‘Dukun’: Not exactly a spellbinding affair

Nobody likes a showoff during prison yoga. — Astro Shaw

There is nothing quite like hearing a scary story about a person and believing it as truth. Fear of the unknown has a funny way of manipulating a person’s perspective, and director Dain Said turns that very feeling into a powerful tool to tell the story of Dukun.

The film revolves around the sensational trial of Diana Dahlan (Datin Seri Umie Aida), a woman suspected of murdering a businessman (played by Adlin Aman Ramlie) in a gruesome way. Thanks to the “tales” spread about Diana – that she’s a seductive black magic practitioner who has a taste for human flesh – her trial receives widespread public attention.