Titik Hitam

"Titik Hitam" is a horror/drama ... so there's a horror plot with bad CGI ghosts and a drama plot with lots of death. Yet, the two don't go hand-in-hand to create a clear storyline.

Heru sees dead people (Quick! Mention one horror movie you know!), and has a close bond to his cousin Retno. Heru learns to make film. Heru has a retarded elder brother and a strict father. Heru also has a girlfriend Rianti. Retno gets jealous. Gosh ... so much to tell in a movie!

If you wanna see the horror plot, just sleep through the middle part of the movie. If you wanna see the drama plot, just come late and leave early. Isn't it nice to buy a ticket to watch two stories?

And what's with the use of DV? It hurts my eyes.

Titik Hitam (Black Spot) has an interesting premise in the paper. Reality check, this is one of boring movies that I ever watch in the big screen. I supposed, if you want to made a proper movie you must make the audiences glued to the screen because the movie should bring something spectacular or not something that they only can tolerate if they watching it on TV.

The treatment for Titik Hitam is more like TV Movie rather than a big screen. The directing, the scenes, camera used (digital video) etc. are more like sinetron (tv serial) and it prolonging by the ill-fitting plot. It's not scary as horror and not moving as a drama.

If only Sentot Sahid as the director make this just a plain entertainer, no doubt Titik Hitam will be a good flick. But by this treatment, Titik Hitam is neither a good drama nor horror. Had potential but waste it.

4/10