This article discusses the 2019 Indonesian horror film, Impetigore (Perempuan Tanah Jahanam) directed by Joko Anwar. In 2021, Impetigore became the first Indonesian horror film to represent the country at the Academy Awards. This article focuses on the film’s mystification of the female body, which points towards gender relations. This research utilizes the concept of body horror, particularly relating to the skin, gender relations, and wayang mysticism. The findings show that the film metaphorically underlines the ongoing disconcerting perspective of contemporary Indonesian society on women’s embodied agency. The film’s portrayal of non-traditional female characters suggests an attempt to challenge the mainstream patriarchal narrative in contemporary Indonesian horror cinema, and at the same time hints at the perpetuating subjectification of woman’s bodies as a threatening yet desirable agency.

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剥皮表演：Joko Anwar 的 Impetigore 中的女性身体恐怖

本文讨论由 Joko Anwar 执导的 2019 年印度尼西亚恐怖电影 Impetigore (Perempuan Tanah Jahanam)。2021 年，Impetigore 成为第一部代表该国参加奥斯卡颁奖典礼的印尼恐怖片。这篇文章的重点是电影对女性身体的神秘化，它指向了性别关系。这项研究利用了身体恐怖的概念，特别是与皮肤、性别关系和哇扬神秘主义有关的概念。调查结果表明，这部电影隐喻地强调了当代印度尼西亚社会对女性体现机构的持续不安看法。这部电影对非传统女性角色的刻画暗示着试图挑战当代印尼恐怖电影中的主流父权叙事，