The Butterfly House 2025 Movie Review
Stumbling upon the 2025 Indonesian horror movie “Pernikahan Arwah” (aka “The Butterfly House”) by random chance here in 2025, of course I needed no persuasion to watch the movie, given my love of horror cinema and Asian cinema.
And since it was a movie that I had never heard about, nor knew anything about, except what little information the synopsis provided, then I would say that director Paul Agusta had every opportunity to entertain me with this movie.
However, writers Ario Sasongko and Aldo Swastia put together a rather sluggishly paced narrative. There was next to nothing happening throughout the course of the narrative, and that made it quite a struggle to sit though this movie. And believe me, it is a test of wills to suffer through the insanely prolonged 101 minutes that the movie trotted on for.
I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, and that was actually something that spoke in favor of the movie. I do enjoy watching unfamiliar talents on the screen whenever I watch a movie. And despite the fact that the storyline was a snooze-fest, then the acting performances were still fair.
As much as I enjoy Asian horror, then I have to say that there are far, far better horror movies available in the Indonesian cinema. “Pernikahan Arwah” just simply failed to stand out or prove particularly entertaining or watchable.
