One of the great genre film stars of Indonesia passed away this last week, and I only just found out today…. This lil’ Catgirl is sad, as perhaphs her best known film here in the US, “The Queen of Black Magic”, just got a glorious restoration by Mondo Macabro and she herself had begun acting again in films….. such a sad, sad thing to happen……… Here’s the news, direct from Indonesia….
“Legendary and irreplaceable Queen of horror films, actress Suzanna, saddens the nation with her passing.
Suzanna, aka Suzzanna/ Susanna Martha Frederika van Osch (she was of mixed German/ Dutch/ Javanese/ Manado blood), born in Bogor in 1942, known as the Queen of Horror (Ratu Horor) died of diabetes related complications on 16th October 2008 at her home in Magelang.
Suzanna began acting in the 1950’s in straight roles, but is eternally remembered for her horror and mystical films, beginning in the 1970’s, like “Bernapas Dalam Lumpur” (1970), “Beranak Dalam Kubur” (1971), “Pulau Cinta” (1978), “Ratu Buaya Putih” and “Ratu Ilmu Hitam” (1981).
She retired in the early 1990’s but made a couple of comebacks, in 2003 on the television serial “Selma dan Ular Siluman”, and most recently this year in the film “Hantu Ambulance”, in which she was visibly ailing.
She is survived by husband Clift Andre Natalia aka Clift Sangra and stepson Rama Yohanes, and daughter Kiki Maria, from her previous marriage to Dicky Suprapto.” - courtesy of www.indonesiamatters.com blog
At least she left us all a wonderful legacy of horror and fantasy film to enjoy, and if she’s lucky, she’ll live on forever through the magic of those films……
posted by Nekoneko at 5:52 am
Well…. It’s a Saturday… and the month of October is slowly slipping away from me… and as casual visitors may have noticed, not much is happening here at the ol’ Litterbox. After a good week and a half of work, my operating system went flatline yesterday for what I figure is the last time. It was a shame given the amount of effort I’ve put into getting it back up and running, but sometimes that’s how it goes. I’m currently using my old system…. resurrected from the carton I’d packed it away in, back in service to at least get me back online. It’s old…. clunky and unable to run a lot of the programs I like, but hey… at least it works. ( I knew there was a good reason for saving it…)
I’ve been too busy to go shopping for a new one yet…. but it’s on the top of my priorities list now…. A friend thinks he can wipe the old one’s disc and reformat it with a new OS but it’s a project for in the future. Almost feel like I should burn some incense for it…..
Anyhooo…. I’ve got a review in progress for “Monarch of the Moon”, and I’ve seen a couple of others that I’ll try to get in shape soon, but no firm promises as to when…. I feel I’ve disappointed people far to often to make one of those…..
This is turning out to be the crappiest Halloween month ever for this lil’ catgirl……
posted by Nekoneko at 1:49 pm
Well… seems I’ve restored functionality to my system before October completely slipped by, and so Neko-chan can now share with you again her love of all things ghostly and asian movie wise….
This time out, it’s the Indonesian fright fest “Tali Pocong Perawan” or “Dead Virgin’s String”. Yep.. another of those Indo ghost stories, this time by way of the Malay release by PMP Entertainment.
The synopsis reads as follows:“Nino is a weird guy with a strange personality. Unlike Nino, his brother Aldo is a more outgoing and popular guy. Unsurprisingly, it is easy for Aldo to be with any girl he likes, notably a pretty girl named Virnie. Nino who behaves awkwardly also has feelings for Virnie. Unbeknownst to Aldo and Virnie, Nino often peeps at them together inside the house in intimate moments. This continues until Nino finally decided to steal Virnie away from his own brother. While surfing through the internet, Nino discovers a legend about strings that are taken from female virgin corpses. This certain string has a power that can attract the heart of any women. The way the string must be obtained is by using hands to dig out the grave of a female virgin and then taking off the cotton string by using the mouth. All these feelings of love that Nino has for Virnie, blinds him into thinking not clearly. He finds a virgin corpse that has recently been buried. After getting this mysterious string, he mixes it into the water that is intended for Virnie to drink. Will Nino succeed in stealing Virnie with the string’s power?”
Hmmmm? A creepy Peeping Tom…. schoolgirl suicides…. evil Internet magic lessons…. and floaty shroud covered ghosts…. Yes indeed, Neko’s soooo gonna watch this one. But is it worth it? You’ll just have to “Read On” and find out, now won’t ya?
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posted by Nekoneko at 8:59 am
I had meant to do some more reviews today and get our “Halloween Review Series” started, but thanks to the “go.google” virus/ trojan thingee, I was off line all day today in a deathmatch wrestling with that particular menace.
It didn’t just redirect me and hijack my homepages…. oh no… nothing THAT simple. It also blocked access to any useful tech sites I might need to find removal info…. as well as blocking Spybot and AVG from updating. It also just about completely destroyed my entire Registry, the Windows Installer, totally unregistered ALL File Types in the system and brought this lil’ Catgirl to tears before I finally managed to stop it’s destructive rampage.
So now I’m sitting in the ruins of my data… with minimal internet access and most programming completely unusable. If I can… I’m going to be spending most of tomorrow repairing the carnage. Then we’ll see if I can finally get back to normal. So if I’m missing for a couple days, at least you few loyal readers will know why……
Why… why… poor lil’ me?
posted by Nekoneko at 3:39 pm