The 3rd Eye

2017 ‘Mata Batin’ Directed by Rocky Soraya

Believing Is Seeing

When her little sister claims she sees the dead, Alia consults a psychic, who opens her own eyes to the vengeful ghosts haunting their childhood home.

Jessica Mila Citra Prima Afdhal Yusman Anita Hara Epy Kusnandar Derry Drajat Bianca Hello Astrid Voke Victoria Shofia Shireen Denny Sumargo Asri Handayani Agus Julian Ladislao Daniel Leo Dea Rizkyana Reny Novita Hesti Lauder Alfi Fahri

Alternative Titles

El tercer ojo, Das dritte Auge, Le Troisième OEil, Zombie X, Il terzo occhio, Третий глаз, The Third Eye

thriller horror

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Review by Greg Dundee ★★

Two sisters face off against a family of vengeful spirits in this Indonesian horror featuring not one, but two leg severing scenes. An obvious and at times tedious reworking of such films as The Sixth Sense and Insidious, The 3rd Eye is a film that struggles with its own identity.
Following the death of their parents, sisters Alia and Abel travel back to their family home along with Alia’s boyfriend Devin. Abel, having been victim to an attack by a supernatural entity in the house at a young age, is traumatised by returning to the property, and once there is again visited by entities with seemingly evil intentions. Hoping to get some idea of what her sister is going through, skeptical…
Review by Stéphane Breton ★½ 2

Cheap pops, miserable special effects, the movie basically copies every horror scenes that has worked before and just rips them off in a really bad way. It's a living cliche supported by painfully average acting and a far too long run time. There is no surprises in this movie and you can see everything coming miles away. The dialogues are so cheesy it's ridiculous. The ending is not too horrible.
Review by Nathanael Gaines ★★

Eh... Not as spooky as it should be.
Review by horrorfan ★★★ 1

It's a little hokey at times but I really enjoyed this Asian horror film that is somewhat of a mix between The Sixth Sense and Insidious, but not as good as either of those films.
Review by Porman Edward ★½ 3

Film bagus nih, ada twistnya soalnya. Twistnya ada 2 lagi gak cuma 1. Gak nyangka
Review by Sudar Manto ★★

Spoiler kali!
Ortu Alia baru tewas kecelakaan.
Omnya: kamu yg tabah ya. *ekspresi Om, notabene adik/kakak salah satu ortu Alia, ya datar aja. Kesannya saudaranya gakpapa.
Ini paling keren, jawaban Alia pas disuruh omnya tabah.
"Udah takdir. Udah jalannya."
😮
Seorang anak, baru ditinggal mati mendadak ortunya beberapa jam lalu, langsung tabah dan tawakal secara instan.

Kalo setan bisa nerbangin kasur, kenapa dia butuh tubuh manusia buat bunuh orang? Terbangin aja gunting rumputnya ke leher Mang Asep, tanpa bantuan Alia.
Emang begok nih penulis eh setan.
Terus bagaimana Mang Asep tahu kunci kombinasi brankas majikannya? Kurang semenit, kebuka itu brankas.
Aku suka dandanan setannya. Mata menyala. Anak setan main kereta mainan. Si emak motong wortel. Endingnya memang agak gory. Cuma…
Review by Andreas ★½

Strange mixture of 6th Sense, The Exorcist and Asian horror movies. It has moments were I thought this is quite entertaining only to realise seconds later that it’s not.
Review by Mathall ★★

A History of Horror 2019
Week 3 Indonesia
Mata Batin uses all the tropes of hunted house, ghosts and possession genres and put them all together, but good ingredients doesn't make a good meal.
There is no tension, every scene is so predictable. The special effects are terrible, it is time to stop using crappy cgi and return to use handmade special effects again.
A minute of silence for the most useless character ever made, Davin (until a so much hinted twist).
Review by Cristiano Carneiro ★½

A History of Horror 2019
Week 3 Indonesia
Se no passado o horror oriental foi um sopro de frescor no gênero, hoje ele parece estar se tornando tão pasteurizado quanto sua contraparte hollywoodiana.
The 3rd Eye é uma versão genérica de filmes muito melhores e mais memoráveis do que ele: O Sexto Sentido, The Eye, O Exorcista... Somente para citar alguns.
Rocky Soraya parece acreditar que basta investir pulando na frente da câmera para assustar o espectador. E tome música subindo do nada e vultos passando atrás dos personagens para criar "clima".
Embora a maquiagem dos espíritos esteja bem feita (ainda que não apresente nada de novo ao visual já visto em dezenas de produções) o filme também sofre com…
Review by Amanda ★★★½

Hantunya rada dibuat kayak Zombi yaa, kenapa begitu?
Paling suka adegan di lorong merah, pasti itu pas shootingnya serem gak sih? Wkwkwk..
Oh iya ini rumahnya Alia, waktu itu udah digunain untuk shooting film Gangsing Tengkorak bener kan yaa?
Review by Solid Gold ★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Is this 3rd Eye malarkey in a ‘proper’ religion? Because if so, sign me up! If I’m going to believe in some faith-driven hocus-pocus then it might as well be a cool one.

Big Sister Alia is lucky that her younger sibling Abel doesn’t gloat at her when she ‘sees dead people’ for the first time. And shits her pants completely. “Ha! You believe me NOW don’t you, beeyatch!”
“Alia is possessed.” The rather dubiously qualified supernatural mentor, Bu Windu, with Understatement Of The Year.
Bu Windu not only has a gift for some mindbogglingly bizarre quotes, she must be the most unscrupulous medium in cinema history.
She agrees to do a forced 3rd eye opening for a new customer…
Review by briony ★★★★ 2

okay this was fucking badass, indonesian cinema is amazing i wanna cry

Recent reviews

Review by Deyana ★★½

this was ... a lot
Review by Ian Smith ★★½

Indonesian horror borrows from a number of sources, most noticeably, The Sixth Sense, Evil Dead, and Insidious. The special effects aren't great, and the Bu Windu character is just there to deliver exposition, but the plight of the sisters is engaging enough, and the actresses commit to their roles 100%. Could have been a lot worse.
Review by Paco_ml ½

Esto es malo, demasiado malo. Ojalá no la hubiera visto con ningún ojo.
Review by jonphil18 ★★★★

Very entertaining horror movie. Seems like a more realistic version of the tv show Ghost Whisperer and movie The Sixth Sense combined.
Review by Pedro Palhari ★ 1

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Ou, que filme ruim do caralho.
A xamã tem todas as respostas sobre o assunto, até que ela não tem. Os personagens acreditam, não acreditam, acreditam de novo.
Fica muito fácil desenvolver uma história tirando coisas do cu a todo momento, e trocando a personalidade dos personagens de 5 em 5 minutos.
Tem um momento que a xamã vê uma situação e explica a história inteira que envolve. No quadro seguinte age como débil mental.
Perto do final eu falei pra minha namorada que assistia comigo “se esse merda estiver morto, eu paro de assistir agora”. Deu 5 minutos e lançaram um tava todo mundo morto o tempo todo.

Uma estrelinha pelos efeitinhos práticos de vez em quando.

Vai tomar no cu, fim.
Review by liza ½

the scares were predictable so it was not that scary??!! also the older sister get on my nerves at times lmao
Review by Andrea Malaya ★

HAHA ge
Review by nurbasyirah ★½

I will never get over the fact that it took several great blows to Mang Asep including cutting his leg off for him to actually die. But it only took being softly hit by a car that was not even speeding for Davin to die.
Also after having some ugly looking scratches on her face, Alia magically lost all her scars. And kudos to Bu Windu for telling them the worst of what could happen lmao she's always so straightforward. Yall gonna die bam bombs dropped!
Indonesian horror movies are basically 20% horror 80% gore. And the gore part traumatised me every time.
Review by Lorne Dixon ★★★

Beside a single particularly gruesome gag at the film's halfway point and some stabby-stabby moments with garden shears, this is definitely a quieter take on the genre from Indonesian horror kingpin Rocky Soraya. A combination of the Pang Brothers' The Eye and The Sixth Sense, The 3rd Eye is disarmingly literal in its portrayal of the afterlife. This aesthetic choice sometimes plays well but is less successful at others. Still, the performances are very good and Soyara's eye for composition never faulters. If you're unwilling to forgive the limitations of the budget and the conventions of Eastern film storytelling, this will probably not be worth your time. If you can overlook these, there's moments to savor throughout. And no, the twist is no surprise, but at least here (unlike the film it borrows it from) it has actual storytelling relevency and is not just intended as a shock for the audience.
Review by Kevin ★★★½

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Some of these ghost animations looked really cheap, but otherwise I really liked the movie. There were a few scary moments. I just thought it was hilarious that they completely ignored that Alia killed a man. I doubt that "I was obsessed" is a great defense in court.
Review by PhaseRat ★★★½

Solid ghost story.
Doesn't do anything new, really.
But it's got some great squishy sound effects
Review by adra mm ★½

Actually, I just miss Jessica Mila badly. That’s the only reason I watched this movie (at first).
Dengan hantu murahan yang sok nakut2in, dengan akting DenSu yang kayak dibayar separo tapi kok gw malah pengen nonton lanjutannya yak? 😂😂😭😭