Original Indonesian Title SUNDEL BOLONG [Prostitute with a Hole in her Back]

Director: Sisworo Gautama Putra
starring Suzzanna, Rudy Salam, Barry Prima, Ruth Pelupessy, Eddy Hansudi

   

This film is loosely based on a traditional Indonesian myth about a downtrodden young prostitute named Alisa who slips into depression on her wedding night when she learns that new husband Hendarto (Barry Prima) must leave in the morning for an lengthy tour on merchant ship. After Hendarto leaves, Alisa soon grasps reality: she is alone and her husband will be gone for quite a while. She takes a modeling job at a clothing store but then realizes that she's been tricked by her former brothel madam (and the scuzzy store owner). Alisa doesn't want to become a whore again, but she is forced back into the life.

After an extensive gang-rape, she winds up pregnant, but nothing goes right. Alisa loses in court. When the doctor refuses to grant an abortion, she attempts to administer one by herself. Alisa dies. Her maid finds Alisa's body [with a huge hole in her back] floating in a pool of blood with her fetus. When her husband finally returns home, he is comforted by his wife's "twin sister" Shinta (also played by Suzzanna). It's time for revenge as Alisa/Shinta tracks down everybody who hurt, raped and destroyed her innocence. The film's ending is a massive slaughter [punctuated by the bloodlust of Stokowski's NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN.]

Director Sisworo Putra is a major Indonesian cult filmmaker, best known for SATAN'S SLAVES, HELL HOLE, and I WANT TO GET EVEN. Just prior to this movie, he helmed the notorious cannibal pic THE PRIMITIVES, which also starred Barry Prima. Mr Putra died January 1993, at age 54. Director Sisworo Putra died January 1993, at age 54. Suzzanna (born Suzanna Martha Frederika van Osch) initially came to Indonesia from the West Indies. Her exotic looks landed roles in numerous fantasy and horror films before she became that country's leading B-Queen. She is probably best known for the starring role in QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC and WHITE CROCODILE QUEEN. Suzzanna died on her birthday [from diabetes] in October 2008 at age 66.