Hao, with retrocognition, saves Sari from the wrath of Pocong Gundul, a malevolent sorcerer in ghost form, risking his life to stop its evil plans.
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Original title: Kisah Tanah Jawa: Pocong Gundul
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Original title: Kisah Tanah Jawa: Pocong Gundul
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00:00The movie begins in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 1983, where a group of evil sorcerers are
00:06performing a black magic ritual.
00:12The movie then fast forwards to 1996, where Hao's grandfather shows him something written
00:17on a lantern leaf.
00:19He explains that back in the Majapahit era, they wrote on these leaves.
00:23He tells Hao to ensure he takes care of it while he is away.
00:27After this, Grandpa starts meditating while holding the leaf in his hand, and Hao sits
00:32there watching.
00:33Then Hao's mother calls him, saying Rita is outside.
00:36Hao leaves to play with Rita, and during this time, the leaf flies out of Grandpa's hand
00:42and goes out the window.
00:44In 2013, Hao possesses retrocognition, the ability to see past events.
00:50During his seminars, a student asks if this is similar to astral projection.
00:54Hao clarifies that astral projection involves the soul leaving the body to travel to another
01:00dimension, whereas retrocognition occurs in the subconscious and is akin to time travel.
01:06He emphasizes the importance of a catalyst, an item from the past that mediates between
01:11the present and past, by transmitting electromagnetic pulses.
01:15Those with the ability to capture these pulses can perform retrocognition.
01:19A student asks if he can change the past.
01:22Hao explains that his careen, which travels through time, cannot control the catalyst's
01:27owner or interact with others, so the past cannot be changed.
01:32Another student inquires if someone can be trapped in the past, and in a flashback, it's
01:37revealed that Hao's grandfather did not return from a retrocognition session.
01:42After the seminar, Mr. and Mrs. Sujatniko approaches Hao and Rita, asking for Hao's
01:47help.
01:48Hao asks what kind of help they need, to which Mrs. Sujatniko explains that their daughter
01:54Siri went missing two days ago and hasn't returned from school.
01:59Despite efforts by her friends and school authorities, she remains unfounded.
02:04She pleads with Hao to use his retrocognition ability to find her daughter.
02:08However, her husband, skeptical, insists they should rely on the police to help locate her.
02:14Hao agrees to help, and that night, they visit Siri's school, where Sari's homeroom
02:19teacher shows them the classroom where she was last seen.
02:23Hao begins the procedure using Sari's scissors, and after a while, he wakes up to find himself
02:28transported into the past, inhabiting Sari's body.
02:32Wadi arrives and asks why she is still here, to which Sari explains that she needs to finish
02:38her work, because the sewing machine at her house is broken.
02:42After Wadi leaves, Sari continues her work, however, after some time, someone starts banging
02:47on the door.
02:48Frightened, Sari goes to open it, but when she does, she finds no one outside, but we
02:54see a figure standing there, watching her.
02:56She returns and continues her work, but after some time, the classroom lights go off.
03:01Then, to her shock, the cloth she was stitching has changed, and suddenly, she becomes terrified
03:07seeing an entity, and accidentally pierces her finger with the needle.
03:12Terrified, she runs out of the classroom and removes the needle from her finger, and as
03:16she does, she's startled when some liquid drips in front of her.
03:20When she looks up, no one is there, but suddenly, the entity appears and haunts her, causing
03:26her to fall unconscious.
03:27Then, as the lid of a well gets covered, Hao emerges from the retrocognition, visibly drained
03:33from the procedure.
03:35He takes them all to the forest, and when they check the well, they find Sari inside
03:39it.
03:40Hao retrieves Sari from the well, but there he encounters the Pochong, which frightens
03:44him deeply.
03:46However, as Riddhi throws down a rope to help him climb out, the Pochong disappears.
03:51As he comes out, Mr. and Mrs. Sujatmiko thank Hao for his help, and Riddhi suggests that
03:57when they return home, they should give Sari a flower bath to cleanse her.
04:01They then close the well and leave the forest behind them.
04:04The next day, Hao visits his grandfather's grave to offer his favorite sweets.
04:09There, he encounters a gravedigger who calls out to him.
04:13Perplexed, Hao moves toward the gravedigger almost in a trance, and as he approaches,
04:18the man suddenly reveals a tombstone with Hao's name and death date on it.
04:24Shocked, Hao stumbles and falls into an open grave, finding himself wrapped in a shroud.
04:29The gravedigger then begins to bury him alive, and Hao desperately tries to escape.
04:35Suddenly, he wakes up from this nightmare, and his mother tries to calm him down, explaining
04:40that Riddhi said he collapsed the moment he got off her bike.
04:43Later, when he goes into his room, he finds grave dirt on the floor, which increases his
04:48fear further.
04:50The next day, Hao tells Riddhi about his experience, expressing certainty that the Pochong is not
04:56ordinary.
04:57He describes how its head wasn't covered with cloth, revealing a bald, skeletal appearance.
05:02Riddhi suggests there must be a reason why the Pochong targeted Sari, and she fears that
05:07Hao has now become its new target.
05:10Only then does Hao notice the man from the graveyard, who gives him a creepy smile.
05:14Curious and unnerved, Hao follows him upstairs to a changing area.
05:19He attempts to peek inside one of the rooms, but finds grave dirt there.
05:23Hao struggles to remove the curtain, and as he does, it gets dirtier.
05:28Finally, when he removes the cloth, he sees the man's reflection in the mirror.
05:32Startled, he moves closer, but the man disappears, and when Hao turns around, the Pochong haunts
05:39him, causing him to fall.
05:41However, in the next moment, Riddhi appears and asks Hao if he's okay.
05:46He tells her that he saw the gravedigger from his dream, and Riddhi suggests that he is
05:50its new target because he saved Sari.
05:53Meanwhile, while Soari is sleeping in her room, she sees Pochong standing there, and
05:58suddenly wakes up in fear, and her fear intensifies when she sees someone trying to open the door
06:04of her room.
06:05Suddenly, Mrs. Sujatmiko rushes into the room, finding Sari extremely scared, and Sari explains
06:12that she saw the Pochong and feels it's following her.
06:16Mrs. Sujatmiko tries to calm Sari down and suggests changing her bandage, and as she
06:21does so, she mentions that some people believe a wounded finger can be used in sacrificial
06:26rituals by those practicing black magic.
06:29While explaining this, Mrs. Sujatmiko suddenly bites her finger.
06:33Startled by Sari's screams, her parents rush into the room and find Sari in a terrified
06:39state.
06:40Mrs. Sujatmiko calls Hao and tells him that ever since Sari returned home, she refuses
06:46to eat anything, and every time she closes her eyes, that entity appears.
06:51Sari asks Hao if he believes her, to which he says he does.
06:55He explains that he has also been haunted by the same entity since that night, but he
07:00promises he will find a way to stop it.
07:03He asks Sari if she knows why it comes after her, to which she reveals that she is not
07:08the first.
07:09She explains that another student went missing just like her, and when Hao asks how she knew
07:13about this, she replies that the whole school knows.
07:17The next day, they visit Sari's school, where Wati confirms that there were two missing
07:22students before Sari.
07:24The first disappeared shortly after the school was built, and the second about ten years
07:28ago.
07:29Neither has been found to this day, which is why she was so relieved when they found
07:33Sari.
07:34Mr. Sujatmiko asks how they can cover up something like this, insisting on telling the police
07:40and the press.
07:41However, Hao asks him to calm down, explaining that involving the media will only draw attention
07:47to Sari.
07:48He then asks Wati if anyone else besides her knows about this.
07:52She tells them about Saman, who was a security guard since the school was built.
07:56Hao and Reedy visit him and explain how Sari went missing, and he found her inside a well
08:01two days later.
08:03Hao tells him that he also saw a bald pochong inside the well.
08:07Saman says that he made a promise to his wife never to talk about it again, but it
08:11seems he has to break that promise.
08:14He reveals that he used to practice black magic and studied under a powerful shaman
08:19named Walisti.
08:20Seeking power and wealth, Walisti didn't hesitate to take others' lives.
08:25When authorities discovered his actions and discussed a death sentence, he had no choice
08:30but to make an ultimate pact with the djinn Banaspati, transforming him into the immortal
08:36bald-headed pochong.
08:38Hao asks for Saman's help so he can help Sari, but when he remains quiet, they interpret
08:43this as a refusal and leave.
08:45Later, Saman decides to help them, and when his daughter Risma tries to dissuade him,
08:50he insists that he can't just sit here and do nothing.
08:53He acknowledges that people in the village view him negatively, and he sees this as a
08:57chance to do something right, possibly his last opportunity to do so.
09:02Meanwhile, Hao says he could back to Walisti's days via retrocognition and find a way to
09:08stop him.
09:09Riti asks if he believes retrocognition is the solution for everything.
09:13She reminds him of what happened to his grandpa and warns him against involving others.
09:18She asks how to consider the consequences for Saman's daughter if something goes wrong.
09:22Riti says she can't be involved and then leaves.
09:26Only then Saman approaches Hao and says, let's send that pochong to hell.
09:31On the way, Saman tells Hao that the school is built on Walisti's grave.
09:35Every ten years, Walisti seeks prey to recharge his power by sucking their souls through their
09:41fingers.
09:42His victims are chosen based on sharing the same Javanese birthday as him, which is Kliwan
09:47Tuesday.
09:48Hao reveals that Kliwan Tuesday is also his Javanese birthday.
09:53Saman admits it was his mistake not to take action when the pochong arose and haunted
09:58the school, but he hopes to redeem himself now.
10:01Only then do they hear on the radio that their time has come to an end.
10:05Hao turns off the radio, but soon they begin to hear strange noises coming from the back
10:10of the car.
10:11Concerned, Hao stops the car and steps out to check.
10:14He cautiously opens the trunk, but finds nothing inside.
10:17He returns to the car, but before they can leave, the car suddenly turns off.
10:22Hao tries multiple times to start it, but despite his efforts, the engine refuses to
10:27respond.
10:28As he continues trying, he notices in the rearview mirror that Walisti is standing at
10:32a distance from their car, and both Hao and Saman become deeply frightened at the sight.
10:38Saman begins reciting prayers fervently, while Hao attempts to start the car, and as they
10:43do so, Walisti approaches the car closely.
10:46But when they look back again, Walisti has disappeared.
10:50Suddenly, their car shakes violently, and they are terrified to see Walisti now on top
10:54of their car.
10:55Walisti jumps and tries to break through the sunlight to enter the car, but just as
10:59he does, the car finally starts, and they manage to escape.
11:03They stop the car, and Saman opens the trunk, but suddenly Walisti spits something on his
11:09face.
11:10Hearing Saman's screams, Hao rushes to him and finds his face burning.
11:14As he calls for help, Saman tells him that Walisti's grave is behind the banyan tree.
11:19Hao desperately asks what he needs to do next, but Saman dies before he can give any
11:24further instructions.
11:26Hao takes the rings from Saman's fingers and goes behind the banyan tree.
11:30There, he uses his ability of retrocognition and transports himself to the year 1983, when
11:37Saman was a student of Walisti and witnesses the ritual, where Walisti was buried so that
11:43he could live forever as a Pochong.
11:46Meanwhile, Walisti takes the ring from Hao's hand and throws it aside.
11:50The scene shifts to Hao's house, where Rita arrives and asks her mom if Hao is home yet.
11:56She replies, no, mentioning that he texted her saying he had something to do at the school.
12:02On the other hand, Hao notices that his body is disappearing, but before he vanishes completely,
12:08Rita finds him in the well.
12:10She bravely goes down into the well and puts Saman's ring in his hand, which helps him
12:15regain consciousness and saves him from being trapped in the past.
12:19She tries to calm him down and explains that the Pochong separated him from his catalyst
12:24and brought him down here.
12:26She reminds him that Saman's death must not be in vain and that they have to defeat the
12:31ugly bad things.
12:32She climbs out of the well and begins to pull Hao up with a rope.
12:36However, Hao notices that a shroud is tied to his leg, pulling him down.
12:41Despite Rita's efforts to pull him up, the force is too strong and Hao falls back into
12:46the well.
12:47Hao tries to free himself, but the well begins to fill with water.
12:51The water level steadily rises, and after a while, Hao encounters Wallisty.
12:56Just then, Rita throws a garlic garland down into the well, causing Wallisty to disappear.
13:02She then pulls him out of the well, and when he asks about garlic garland, she tells him
13:06that she got it from his mom.
13:08She tells him that her great grandma used garlic to chase away evil spirits.
13:13Hao tells her that when he saw Wallisty being buried, only one of the knots was untied.
13:19Rita recalls reading that a Pochong's power comes from its burial shroud knots, so if
13:24they could untie all the knots, his power would disappear.
13:28They both dig up Wallisty's grave and are shocked to see that his corpse has not yet
13:32decayed.
13:33Hao tries hard to untie the knots, but his efforts are in vain, and then it starts raining.
13:38Rita notices a dagger nearby and lifts Wallisty's head, so Hao can take out the dagger.
13:44Hao grabs the dagger and begins to cut the knots with it, but Rita notices that the rain
13:48has washed away the salt circle they had placed for protection.
13:52Rita starts making the salt circles again, but during this, Wallisty rises and drags
13:58Hao into the grave with him.
14:00Rita notices and frantically works to pull Hao out, finally managing to save him after
14:05a lot of effort.
14:06However, Wallisty then comes there in his demonic form and attacks Rita, lifting her
14:12into the air before violently throwing her aside.
14:15This makes Hao furious and he tries to attack Wallisty.
14:19However, Wallisty does not let him even touch him and breaks his finger.
14:23He then bites Hao's finger and begins to suck his soul to recharge his power, but in a desperate
14:29need, Hao manages to grab the dagger and stab Wallisty in the chest, freeing himself,
14:36easing the opportunity Hao quickly cuts the remaining knots, ultimately defeating Wallisty
14:41and causing him to disappear from there.
14:44After a few days, Hao and Rita visit Saman's grave to pay their respects.
14:48They then go to Sari's house, where Sari and her family thank them for their help and bravery.
14:54As they leave, Hao tells Rita that he is going to use his ability to help others, confident
14:59that this is what his grandpa would have wanted for him.
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