HORROR FOLKLORE PREMIERES

Malaysian stars, Bront Palarae and Nabila Huda, Malaysian Director, Ho Yuhang and Singaporean award-winning filmmaker and series showrunner, Eric Khoo, from HBO Asia’s very first horror anthology original series, Folklore, were in town recently to promote the series. The cast and crew present were pa of the Malaysian-based episode entitled, Folklore: Toyol. Folklore takes place across six Asian countries - Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand – with each episode based on each country’s deeply-rooted myths and folklore, featuring supernatural beings and occult beliefs. Helmed by different directors from various countries in Asia, each episode of the six-episode hour-long horror series was filmed in the local language of the country that the episode is based in. Folklore: Toyol, features a tale that is commonplace in Malay folklore, the Toyol. Directed by Malaysian Ho Yuhang (Rain Dogs, Mrs. K) and starring Palarae (Satan’s Slaves) and Huda (Munafik), the episode tells the story of a politician desperate to revive his town’s economy. When he turns to a mysterious woman with shamanistic powers, his troubles are solved but their eventual romantic involvement soon gives way to her dark and troubling secret. Folklore premieres on Sunday, October 7, 10pm, exclusively on HBO (Astro Ch 411 / 431 HD). New episodes will debut at the same time every subsequent Sunday. The series will also be available on Astro Go’s HBO On Demand.