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Dark secrets come to light in ‘Geng Kubur’

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The following is an excerpt from the full interview featured on FMT, published on 1 April 2024 and was written by Terence Toh under the Lifestyle section.


This coming-of-age film sees four friends facing their demons within a haunted forest.

Four Teenagers leaning against a red vintage Japanese car.
Geng Kubur/Dead Boys Club centres on four friends : (L-R) Fang Liang (Lion Chong), Prem (Sasidaran Subramaniam), Firhan (Firdaus Sufiyan), and Melati (Mia Sara Shauki).

PETALING JAYA: For most of his young life, actor and director Gavin Yap lived next to a graveyard.


“When we first moved here from the UK, we stayed in SS20, and it was near a graveyard. We moved twice in Damansara Utama, and both times it was next to graveyards. And then we moved to Penang, and it was the same thing. I don’t know if my dad got a cheap real estate deal or something!” Yap told FMT Lifestyle.


“At one of the graveyards in Damansara Utama, there was a makeshift mamak stall. My friends and I would hang out there after school. At night, we would egg each other on and tell scary stories.”


Art imitates life, so they say, and it is perhaps no surprise that Yap’s latest movie is a coming-of-age tale of friends who enjoy hanging around places of death.


Produced by Iron Hill Media Sdn Bhd, “Geng Kubur” tells the tale of four friends who enjoy hanging out at cemeteries: Firhan (Firdaus Sufiyan), Fang Liang (Lion Chong), Prem (Sasidaran Subramaniam) and Melati (Mia Sara Shauki).


Four Guys posing for a photo op.
(L-R) Actor Firdaus Sufiyan, actor Lion Chong, writer-director Gavin Yap and executive producer Michael Chen.

Actors Lion Chong and Firdaus Sufiyan said they had fun on the film, and had enjoyed playing their characters.


“Fang Liang is like a leader among the group. He’s had a rough childhood, which makes him a bit more mature and disciplined. The character is quite like me, we won’t easily share secrets or reveal too much about ourselves,” Chong told FMT Lifestyle.


“Firhan has been haunted by visions, and this has resulted in a lot of pressure building up inside of him. He’s quite edgy, and emotional. When I first read the script, I was drawn to this, because I recall feeling like that once when I was younger,” Firdaus said.



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