fertilecelluloid "Leak" is a more appropriate title, but "Mystics in Bali" will suffice. In the early 80's, Indonesia had a healthy fantasy film industry and this became one of its poster children. It's really quite a silly, juvenile horror flick with awful performances, inventive but cheesy effects, and some hackneyed ideas.The Baliness people are known for being quite laid back and philosophical about life. Their days aren't ruled by the clock and they don't exhibit a great deal of stress. One interesting exchange of dialog is testament to this admirable demeanor; it goes something like this --Demon: "I want fresh blood." American girl: "Not right now. I'm busy." The premise is simple. An American woman asks her Balinese boyfriend to help her learn about the black arts in Bali. The helpful chap arranges for her to meet the local Leak, a shape-changing demon who laughs a lot. Before you can say "Flying Head!", the Leak and the American lass are holding laughing parties and upsetting the peace.The premise is little more than an excuse to wheel out a barrow full of surreal effects.Because everything is so matter-of-fact (the local exorcists sit down for a smoke before charging off to exterminate demons), the tone is more amusing than scary. Come to think of it, showing them this film might be a good way to get children interested in horror. Or swearing off it for life.

dbborroughs Finally tracked down a copy of this gruesome horror story about a young woman who wants to learn the black arts of Bali. She does and becomes a vampire in the process.To be honest this isn't a very good film. Its okay, and were it not for the vampire, this film would be long forgotten. The first 40 or so minutes are mostly endless talk as the woman finds a teacher and then learns the magic. When the master sends her out in her vampire form to get the blood of newborns for her, all hell breaks loose. These sequences are the reason the movie exists, the very non-western vision of a vampire on the prowl. They are creepy. There is something disturbing about the sequences even when you can see how they were done (which is very obvious).After this the film plods along for another 50 minutes as teacher uses her pupil for vile ends while her boyfriend and his family try to free her from the evil. That sounds more interesting then it is. Its rather dull with only the magic/vampire scenes being of any real interest. Frankly while they are low or no budget, they are effective and make this film worth renting for those who love horror films. Just don't expect to be feeling scared or singing the praises of anything other than the beasties.6.5 out of 10

j-maare A great piece of foreign obscure. Complete with laughing witches, black magic, flying heads, gore, percussion tunes and Indonesian people running around with traditional clothing.Plot line: This Australian girl, expert in voodoo, want to learn more about the original Indonesian black magic called ""leák"", the strongest en most dangerous form of black magic known to mankind. When she arrive she's been helped out by this local citizen guy. He introduced here to the master of the leák, the ugliest and having the most nasty laugh of them all. Pretty soon the local town is experiences all kind of strange voodoo things attacking them.8 out of 10

delbruk Seriously, how many Indonesian horror films have you come across? This one is the only one I know of and that makes it an interesting watch right off. There is some real creativity here with the flying head and transformation scenes as the story follows a Serpent and the Rainbow kind of plotline. The acting is not bad but the dialogue is hokey (my version was dubbed) but the real success is the soundtrack which varies from spooky to psychedelic rock and the witches cackle which was perfect except overdone. Havent heard a cackle like that since Margaret Hamilton. The films editing is a bit choppy as it combines elements of early 80's f/x ("Tron" style) with Asian martial arts. Overall worth the watch, but not the Indonesian Psycho...but how would I know.