As someone who has watched a significant number of Indonesian horror films on Netflix, I felt The Redemption of Sin attempted to do something different. It’s a crime horror that is emotional and has a promising premise. Unfortunately, it did not live up to its potential, so the film might be disappointing for horror lovers.

The Redemption of Sin revolves around Wening, a mother who was ready to go to any lengths for the sake of her daughter, Nirmala. Her life had not been easy. She ended her first marriage after her husband, Wicak, failed to provide her with any financial support and used to spend her hard-earned money on racing. Wening tried to find marital bliss again, but her husband, Suleiman, turned out to be a trickster. She’d made peace with her fate, and Nirmala was her only ray of hope. But things took a tragic turn when Wening,...