawed and oblivious.

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'''''Satan's Slave'''''
''Pengabdi Setan'' is an Indonesian horror film directed by Siswono Gautama Putra. It reached CultClassic status amongst Asian fans due to how it was unavailable for a long time except as a Japanese VHS with no Indonesian subtitle[[note]]Also it is worth noting that this is a 1980 {{Indonesian|Media}} FolkHorror film.

Tomi is a quiet lad whose mother has recently passed away.
known horror film ''before'' the Queen of Horrors of Indonesia, Suzzanna, came to the horror film scene.[[/note]]. As opposed to the typical Christianity or Buddhism beliefs of horror films of the time, the film used Muslim beliefs instead.

The next night, he sees her spirit before visiting story revolve around a fortune teller to find out what's going on. The seer warns him that his Muslim family is in great danger. that has been abandoning their faith with mortal pleasures. Father Munarto was MarriedToTheJob while the daughter Rita turned into a party girl along with her boyfriend Herman. Soon after, the mother Mawarti died of natural causes, and after the son Tomi saw the ghost of her mother, he turned towards black magic with the advice of his friend. There's a mysterious nearby kiai/ustad (basically a Muslim priest) and their sickly religious servant Mr. Karto who continued to tell them that they should return to the path of good under the guidance of Allah, but they were never listened.

Shortly after Mawarti's passing, a
housekeeper shows up named Darminah was sent to the house. And around this time, the family started receiving supernatural phenomenons, with undeads thrown into the mix, with Darminah being the suspect of the cause. Who is Darminah, and demonic forces begin what attracted these things?

In 2017, a remake of this film was made, directed by Joko Anwar, two years before he would direct ''Film/{{Gundala}}''.

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* BigBad: This film made it quite obvious that Darminah is the main antagonist. She is [[spoiler:a demon from Hell (though not exactly Satan) attacking those with weak faith, like Munarto's family. And should she succeed killing them via
terrorizing the family. Are them and they connected, still hadn't repented, then they would be [[TitleDrop Satan's Slaves (Pengabdi Setan, in Indonesia)]] in Hell.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Just as things got really hopeless for Munarto's family, [[spoiler:the kiai/ustad that was constantly ignored by him arrive at home along with his Muslim faithful friends to banish Darminah
and can Tomi save his loved ones?

The film received a prequel in 2017, called ''Satan's Slaves''.
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all her risen zombies.]]
* AlienBlood: Zombies have orange blood.
* BigBad: Darminah, a demon who terrorizes lapsed Muslims.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Mawarti, whose funeral kickstarts
BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The whole experience set the film, is portrayed as a saint whose piety protected her family from demons. Her surviving husband Munarto members of the family, Munarto, Rita and Tomi, straight and they convert back to Muslim. Still, they lost their faithful servant and Rita lost her boyfriend, and not to mention Darminah is portrayed NotQuiteDead and might terrorize another unfaithful group, even if she could no longer target Munarto's family anymore.]]
* CassandraTruth: Mr. Karto was right that there's something horribly wrong with Darminah when he found out her 'eccentric' room. Unfortunately, given that the current family has dismissed his pleas to return to faith for more mortal pleasures, nobody believed him, thinking it was just another ignorable plea. [[spoiler:Only after his death that Rita and Tomi gave him some benefits of doubts, and then once they saw Darminah bringing him back
as a good man but flawed and oblivious.zombie, they realized that he was right all along.]]



* FallingChandelierOfDoom: Darminah uses her demonic abilities to throw a chandelier into a shaman's ''face''.
* FortuneTeller: Tomi visits one to seek solace after his mother's death. Instead, she warns him about the demonic forces that are coming for his family.
* GodIsGood: The film is extremely positive towards UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}, with the heroes' lapse in faith being why they're tormented by demons and [[spoiler:prayer defeating the evil at the end]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: Darminah is an agent of {{Satan}} himself, but he never appears in the film.
* HangingAround: [[spoiler:Karto]] is hanged by the demons.
* HumanSacrifice: Tomi has a nightmare about being abducted by devil worshippers and sacrificed with a spear.
* IllBoy: Karto has severe asthma, to the point of constantly speaking with a wheeze.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Herman]] is hit by a truck, which causes his bike to flip him into sharp wood in the truck's bed.

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* FallingChandelierOfDoom: Darminah uses her demonic abilities to throw a chandelier into a shaman's ''face''.
* FortuneTeller: Tomi visits one to seek solace after his mother's death. Instead, she warns him about the demonic forces that are coming for his family.
* GodIsGood: The film core of the film. Allah is extremely positive towards UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}, Good and He will save those who return to faith, and also gives [[spoiler:the kiai/ustad the rights to banish demons.]]
* MarriedToTheJob: What defines Munarto. He's a workaholic and it can be interpreted that this has caused to be a bit of an absent dad
with the heroes' lapse in faith one reason being why they're tormented by demons and [[spoiler:prayer defeating the evil at the end]].
that his son doesn't have any guidance.
* GreaterScopeVillain: NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Tomi sees Darminah is an agent of {{Satan}} himself, but [[spoiler:bringing back Mr. Karto, Herman, and Mawarti back as zombies, [[TooDumbToLive he never appears screams loud enough just so that they can hear them.]]]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Darminah survived the exorcism by the kiai/ustad, which gave suspicions that the demonic Darminah exorcised
in the film.
* HangingAround: [[spoiler:Karto]] is hanged by
climax of the demons.
movie was nothing but an apparition, the real Darminah was still at large.]]
* HumanSacrifice: Tomi ObviouslyEvil: Mr. Karto early on discovered that Darminah has an eccentric way of living. Nothing say eccentrically EVIL when ''she has a nightmare about being abducted by devil worshippers and sacrificed skull with a spear.
* IllBoy: Karto has severe asthma, to the point of constantly speaking with a wheeze.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Herman]] is hit by a truck, which causes his bike to flip him into sharp wood in the truck's bed.
candles nearby inside her room!''



* PeekABooCorpse: Tomi finds [[spoiler:Karto]]'s body hanging right behind a door he's opening.
* ReligiousHorror: A family of lapsed Muslims being tormented by an agent of Hell.
* WitchDoctor: Munarto hires a shaman to try and banish the evil from their house. He gets a chandelier to the face for his troubles.
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* PeekABooCorpse: Tomi finds [[spoiler:Karto]]'s body hanging right behind a door he's opening.
* ReligiousHorror: A The film is about a family of lapsed Muslims being tormented punished for not being religious.
* ScareEmStraight: The whole movie. It takes being haunted
by an agent the horde of Hell.
* WitchDoctor: Munarto hires
undead [[spoiler:and a shaman demon threatening them that they're going straight to try Hell for what they've done, and banish the evil being saved from their house. He gets a chandelier it]] that finally made Munarto's family to get back to the face path of good.
* TheScream: When Tomi sees Darminah [[spoiler:at cemetery, bringing back Mr. Karto, Herman, and Mawarti back as zombies, he screams in pure terror.]]
* TheStinger: The end of the film saw that [[spoiler:Darminah is NotQuiteDead, serving as warning that AsLongAsThereIsEvil and people continue to be unfaithful to God/Allah, she would be looking
for his troubles.
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more preys (this was a very common cliche in Indonesian horror films back in the days). This is touched in the remake, which implies that she's part of a Satanic cult that also caused the events in the there.]]
* TokenReligiousTeammate: Mr. Karto is a devout Muslim and continued to remind the family to get back to the path of the faithful. He constantly gets ignored. [[spoiler:His faith didn't stop him from being killed by Darminah and then raised as TheUndead.]]
* TheUndead: Zombies rise from the grave to terrorize. [[spoiler:Darminah is the one raising the undeads, and specifically she used Herman, Mr. Karto and Mawarti.]]
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'''''Satan's Slave''''' is a 1980 {{Indonesian|Media}} FolkHorror film.

Tomi is a quiet lad whose mother has recently passed away. The next night, he sees her spirit before visiting a fortune teller to find out what's going on. The seer warns him that his family is in great danger. Soon after, a mysterious housekeeper shows up and demonic forces begin terrorizing the family. Are they connected, and can Tomi save his loved ones?

The film received a prequel in 2017, called ''Satan's Slaves''.
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!!This film contains examples of:

* AlienBlood: Zombies have orange blood.
* BigBad: Darminah, a demon who terrorizes lapsed Muslims.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Mawarti, whose funeral kickstarts the film, is portrayed as a saint whose piety protected her family from demons. Her surviving husband Munarto is portrayed as a good man but flawed and oblivious.
* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:Darminah is seemingly destroyed by the power of Islam, but the ending has her stalking the protagonists, waiting for their faith to lapse again.]]
* FallingChandelierOfDoom: Darminah uses her demonic abilities to throw a chandelier into a shaman's ''face''.
* FortuneTeller: Tomi visits one to seek solace after his mother's death. Instead, she warns him about the demonic forces that are coming for his family.
* GodIsGood: The film is extremely positive towards UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}, with the heroes' lapse in faith being why they're tormented by demons and [[spoiler:prayer defeating the evil at the end]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: Darminah is an agent of {{Satan}} himself, but he never appears in the film.
* HangingAround: [[spoiler:Karto]] is hanged by the demons.
* HumanSacrifice: Tomi has a nightmare about being abducted by devil worshippers and sacrificed with a spear.
* IllBoy: Karto has severe asthma, to the point of constantly speaking with a wheeze.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Herman]] is hit by a truck, which causes his bike to flip him into sharp wood in the truck's bed.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: These are humanoid beings capable of BlackMagic, who go after those whose faith in Islam lapses to torment, kill and enslave them. Their bodies can be destroyed by prayer, which sets them on fire, but they can return to Earth in new forms.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: These are slaves of demons, with an UndeathlyPallor, sharp teeth and white eyes. They shamble due to rigor mortis, and cannot feel pain even when their flesh is ripped off.
* PeekABooCorpse: Tomi finds [[spoiler:Karto]]'s body hanging right behind a door he's opening.
* ReligiousHorror: A family of lapsed Muslims being tormented by an agent of Hell.
* WitchDoctor: Munarto hires a shaman to try and banish the evil from their house. He gets a chandelier to the face for his troubles.
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