Or is it C-more - C as 3, as 3rd Eye, which is the international title of the movie apparently. And what I also found out when I typed the title to write my review: there is a sequel coming out in 2019 - when I watched the movie I did not have this in mind and I don't think it will affect your first time viewing of the movie (at least it shouldn't).

The jump scares are quite simple but still somewhat effective. The acting really does not deserve to be called that. So if you feel that this movie is not good or not for you, you are not really far off. The thing is since I've seen quite a few movies (also in the horror genre) I can say that there are worse examples of movies out there. But again, that doesn't mean you have to feel that way - maybe watch the trailer and decide if this is even remotely a movie you want to spend your time on

Oddly enough, then I actually watched "Mata Batin 2" (from 2019) before I watched this 2017 movie. Not that it really mattered much for the storyline actually, as luck would have it.

I must say that this 2017 Indonesian horror movie is somewhat better then its sequel, but not much actually. The movie starts out well enough and keeps a good pacing, but the air starts to seep out towards the ending, and it seems a little bit too chaotic and random what happens on the screen.

The acting in the movie was good, and it is always nice to see a movie where I am not familiar with the performers - well, I sort of was slightly familiar with them from the sequel.

As for the special effects, well they worked in favor of the movie, let's just say that. It is not something that will blow you away or anything, but the special effects and CGI team managed well enough.

Now, for a horror movie, then "Mata Batin" (aka "The Third Eye") wasn't really all that scary. Maybe it is for a native Indonesian, I have no idea, but for a seasoned horror veteran as myself, this was a stroll in the park.

I was very amazed with the sheer amount of thunder and lightning that seemed to take place whenever evening would fall upon the place. It was just insane. Sure, I get it that thunder and lightning helps build atmosphere and set the mood, but it was so heavily overdone in "Mata Batin" that it was just downright annoying.

The storyline is adequate. And I must say that writers Riheam Junianti, Rocky Soraya and Fajar Umbara actually managed to sidetrack me and surprise me with the ending of the movie, so that was interesting.

One thing amused me though, for some reason in "Mata Batin", then all perceived lingering spirits (or ghosts) were vengeful and angry, there wasn't a single neutral, helpful or scared spirit around - all were insane with rage and set out to do harm. Well, aside from one single girl, but hey, whatever works to build atmosphere, right?

All in all, an entertaining enough movie for what it was, however, this is hardly a movie that you'll watch more than once. Sadly, it wasn't particularly scary, but there was a good atmosphere throughout the movie.

While the 2017 "Mata Batin" movie is better than its sequel, my rating for this movie lands on a mediocre five out of ten stars.

Following the death of their parents, a teenager is forced to take care of her younger sister and move back into their childhood home together only to realize that the claims of it being haunted are true and must rely on the wisdom of a paranormal expert to put everything in place for them.

Overall, this one serves as quite an enjoyable supernatural effort. One of the film's better qualities is the strong use of classic haunted house tropes for the supernatural scenes throughout the film. This one offers up numerous shock scenes with the ghosts walking behind someone suddenly with a piercing musical sting afterward, flash-cut sequences of ghastly inhuman figures interacting with characters only to disappear suddenly as well as a tendency to focus on intense and vicious attack scenes. Opening up with a vicious attack on the daughter where she's visibly and graphically slashed up along her legs is a great start, much like the later exorcism scenes or the possessed seeking revenge on the guilty party amongst them. On top of this, the film's strong atmospheric touches provide several chilling encounters. The first encounter in the house offers an eerie ambiance with it obviously not being lived in for a long time while the later scenes featuring them wandering through the darkened house during the thunderstorm provide strong atmospheric touches. The other impressive aspect here is the strong supernatural overtones implied through their physical gifts. Much is made about the fact that they're only able to see the ghosts around them due to the supernatural gift the sister has in having her third eye open. The visit to the witch doctor who informs them about the gift and what it means serves as a fine turning point in the film with the ghostly incidents switching focus for more conventional and commercialized shock scenes. There's so much to like here with the bloody, deformed ghosts appearing to her in the hospital which set up the scenes of the ghost family attacking in the house that night as we see them interacting with her in quite brutal manners. Since these scenes are based on the newfound experience she has with being able to see the spirits through the supernatural process of accepting the ability to see ghosts and spirits, the change in character and focus is quite impressive leading into these supernatural sequences. Exploring not just supernatural-inflicted ghost scares but also moving into outright possession and exorcism through the on-screen actions, none of this feels out-of-place or tacked on as the storyline manages to build a solid framework for these scenarios. Even a last-minute trip into the underworld complete with more ghosts and strange visuals that emerge. These here are what hold the film up overall. Still, the film does have a few issues. One of the problems is that this one focuses so heavily on cliched ghost scenes that so many of them miss their mark due to the overfamiliarity of the sequence. The attack by the ghost in the bedroom when it appears under a white sheet and charges forth fails miserably since we're expecting it based on the circumstances since that's always the case with that setup. The influences are also quite readily apparent in the finale where the two venture into the spirit world to retrieve a character lost inside and the colored lighting for the entire sequence comes off as a retread of other films and ideas. Other scenes are just as associated with familiar setups and scenarios, from the sudden ability to see the ghost girl in the hospital to the crazed reactions to things no one else knows about, have very little impact because it's all quite familiar and repeated here by the story forcing them into action. That's also hurt by the instances of utterly woeful and abysmal CGI present for these scenes as the ghosts crawling over trucks or objects with inhuman speed and ability look laughable rather than scary. These here are what hurt the film overall.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Language and children-in-jeopardy.