Foreign Actresses Starred in Indonesian Horror Movies

Indonesian Movie Industry is famous with its horror movies (some notable Indonesian Horror Movies are Jalangkung and Kuntilanak). However, it recently has shifted to a semi-porn movie packaged into a horror movie.

In recent years (since 2010), some movie studios hired overseas porn actresses to star in Indonesian Movies. Some of those are:

1. "Suster Keramas" / "Evil Nurse"
Release Date: 31 December 2009
Genre: Horror
Studio: Maxima Pictures
Cast: Rin Sakuragi (Japanese AV actress)
Trailer:


2. "Menculik Miyabi" / "Kidnapping Miyabi"
Release Date: 6 May 2010
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Maxima Pictures
Cast: Maria Ozawa (Japanese AV actress)
Trailer:


3. "Rintihan Kuntilanak Perempuan"
Release Date: 14 October 2010
Genre: Comedy
Studio: K2K Production
Cast: Tera Patrick (American AV actress)
Interview with Tera Patrick:


Upcoming Movies:
- "Suster Keramas 2" / "Evil Nurse 2"
Release Date: 2011
Genre: Horror
Studio: Maxima Pictures
Cast: Aoi Sora (Japanese AV actress)

- Pocong Mati Goyang Pinggul/ “Shrouded Corpse Bathing While Hip-Shaking”
Release Date: 2011
Genre: Horror
Studio: K2K Production
Cast: Sasha Grey (American AV actress)

ABOUT THE MARKET

Indonesian GDP per capita is USD 4300 (The World Fact Book, 2010) or about IDR 40 million per year. Theatre ticket price starts from IDR 10,000 (about USD 1). Indonesian Movies are also competing with foreign movies which are relatively more preferred to watch, especially Hollywood Movies.

Gross Income of Indonesian Horror Movies (early January 2010):

• "Kuntilanak Beranak": USD 313,260 (1st week)
• "Hantu Jamu Gendong": USD $561,679
• "Setan Budeg": USD 668,453
• "Pencarian Terakhir": USD $234,290
• "Takut": USD $73,239
• "Pocong Vs Kuntilanak": USD $704,492
• "Sarang Kuntilanak": USD $419,380
• "Hantu Aborsi": USD 563,013

Hence, it is logical if Indonesian movie producers are trying to sell Indonesian movies to foreign market.

The selected foreign actresses are popular outside her own country. Ody Mulya (the producer of Maxima Pictures) told Kapanlagi.com that Aoi Sora is well-known in Asia-level, for example in Thailand. Thus, when he announced "Suster Keramas 2" (Evil Nurse) in Hong Kong Film Market, some people expressed their interest to bring the movie to their countries. KK Dheeraj (the producer of K2K Production) said the seven countries that have confirmed would buy "Pocong Mati Goyang Pinggul" (starring Sasha Grey) were Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Hong Kong, and Canada.

ABOUT THE RISK

Ody mentioned that presenting a porn star was not without risk. Three risk that need to be considered are:

• High costs,
• Extra security, and
• Ready to handle protest

There is a concern that semi-porn movies are censored. However, Ody claimed that even though the movies were starred by AV actresses, but those were not porn movies, thus most part of the movies passed the evaluation conducted by "Lembaga Sensor Film" (Film Censorship Board).

Note: AV = Adult Video

Source:
- Aktris Porno AS Bintangi Film Nasional
- Pilih Mana: Sora Aoi Atau Sasha Grey