
A newly-married woman and former prostitute whose husband, a ship's captain, has gone to sea, is pressured into returning to her old profession. When she refuses, she is violently gang-raped and left pregnant and despondent. She kills herself while attempting to abort the fetus but returns as a vengeful Sundel Bolong, a ghost with a putrid, rotting hole in her back. When the rapists and conspirers start turning up dead, her husband and the police try to put a stop to the violence, once and for all.
Directed by Sisworo Gautama Putra, Sundel Bolong leans on a strong ensemble — Suzzanna, Rudy Salam, Barry Prima — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about horror titles of 1981.
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