Yopi Burnama - (1988) Bisikan Arwah [Review]

This is one of three films that I've been searching for decades. Released in 1988, Bisikan Arwah is directed by Yopi Burnama and starred Nina Karina, Yoseph Hungan and Biet Burnama. The film is also notable for hiring four known actors from Malaysia such as Mr. Os (real name Mohamad Yusof bin Abdul Hamid), Latif Ibrahim, Hussein Abu Hassan and Puteri Salbiah.

The title card

I don't quite remember the whole story given the fact I watched this film in the early 90s. Quite possibly, it was 22 years ago. Bisikan Arwah (Whisper of the Spirit) tells a story about a man named Parta (Mr. Os) who is considered to be the ugly duckling of his native village. Despite this shortcoming, Parta is trying to unsuccessfully court Eka (Puteri Salbiah), the village most sought after virgin. As a result, he receives constant humiliation by the village inhabitants. Realising that his ugliness became the main source of rejection, Parta plans a vengeful comeback. One night, Parta enters a cave to meet with its mystical guardian, the Serpent Queen. Explaining the reason that brought him to see her, she asked Parta to consume a bowl of worms before herself. Witnessing this, she grants Parta's wishes but not before engaging in ritualistic sex acts with each other. Parta now gains supernatural abilities on a condition that he must not have sex with any other woman, thus forcing him to become involuntary celibate bound by the sacred covenant. He returns from his meditation and begins to carry out exactly what he has planned before. Eventually Eka is successfully courted by Parta and the two soon married to each other. That night, Parta betrays the covenant by having sex with Eka and as a result, he shape shifts into a massive serpentine creature. Eka frantic screams alerted some of the neighbors in the vicinity. They quickly gathered and dragged Parta out of the house, now in human form. He is then beaten to death by the mob of angry villagers. What remains of his dead body is thrown into a cave, presumably the same cave that he goes to when meeting the Serpent Queen.

The iconic fighting scene. Now reincarnated Parta knows some martial arts

So fast forward to present days (yeah, those times), Iwan (Yoseph Hungan) is a snake enthusiast. Seeing one with rather abnormal pattern, he wanted to capture the snake for its skin. Little does he know that the serpent is a reincarnation of vengeful Parta. Immediately Parta absorbs his spirit into Iwan's body and controls him like some sort of shape shifting zombie. This is where all the fun begins. So that is as far as I can remember. Whoever has a physical copy of this film could you please leave a comment and I'll surely reply you. While trolling through the web, I found some images of this film from a forum so I'm just going to borrow them for viewing purposes.

Some really crappy but great fun!