Erna Santoso

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 ...  (more)

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 ...  (more)

Tintus, a sailor who works on an offshore oilrig, sees a beautiful mermaid in the middle of the ocean. He tells his friend Tigor who thinks that Tintus is just daydreaming about his girlfriend. Once ashore, a bitter reality awaits him.  (more)

This legend from West Java is told thus: In heaven, among the gods, Minda's teacher, who later became Lutung Kasarung, was penned by his own mother, Sunan Ambu, for wanting to be a human being and a wife as beautiful as her mother. So he turned into a langur. He ...  (more)