Ivanna (2022) User Reviews

Pretty okay, though somewhat repetitive

[yeslisaja · 6/10 · 30 July 2022]

The plot works as it is. It's simple but the movie executions made up for its plot. It does waste some time to explore the "mystery" (Though from my personal experience, it's pretty predictable).

Now, the eerie/creepy moment at the start of the movie is the best part of the movie for me. Watching a headless body walks in the background with unaware characters really sells it. The atmosphere support these scenes.

The problem came with the slasher part of the movie. Without spoiling much, the movie only uses one kind of execution. Usually, one of the fun part of a slasher movie is watching how the killer creatively execute his/her victim. In Ivanna there is only one method, and it start gets boring aftering watching it done for the third time.

Overall, it's entertaining enough for me, for an Indonesian horror movie, it does a decent job.

BLOODY SLASHER!

[andrewchristianjr · 7/10 · 16 July 2022]

Good bloody slasher. Camerawork on point! There is one scene that makes an impression on the audience's mind, because the angle of shooting is unique, making the fear double even though the ghost doesn't exist yet.

Yet another dull film from Danur franchise

[pasaribuharisfadli · 5/10 · 14 July 2022]

Kimo Stamboel did his best to deliver a decent horror story with Ivanna. Sadly, the bland, repetitive, and lack of urgency script withhold all of his potentials. In the end, it's an overlong, monotonous, and dull film.

Slasher

[bubblebear-23903 · 7/10 · 28 July 2022]

Good combined between horror and slasher. Nice camera movement, dark ambiance. The story line could be better than this. But i was enjoyed this movie btw.

Good Movie And gore

[jlnsyah · 7/10 · 31 July 2022]

The story Its very good.the makeup ITS great And most like the acting.

The acting like natural traumatized.

The CGI ITS great to Indonesian film. Cinematography is also good compared to other Indonesian horror films,and There are some strong violent scenes.

Another awful entry in an all-around awful series

[Sir_AmirSyarif · 4/10 · 19 July 2022]

Kimo Stamboel's direction brings a touch of gravitas, but no amount of blood and severed heads could save 'Ivanna' from its tacky writing. Another awful entry in an all-around awful series.

Ring's Sadako, Sleepy Hollow-style

[C_Jags · 7/10 · 7 January 2023]

Nothing especially original here - lots of ghost story tropes, like hidden basements, records playing themselves, etc...not to mention the huge influence Ring has over modern supernatural Asian horror movies (yeah, we know... look in the well)... but hey, Ivanna is executed pretty decently!

I won't go over the plot, since you've likely read the synopsis, but this tale of a partially blind girl versus the 'statue' of a headless WW2-era Dutch woman is eerie enough to be pretty entertaining. The lead actress is charismatic. It's well filmed and creepy. This is a good, solid ghost story; whether you feel the been-there-done-that nature of the story/scares drags it down or is exactly what you were looking for will be a matter of personal preference.

It's just another ordinary horror movie.

[ajleong-98725 · 4/10 · 23 July 2022]

The storyline is pretty simple and predictable. Many directors from HK or Hollywood have directed something similar over the last 20 to 30 years.

The movie relies very much on jump-scares, yet they are mainly low-quality jump-scares, e.g. Loud noises and sudden-shock. None of the thrilling experiences is memorable.

Also, with the same repetitive style of thrills - pulling one's head off + appearing here and there - it gets bored after a while. I would expect the horror experience to escalate as time goes by, but it's pretty dull and flat throughout the movie.

If this movie were released in the 1990's or 2000's, it might be great. BUT having shown it in the year 2022, I would say.. it's rather old-fashioned, dull, monotonous, and NO big deal!

I gave 2.0/ 5.0. It's just too ordinary, and pretty forgettable!

Generic but brutal

[aronharde · 6/10 · 23 September 2023]

In the Indonesian movie Ivanna (2022) two young siblings are being rescued after their parents death but soon after they arrive at a new family the older sister Ambar is being haunted by terrifying visions and the whole family is plagued by a malevolent force. The fact that Ambar's eyesight is becoming increasingly worse makes it all even more terrifying for her and brings some dynamic for the plot.

The movie reveals some back plot about the past and et voilà , we have a typical "ghost on a revenge spree that is targeting the innocent" movie. But this movie gets some extra credit for some gruesome gore and some heavy-handed scenes including several decapitations and eyes popping out of the skull. The fact that the ghost or entity is so physically threatening makes up for some truly terrifying scenes that will definitely stay with the viewer for some time.

The overall pace of the movie is rather slow except for the third act where the movie turns up a notch, because of the slow paced beginning and middle part of the movie I think it could have been 10 or 15 minutes shorter, but then again the third act makes up for that. [5,9/10]

Dont belive the ratings! This doesn't make any sense!

[muntazarmahdi · 4/10 · 17 July 2022]

This is very bad. I watched this movie last night and i was so dissapointed to wacth this. I expected the local horror of Indonesia not like this, it was too much to display on the big screen. The scripts were just like on FTV series film.

Just save your money, dont belive the good ratings. Trust me!

This is a Very Good Horror Movie better than Danur

[farhanazhari05 · 8/10 · 17 July 2022]

The Origin Story of Ivanna before Danur 2.

Good Story, Great Directing, Acting is Good, Cinematography is Very Good, Good Production Design, Great Costume, Great Makeup, Great Sound and Great Music.

My Favorite Scene in Movie is The Flashback.

Overall, A Very Good Movie better than Danur.

Cinematography and Set Design Elevate Average Film

[mfoxartist · 7/10 · 22 April 2023]

I'm not familiar with the Danur film series and just watched this on a whim, but I was impressed with the camera work and the sets were quite cinematic. Of course, that in and of itself wouldn't be enough to recommend the film, but fortunately it has more to offer.

I like how they brought this extended family together (plus a policeman) and then wreaked havoc on their lives...you never really know who is going to fall victim to the ghost. Caitlin Halderman in the lead role of Ambar delivers a terrific performance and plays a nearly blind woman exceptionally well.

The supporting cast is competent and the direction from Kimo Stamboel is solid and assured. The build-up to the horror in the second half of the film helped us identify with each of characters...I thought the film was very well paced. There were a few scenes that didn't deliver the terror that the filmmakers were probably shooting for, which is why the movie didn't score higher for me. But for general tension and an engaging plot, it was pretty good. And for a relatively low-budget film the CGI and special practical effects weren't bad.

Overall, efforts like this should be applauded. Most of the cast and the entire crew have a good level of talent and they put together an enjoyable -- if unspectacular -- horror film.

Watchable, but sort of generic...

[paul_haakonsen · 5/10 · 7 January 2023]

When I sat down here in 2023 to watch the 2022 Indonesian horror movie "Ivanna", I had never heard about the movie. So I only knew that I was in for an Indonesian horror movie experience, which was actually all that I needed to want to watch the movie.

Writer Lele Laila put together a fair enough script and storyline here, based on the novel by Risa Sawaswati. Not that I am in any way familiar with the novel, so I had no idea how true the movie's script is to the source material from the novel. Clearly the writer had no concept of how decay and decomposition works, especially with about 50 years passing and having a body part exposed to such a long time.

While "Ivanna" was a watchable movie, it was by no means a particularly outstanding foray in the Asian horror cinema. And for a lifelong horror afficianado such as myself, then director Kimo Stamboel's 2022 movie was a relatively slow paced trek.

The acting performances in "Ivanna" were good, and they definitely helped to keep the movie afloat. And my limited exposure to Indonesian cinema means that I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble. Leading actress Caitlin Halderman, playing Ambar, really carried the movie quite well with her performance.

For a horror movie, then I have to say that I found "Ivanna" to be a bit on the generic side. Sure, the storyline was nice enough for a single viewing. But that is about it, a single viewing is all that the movie has to it.

My rating of "Ivanna" lands on a five out of ten stars.

Don't lose your head

[kosmasp · 7/10 · 29 April 2023]

No pun intended - the movie is quite the neatly assembled horror movie. It is classic in a sense I'd say - jump scares and really good effects included. You may be able to spot certain things and also be able to guess the (back)story this is about to tell you.

That all being said, I think the shock effects are well sprayed and laid out for the viewer. Acting is nice and if you don't mind movies with subtitles (had a discussion about this today of all days with friends), then there are way worse things out there to watch. I have not seen the movie this is connected with, but I think it works as standalone too for sure ...

Far from original, but put together well

[tarchon · 5/10 · 17 January 2023]

The plot is familiar, and if you've seen more than a handful of horror movies in your life, you'll pretty much know the score here. It is competently produced, shot, and acted for the most part, so it's decent to watch, just not much more than a genre recitation. There are a few, not entirely original, but at least moderately fresh elements, though not many. It actually had some reasonable scares too. If you're not Indonesian, it's at least interesting from the point of view of seeing a slice of Indonesia and an odd little window into how Indonesians look at their colonial past, or at least how this particular filmmaker sees it. It's a lot more pro-Dutch than I would have expected.

one of the best Indonesian horror films of 2022

[donipurnomo · 9/10 · 16 July 2022]

A film with a fairly good story quality, neat and orderly.

Interesting ghost terror.

Cast acting, film visuals, which is good.

Interesting camera shots and add to the horror impression.

Pretty good movie

[yolannanga · 8/10 · 19 July 2022]

I'm surprised by the bad reviews for this film, really this is a better film than the Danur film. The story is quite neat and easy to understand, the characters are memorable even though some are bad, also the decent cgi effect is the wait that paid off after months of enjoying the film rotten horror.

good movie

[Visharume · 8/10 · 6 August 2022]

The film is actually really good in the horror aspect and one of the scariest in than all the other in the danur universe lol. The story line is also wayy better than the first. The cgi is also better than I had expected and imo dwell in the area of uncanny valley during the beheading scene. The camera and cinematography imo is really good because it creates a horror feeling, personally this is one of the best horror movies i've seen where the ghost is actually scary (likely because there's no head lol). Despite the usual ending where it's kinda wack (bc the ghost dissapear like thanos snapped them away, it's still way better than the usual dramatic ending). The sound play is imo also really nice because they play it well to match the scenes.

The rating must be wrong

[yolannanga-97821 · 10/10 · 14 January 2023]

This film is not as bad as pirated movie viewers say this is one of the best works of kimo stamboel i am happy with the gore scenes shown by some of the actors who also act well especially the main cast the scoring in this film is also right even though some are not pleasant to hear i like the scene of amber vision about what happened to ivanna which is the best scene in this film it's no wonder this film managed to reach 2 million viewers and for illegal viewers don't feel the most critical you are just unemployed looking for attention.in the end this is a movie worth watching and is the best in the universe of danur.