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Rhoma Irama, a traveler, are visiting mosques in Lombok to enhance ties and strengthen the Islamic brotherhood among mosques administrators that are joined in the Fahmi Tamami forum. By chance Rhoma meets a widow, Sohiba, and her daughter Saimah. Their mosque is the target of Towi, a businessman scheming to build the biggest gambling area of Lombok in place of Sohiba’s mosque and house. Towi tricks Ridho, Rhoma’s son, turning him against his father so that Rhoma has to face Towi and his own son during the land feud. Ridho revolts against his father partly due to his love toward Towi’s sole daughter. Rhoma accepts Towi’s duel challenge in order to determine the one who will be entitled of Sohiba’s house and mosque. Meanwhile Towi’s men intimidate Sohiba and her daughter, seizing a prayer mat with Kabah image on it, woven by her.
A group of youngsters is on a mission to Ujung Sedo, to find their missing friends in a haunting jungle. Along the way, they met Samantha who's in a personal mission to the a mystical village. They went across the dark woods, a deafening fog, and a deadly cave where strange events followed them. Every twist is connected to Samantha who has a wicked curse to summon a she-devil called Kuntilanak. The old witch who lives in the village may be the only one who can stop the curse. But, that's not her plan at all.
Sam, or Samantha, has recently moved out from her old, haunted boarding house, escaping from followers of Mangkoedjiwo Sect who seek revenge over the death of Sri Sukmarahimi Mangkodjiwo. Her traumatic boyfriend, Agung, is looking for her. Sam sets herself apart in a new foster family to deal with her own dark side. The menace within her is raised stronger and stronger as she cannot stop herself from chanting the cursed chant to bring deadly punishments to people around her. Agung has to find her, and bring her back to pure conscience before the chant and her own dark side take over her life completely.
Rhoma (Rhoma Irama), succeeds in rescuing a young woman, Maya (Ria Irawan), who was forced into making pornographic movies by a gang led by Santos (Leroy Osmani). This causes tension between Rhoma and his wife, Aida (Ida Iasha), who misunderstands the situation. In the meantime, Rhoma is abducted by the Santos gang to exploit as a partner for Maya in a pornographic film. Everything turns out all right for Rhoma, Aida and Maya.
The people of Pandanwangi village are upset at news that their land will be appropriated by a large conglomerate. Conflict over the land emerges and escalates between the villagers and representatives of the conglomerate. The villagers have come to view the situation as more of a matter of morality than of land ownership after finding out that a bar and billiards center will be built there. The head of the village’s Islamic boarding school, H. Murad, who is assisted by H. Rhoma, attempts to influence the villagers to refuse to sell their land. Eventually, the charismatic religious leader KH Zainuddin MZ succeeds in mediating the conflict, and even influences the conglomerate owner, Bustomi (WD. Mochtar), to rethink his plans. The land conflict theme of this film is interesting in that it reflects the social issues arising out of the rapid pace of development of the time. This may be Rhoma Irama’s best film, even though it was not very popular.
The couple, Rio (Ray Sahetapy) and Anita (Ida Iasha), lives next door to their close friends Goro (Zainal Abidin) and Tati (Dien Novita). Both couples have a male relative living with them; Doyok (Doyok Sudarmadji) stays with Rio and Anita, and Kadir (Kadir) stays with Goro and Tati. The daily behavior and interactions of these neighbors shift when Vina (Nurul Arifin), a very beautiful and attractive friend of Anita’s, comes to visit. Rio and Goro are both very attracted to Vina and make every effort possible to get close to her, particularly when everybody goes off on holiday together.
Mak Lampir (Farida Pasha) continues his reign of terror, attempts to resurrect Nyai Kembang (Yurike Prastica) and Adolf Peter (Simon Cader) from the dead and puts the equally evil Mardian under the influence. Out hero Sembara (Fendy Pradana) must stop them and rescue his girl Farida (Ida Iasha), who they've kidnapped.
In this sequel, Anita and her husband, Rio, are offered to act in a film. Kadir, their housekeeper, wants to join in. Their neighbour, Tati, and her housekeeper, Doyok, also want to join in. Rio, Anita, and Kadir pass the selection, after deceiving Tati and Doyok. Then a misunderstanding happens. Rio, Anita, and Kadir are misconstrued as having a fight when they are actually rehearsing a scene. Meanwhile Tati, who often uses the phone at Rio’s house to contact the director, is suspected of having an affair, leading to more comedy of errors. It seems to be an intention to criticize the film industry.
Jake Carver needs to retrieve a microfilm containing information which would cause a Wall Street panic and an economic crisis for Western governments. Also seeking the microfilm is the villainous Adam who plans to sell the microfilm to the highest bidder. Fist fights, explosions, and car chases ensue.
Dewi and Dewo decide to elope, as Dewi’s parents only want her to marry a rich man. Listening to the advice of their servant, Doyok, Dewi writes a letter to her parents that she and her husband have become rich. When her parents want to visit, Dewi and Dewo panic. So, Kadir, a housekeeper in an empty luxurious house, helps them. He agrees to lend them the house for two days before the new occupant arrives. Then Kadir acts as the husband while Dewo plays the housekeeper and Doyok the security guard. Their act is revealed when the new renter arrives but is barred from entering. Meanwhile, Dewi’s father finds the certificate of the house ownership.
In this comedy of errors, the beautiful widow, Vina, makes her new neighbours feel insecure and protective of their husbands. They try to find her someone to keep her away from their husbands. Anita, whose husband is Rio, also joins them. The couple has an agreement that if Rio doesn’t get angry, Anita will stop her shopping habit. Anita finally finds a suitable match, Eddy Pasaribu, friend of Rio and Goro, their neighbour. Eddy arrives from Medan and is staying at a hotel. Vina is being set up to meet with Eddy. But when Vina cannot come, Anita has to receive Eddy. So Eddy thinks that Anita wants to have an affair with him, but their meeting is actually overseen by Rio and Goro. Luckily, everything is resolved when Vina finally arrives.
Ki Jabat, the lord of a forbidden jungle, adopts a son he names Sembara. To increase his power, Sembara is told to explore the jungle and is helped / trained by Datuk Panglima Kumbang, a “Tiger Man.” Another Tiger Man named Mardian, this one an evil cannibal, is going around doing terrible things and Sembara must use his new skills to stop him. This is another crazy Indonesian mishmash of fantasy, horror, action and melodrama.
