“Pabrik Gula” is one of the top 3 highest-budget films from MD Entertainment, Indonesia’s largest production company. Director Awi Suryadi has continued the hot streak of late after directing Indonesia’s highest-grossing film, “Kkn Di Desa Penari”. Featuring an ensemble cast with TV sensation Ersya Aurelia and internet superstar Erika Carlina, with influences from American films like “Cabin in the Woods” and “Insidious” while being deeply rooted in Indonesian folklore, the film is prepared for an IMAX theatrical release in North America through Est N8.

Seasonal workers in a sugar factory, Endah (Ersya Aurelia), Fadhil (Arbani Yasiz), Dwi (Arif Alfiansyah), Hendra (Bukie B. Mansyur), Wati (Wavi Zihan), Ningsih (Erika Carlina), and Franky (Benidictus Siregar), return to their place of employment. Every year, the sugar factory employs people from surrounding villages to speed up the sugar cane grinding process during the harvest season. At first, everything goes smoothly without any strangeness,...