Pulau trailer

PETALING JAYA: Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the trailer for the coming horror film Pulau was unsuitable for viewing.

PETALING JAYA, Jan 18 — Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said today he disagrees with the contents of a promotional trailer for the horror ...

The trailer depicts a group of friends who are vacationing together and after a daring bet, the group sets out to a mysterious island where darkness awaits. No actual kissing or sex scene was shown in the trailer. “That trailer for me is not suitable and I myself have been in contact with the GSC who uploaded the trailer and I understand that the producer has decided to withdraw or take down the trailer and prepare a new edit,” he told reporters at the Duan Nago Bogho film screening at The Starling GSC here.

However, WebTVAsia founder Fred Chong (above), said the film should not be judged based on the trailer alone. "What's in the trailer is just...

The movie features many local personalities, including Alif Satar, Sanjna Suri, Amelia Henderson, and Ms Puiyi.

"If you don't like it, don't watch. If you don't like it, don't watch it," said a Twitter user. A netizen said, "This is funny because people who are busy asking for the ban are also the ones watching Netflix shows that have naked scenes. And after that, they also complain that the industry is not advancing." A netizen also claimed, "Allahu Akhbar! "This is too much.

Malaysian cinema has always (tried) reaching out to greater heights; constant censorship within the industry has been too exacerbating that even, ...

Nevertheless, the final decision is in the hands of LPF (Film Censorship Board of Malaysia). In translation: I was inquired by a reported on the film trailer for Pulau. The whole premise of IT FOLLOWS is don’t have sex. It's also this aspect of the trailer that's conjured a massive local reaction. Where have you been in the last 40 years. The title of the film directly translates to 'Island' in English, so you can probably make out where the story is set: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/MashableSEA), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MashableSEA), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/mashablesea/), [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@mashablesea?lang=en), and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvUxYWyPwIyds05YDSu_B1Q). SCREAM explicitly told you the tropes. [FMT](https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/01/19/pulau-a-horror-flick-not-porn-says-censorship-board/) (Free Malaysia Today), LPF has responded to the stigmatizing claims, defending that the horror film isn't a 'porn' narrative-- It's a horror film. [excerpt of the trailer](https://youtu.be/pQ_mbrY11So?t=77) that sequences a bunch of love scenes in dark, spooooooky spaces. [abandoned area](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbandonedArea), somehow unlocking an [age-old curse...](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArtifactOfDoom) [sexual tension](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SexSignalsDeath) that amplifies when you are cast members in a horror film unfolds.

Malaysia's communications minister has weighed in on the controversial trailer for upcoming local horror film, 'Pulau'.

This includes the addition of two new ratings for children under the age 12 and for viewers aged 16 and above, while altogether removing a PG-13 rating. Fahmi also said he was informed that scenes that were cut from the approved film had somehow made it into the released trailer and that a new edit is in the works. There is no compulsion to watch the film”. He also took a jab at those commenting on the trailer, saying “When you leave a comment, it means that you have chosen to watch such a video”. Earlier this week, Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, the president of religious body Malaysia Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations issued a Pulau is set for a March 9 release.

KUALA LUMPUR, January 19 — Fred Chong, producer of the controversial movie trailer for Pulau, has stepped forward to clear the air, pointing out that the ...

Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the producers of the film have agreed to take the trailer down and replace it with a more suitable one. Meanwhile, according to a report by mStar, Chong said that the production team was trying to promote the beauty of Langkawi through the film. "We have removed all the scenes that didn’t make the cut on our side, and we put our faith in the process of transparency and professionalism of the LPF and we respect their decision,” said Chong.

PETALING JAYA: Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil is of the opinion that the trailer of the horror film 'Pulau' is not suitable for view...

the approval was given without a more specific scrutiny, I feel there needs to be scrutiny,” he said. Whatever procedures monitored by Finas are based on the standard operating procedure (SOP) between LPF and Finas. “I have asked Finas to, in the future, study this matter, reexamine and restructure its SOP.