I had high expectations for this film because I saw that the director had won numerous awards and it was co-produced by eight countries. I decided to watch it and was impressed by the superb cinematography; I would give the cinematographer 10/10 stars.

However, there were several issues with the film. To create a compelling movie, every scene should have a purpose so that it is not a waste of money and time. The general structure of storytelling includes an introduction, climax, and conclusion.

What this film lacks is a clear conclusion or solution to the problems highlighted in the introduction and climax. The film suggests that there is a problem involving a character named Zaffan, Mariam and Farah attract an entity in the jungle, which gradually infects these three girls and transforms them into tigers. However, the film leaves the audience hanging without explaining what the entity actually is. Maybe it is Saka or a jungle entity? What does this entity want from the three girls? These are questions that should have been addressed and put into the scene.

Many scenes in the film seem unnecessary. For example, scenes like the canteen scene, the fake ustaz scene, the camp scene, the weird drawing scene, the sticker scene, and the father's hunting scene all lack meaningful context. These could have been cut to make room for explanations about the entity and its effects on the girls.

Another major problem is the lack of resolution to the central issue. After the fake ustaz is decapitated by Zaffan (who is no longer herself), the villagers merely record the incident while the parents wait at home instead of contacting authorities for help. Is this supposed to be normal behavior? For a film that runs for 1.5 hours to be precised, it fails to explain the cause of the 'disease' or offer a solution to the problem. Perhaps the director intended for viewers to draw their own conclusions? The ending scene showed that the three infected girls were dancing happily at the river, I was wondering this scene is before or after the infection? But my sister said, she saw the red claw scar on zaffan thigh so it might be after the infection. So is that the conclusion after all the heavy complications at the beginning? Hurmmm.

As a fan of horror movies, I was disappointed. I was eager to see how the plot would unfold, but it ended up being confusing and disengaging, leaving the audience wondering what they had just watched. The entire two-hour film could have been condensed into 30 minutes. I really dont want to compare with our neighbour's film but just to make an example so we can do better, look at one of latest Indonesian horror film 'menjelang ajal', every scene has a meaning and we understand all the facts in the film completely.

Nevertheless, the cinematography was excellent, and I truly appreciated every angle of the work. Zaffan, Mariam, and Farah were outstanding actresses, and I was very impressed with their performances. They deserve more opportunities in the future!

Not too big of a fan of the plot (personally felt some aspects were stretched to the point of comic absurdity), but I thought some scenes were excellent.

Also, the lead girl is superb. She brought to life the struggle with identity and transition from childhood to adolescence quite powerfully. It helps that the supporting characters were all very bad actors, so that her talent was more pronounced and better highlighted.

There's that typical clichéd attempt to tokenize the Indian and Chinese, but luckily it wasn't shoved right in the face of the audience.

The movie itself also felt a bit too overwrought and long.

Is this a horror film? It shouldn't be categorized as such, just because there's a few horror elements.