Qorin (2022) - Indonesian Horror Review
For those of you who wish to retain your romanticised notion of boarding school being a Mallory Towers -esque picnic of a time, read no further. Ginanti Rona's 2022 folk-horror Qorin is a harrowing portrayal of a remote Indonesian boarding school, which highlights the sexual vulnerabilities and isolation of the young females within, touching on themes of dark rituals and mass hysteria. Young Zahra (Zulfa Maharani) is on the cusp of graduation at a Muslim all-girls school. Run by a married couple and one tough nun, mobile phones and other modern privileges are banned - as is (seemingly) contact with the outside world. Zahra, like many of her peers, is piously devout and religiously (excuse the pun) follows the word of their male teacher and spiritual leader Ustad Jaelani (creepily portrayed by Omar Daniel) . Ustad has round the clock access to these impressionable young girls, and is not afraid to abuse this position of trust. As his undivided atten...