Ghost Love (1964)Three traveling students are forced to stay in a old temple and are told by the groundskeeper not to open the doors or windows after dark. One of them doesn't listen, meets a beautiful woman and the next day is found dead with two small puncture wounds on his arm. The following evening, a second student is killed, leaving only Marut. Will he be the next victim?
Nenek Grondong (1982)A village is being terrorized by an evil spirit called Kuyang or Nenek Grondong, which especially loves sucking blood from infants and pregnant women. That all coincides with a couple adopting a child that turns on them and becomes vicious and evil.
Pocong Ghost (1988)Orphan Sari goes to live with her uncle Mr. Padmo, his wife and their daughter Yuni. Trouble begins when the wife and daughter (who is jealous a boy she likes prefers her cousin) accuse her of stealing and threaten to kick her out. The innocent Sari's parents return as ghosts to help her out, including creating a "pocong" (death shroud) ghost to scare them.
Mystery of Mount Merapi III: Flame-Haired Woman (1990)The third and final entry in this original fantasy / horror series (which was remade for Indonesian television later) finds Sembara (Fendy Pradana) and friends facing off against a gaggle of supernatural bad guys.
Mystery of Mount Merapi: The Old House's Inhabitants (1989)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.
Volkswagen Kuning (2016)The movie is inspired by the famous Malaysian urban legend about a mysterious yellow-coloured Volkswagen seen on Karak highway. According to legend, when you see the car on the highway, do not overtake it as it will keep appearing in front of you, and what`s worse, no driver seems to be driving the car.
Magic Stick (1982)After his father is killed and his mother is raped, Marsan decides to study silat (Indonesian martial arts). After receiving enough training and given the magic stick by his teacher, Marsan returns to his village to seek revenge.
Sacrifice for Satan (1981)Greedy characters attempt to use black magic to get their hands on a valuable estate. It works out about as well as you'd guess.
Wewe Gombel (1988)There is a local legend of a spirit known as Wewe Gombel, who can transform into a midwife to steal babies. Asih is pregnant and goes with her husband, Budi, a farming instructor, to a village. She is worried after hearing the local legend of Wewe Gombel. She wants to return to the city but Budi refuses... until a neighbor gives birth and the baby mysteriously vanishes. Will Asih be next?
Eerie Cemetery (1987)A jilted, jealous woman hangs herself because she can't keep her fiance in check and then returns from the grave to make sure her former beau is never with another woman.
The Legacy of Reef Knowledge (1989)Yet another Indonesian fantasy tale of good vs. evil and the struggle to gain control of an heirloom sword, this time featuring a shape-shifting, brain-eating vampire in the bad corner.
The Magic Man (1981)Treated like crap and then banished by his village, the ugly and sickly Lawar seeks shelter in a cave and is visited by a wish-granting bat spirit. Lawar's wish is to be handsome and be given supernatural abilities. He's given what he wants but must follow certain rules. Instead, Lawar uses his powers against his enemies and to seduce a young woman named Ratih. Oh yeah, and he also turns into a bloodsucking bat monster from time to time.
Snap of Red Spider's Web (1989)Immediate sequel to Sengatan Laba-laba Merah ("Sting of the Red Spider"), released earlier the same year. Evil spider woman Rengganis aka Laba-laba Merah (Red Spider) is baaaack! Only heavily injured (not killed... suckers!) from the climactic fight in Round 1, Rengganis runs away and meets up with her former karate teacher's arch nemesis. The two cause all kinds of problems and kill all kinds of people but Rengganis is also looking for a cure as turning into an ugly spider monster all the time is growing rather tiresome for her.
Sting of the Red Spider (1989)When Rengganis’ love for a fellow student at her martial arts school is spurned, she steals his magical power and turns into a Siluman Laba-Laba (Spider Demon). She then attacks and murders innocent people until her teacher sends his prized pupil Senjoyo after her armed with magic.
Satan's Whisper (1985)Tony loves singer Vina and helps financially support her even though she's already in a relationship. However, his jealousy eventually ends up getting the better of him and he accidentally causes Vina to crash her car and die. Her vengeful spirit later returns.
Monkey Worship (1988)After being constantly insulted by people, and with his child seriously ill, Parjo starts practicing "ngipri," or the worship of monkeys to attain magical power, wealth, fortune and revenge on those who've mocked him. However, it expects him to pay a high price, including being forbidden to own or enjoy his own fortune and sacrificing his own wife.
Resurrected from the Grave (1988)On the way to the hospital, a man and his pregnant wife are both murdered while she's in the middle of giving birth. And then the men responsible for the deaths start mysteriously dying.
Demon of Gonggo Gulf (1988)Sonya, a demonic fighter who has many magical skills, has defeated many martial arts experts and raped many women. He even murders his own eldest child to fulfill his promise to his teacher. Then he ambushes the princess of Adipati Jepara and takes her hostage to a haunted place.
Demon Monkey (1988)A biology research group, lead by Johan Giru and his wife Sofia, go to Lavayetty Island and encounter evil monkeys rotting from the inside out and becoming worm infested, a primitive tribe and a supernatural creature.
Kiss and Be Killed (1991)After a run in with a strip club owner and his goons, newlyweds Andrew and Cynthia are attacked on their honeymoon. The thugs kill him and think they've killed her, but she survives, goes crazy, starts believing a mannequin is her dead hubby and then must resort to bloody violence to protect herself when a hit is put out on her.
The Haunted House (1981)Gunawan moves his troubled family (including an adulterous wife) into a new Dutch home that comes complete with a hidden treasure and ghosts.
The Curse of Nyai Roro Kidul (1979)Wulan is plagued by a recurring nightmare and is advised to get married to cure herself of it. Unfortunately, her husbands keep dying on their wedding night. Her misfortune becomes the gossip of her neighbors, who then start scheming to kill her. A young religious teacher comes to the village and ends up falling in love with her. But will he be the next to die?
Wishing to Get Rich Quick (1976)Gambler Kosim tries to hang himself but is saved by an old man, who then recommends he go visit a cave-dwelling hermit who knows black magic. There, Kosim learns a magic spell to transform himself into a pig. As a requirement, he has to sacrifice one of his children and he's not allowed to hear prayer nor see monkeys. He uses his new power to steal money until he's caught, shot and decapitated, but his head lives on.
The Jealous Ghost (1973)Sumiati meets the wealthy but unrefined Johny while on vacation in Tretes. Even though she reciprocates, she also goes after a younger suitor named Herman. A love triangle ensues and is further complicated when Paimo, Johny’s servant, also takes a liking to Sumiati. When Paimo tries to seduce her, Johny becomes angry and kills him but his ghost returns.
Goddess of Night (1978)A group of youths go to a jungle in West Java to hunt. Their arrival angers the witchcraft-practicing occupant of an old house. When one of the hunters accidentally shoot the witch and causes a serious injury, the old crone transforms into a beautiful woman named Dewi to get her revenge.
Drakula Mantu (1974)Due to being unemployed and facing urgent economic circumstances, Benyamin agrees to be a handyman to repair an old, dilapidated house, which is about to be occupied by someone newly returned from studying in England. It turns out that the house is haunted by many ghosts. These ghosts are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Prince Dracula and his son, who is to be married to the child of one of the ghosts in the house.
Seducing Witchcraft (1987)Saraswati and Pandu get married. Sam, whose love was rejected by Saraswati, intrudes into their lives. Saraswati’s concern is proven when Pandu has an accident. He breaks his leg and his face is injured. With a help of a shaman, Sam manages to disfigure Pandu's face and seduce Saraswati. Sam's girlfriend Utari becomes irate over all of this and finds another shaman to harm Saraswati. Can Islamic religious leader Kyai sort all this out?
Bundle of Nerves (2014)For the fine officers of the Willowbrook police department, fighting a slime-sucking monster from the great beyond is just another day on the job. It's the relationship stuff at home that's really scary.
Mark of Lilith (1986)A white bisexual vampire, Lillia, is trapped in a monotonous cycle with her thoughtless, misogynist vampire partner, Luke (who, while also being a bisexual, prefers to devour women prey). Her encounter with Black lesbian Zena, who is reading about goddesses across religions and cultures and thinking about the horror film genre, pulls Lillia out of a state of bad faith into an enlightened state of knowledge and play. 'The Mark of Lilith' was the graduation film of Bruna Fionda, Polly Gladwin, Zach Mack-Nataf’s from The London College of Printing, under the tutorship of Laura Mulvey. The film was shot in Brixton and made with a cast and crew of local filmmakers, artists and activists. The Mark of Lilith was digitally restored from the 16mm print by the BFI in 2021.
Because the Dawn (1988)Marie is a Manhattan vampire thirsting for acceptance and blood, not necessarily in that order. Apparently a renaissance woman, she sings the blues, poses for a picture, and rides through Times Square in a horse drawn carriage. Ariel is a fashion photographer attracted to the beguiling vampire. Attraction escalates into obsession, and before long locate the elusive creature of the night.
Inheritance (1989)Indri quickly rushes home from abroad when her father suddenly dies. At home, she finds her nursemaid Tuti tied up while her stepmother has gone back to the village. At night, someone is stalking the house. So she suspects that her father’s death was unnatural and her suspicions ring true. Somali, the vice-president in her father’s company, wants to take over the latter’s wealth by colluding with her nursemaid.
The Angry Man (1972)A Cape Fear-style psycho-thriller told in flashback mode. The peace of legal prosecutor Johan Arifin’s family is broken by the arrival of various fears in the form of a flirtatious waiter, threatening letters and calls. The culprit is Barman and his motive is revenge as Johan’s testimony put him in jail. The climax is the kidnapping of Johan’s wife and son.
Old Building Tenant (1975)Kiki, Aris and their friends play around with a "jailangkung" (a ritual doll that can facilitate communication with the dead) in an old deserted building. That manages to get Kiki possessed by an evil spirit that claims to be a murder victim.
Curious Spirit (Delia) (1975)Susan is often disturbed by a horrifying female ghost, which has weakened her body. Her parents and lover, Charles, who are skeptical at first, eventually look for a shaman who can heal her. Initially the shaman’s spell works but then the ghost switches her target to the sister of Charles, Yuni, and results in her hanging herself. At this moment, Charles is reminded of his ex-girlfriend, Delia, who died by hanging herself out of her desperation because Charles got her pregnant and refused to take responsibility. Later, Delia possesses Susan and scary things start to happen. Veins and faces are slashed, windows and glasses are broken and shattered to pieces. Charles then calls his Koran-reading teacher and he battles the ghost with the sacred passages from the Koran.
Satan's Cemetery (1975)In the Islamic tradition, when a person is buried and the binding of their cover cloth is not released, the dead will become a ‘pocong’ ghost (mythical ghost of the dead who can jump around). Another belief is that if you have unpaid debts, a cat will jump over your dead body and you’ll become a ghost. Joyoprono, a rich landlord and a loan shark, who was greedy during his life dies when a tree falls on him. After his death, a ‘pocong’ ghost comes to the village and disturbs the peace.
Face of a Killer (1972)Rubia, a rich widow who has a granddaughter named Rina, is terrorized repeatedly by the shadow of a man holding a knife and wearing black gloves. She reports it to Inspector Arifin who starts to investigate.
Little Devil (1978)A down on his luck man, who eventually loses his job, his wife and his home, seeks help from a "tuyul;" a small ghost or an imp believed to be able to do anything ordered by its owner. Only there's a price to pay.
Snake Queen (1972)After a long absence, Siti returns to her childhood village to stay with her widowed aunt Nyi Aminah. Siti quickly becomes suspicious of her aunt’s newfound wealth after she sees a necklace that belongs to someone else in her aunt’s closet. Meanwhile, Sulaiman is given the assignment of investigating the deaths of voluptuous women with wounds found on their breasts, plus find out what became of some missing corpses.
Bloody Love (1989)Anton and his wife Rita rent a beautiful house that belongs to Dudung Sasmita, whose face was scarred in an accident at the pharmaceutical laboratory where he works. Little do they know, but Dudung also murdered his wife after she cheated on him and has hidden her body inside the wall of the house. Now her spirit haunts the place and terrorizes Rita.
Bloody Wedding (1987)Badrowi disturbs a married woman he's in love with on her wedding night and kills her husband. He's then severely beaten by villagers and his body is thrown into a ravine. There, he gains supernatural powers from a spider and then starts terrorizing the village.
Midnight Thunder (1990)The story of siblings Ria (Deasy Ratnasari) and Rudi (Johan Saimima), who, along with Rudi’s wife Henny (Alba Fuad), kill their aunt Emma (Yenny Farida) for an inheritance. The wealth does not bring blessings as expected, only the haunting feelings of guilt and regret. Henny goes into a mental hospital and changes into a monster, while the other two are haunted by visions of the dead auntie and face a horrible death.
Snake Queen's Love Story (1989)Snake Queen Nyi Blorong (a paranormal being) saves Basuki from the mob and makes him rich in the process, but instead of making offerings to her, which is his duty as her follower, he falls in love with another woman named Warsih. Warsih, on the other hand, is not at all interested in Basuki as she is in love with Kuncoro. Both Warsih and Kuncoro are suspicious of how Basuki became rich. Then they ask a psychic about Basuki. This makes Nyi Blorong even more furious. When she seeks advice from her “superior”, she is told to return to the “spirit” world she belongs to. But then, Ki Sanca, a psychic who has a vendetta against Nyi Blorong, tries to attack her.
Woman's Transformation (1990)Darma (Sonny Dewantoro) decides to marry a snake after it transforms into a woman named Sandra (Sally Marcellina). Darma's happy with this arrangement as it has made him very rich as every time he sleeps with his wife, the scales that Sandra sheds change into money. However, the requirements Darma has to meet in connection with his marriage are very difficult to fulfill...
Eat Me: A Zombie Musical (2009)Tommy meets Dawn of the Dead - the epic odyssey of Peter (AKA John Lonely), the reluctant Rock n' Roll Messiah of the Great Vulvalution. He drives into the afterlife, goaded on by a talking chicken, seduced by Satan's Ex-Wives and tested by Scientologists.
Alligator Queen (1983)A mystic is murdered by three of his disciples because they want to learn the skills he picked up from his mentor; a wizard named Resi Tunggal Manik. They reach Resi Tunggal Manik's hideaway, rape his wife and then throw his daughter Dewi in a river. An alligator catches the girl and she's brought to the kingdom at the bottom of the sea ruled by the Alligator Queen. Once a grown Dewi (who has revenge on her mind) and the Alligator Queen see handsome young Linggar (who's actually Dewi's brother!) a power struggle erupts.
Heat of the Night Blanket (1982)Liar Rangga has an unhappy life with his wife Sara, a nymphomaniac. In his loneliness, Rangga meets Rani, a call girl and finds happiness with her. They need each other, instantly fall in love and make a vow to marry in the near future. But fate is not on their side when Rangga dies in a plane crash. Most of his wealth is bequeathed to the child in Rani’s womb. Sara protests, goes to get help from a black magician and ends up making a deal with the devil; promising to be his disciple.
