This week’s list includes Cambodian releases, Indonesian horror opening in Malaysia, a new Kannada horror-thriller, and a Japanese horror film plus a few more, and as always, I am including releases that are getting a new release in a new country.
Cambodia – The Hole (កំហឹងខ្មោចប្រហោងពោះ)
Release date: October 12, 2026
Country: Indonesia
Genre: Horror
The Hole was originally released in Indonesia under the title The Hole, 309 Days to the Bloodiest Tragedy, directed by the acclaimed Indonesian filmmaker Hanung Bramantyo, where a series of unexplained murders occur on the 30th of each month.
Cambodia – Three Haunting Nights (លងបីយប់)
Release date: October 15, 2026
Country: Cambodia
Genre: Horror-comedy
Three Haunting Nights releases on October 15 in Cambodia by Mediaload Pictures, although not much seems to be known about it right now, although I did find this plot – A young man finds himself trapped and relentlessly terrorised by an aggressive, malevolent supernatural entity in a dark, ominous setting.
Indonesia – Aplikasi Iblis
Release date: October 15, 2026
Country: Indonesia
Genre: Horror
Directed by Dimas Anggara in his horror directorial debut, Aplikasi Iblis seems to be about a mysterious app called “I Let You In” that can contact spirits.
Indonesia – Dendam Arwah Penari
Release date: October 15, 2026
Country: Indonesia
Genre: Horror
Dendam Arwah Penari is a film that has been described as one rooted deep in Indonesian Folklore horror – Harum moves into an old house and discovers a mysterious dancer’s sash, and the discovery leads to terrifying events and questions surrounding the dancer’s death.
Indonesia – Ghosthing
Release date: October 15, 2026
Country: Indonesia
Genre: Comedy-horror
This one seems much more comedy than horror, but since it’s been called a horror-comedy, I will include it – Alfian, a corpse make-up artist who can see spirits, meets Maya, a dead influencer who believes she was murdered, and agrees to investigate her death in return for help contacting his own deceased mother.
Indonesia – About a Place in the Kinki Region
Release date: October 16, 2026
Country: Japan
Genre: Horror
Kinki is getting another release this week too in Indonesia, according to CBI Pictures – the film is directed by legendary J-horror filmmaker Kōji Shiraishi (the mastermind behind the cult-classic Noroi: The Curse).
Malaysia – Pemuja Syaitan
Release date: October 15, 2026
Country: Malaysia
Genre: Horror-thriller
Directed by Liyana Jasmay, Pemuja Syaitan brings former schoolmates together for a reunion on a remote island, where the night ends in a deadly mystery involving a missing woman and a traumatised survivor.
Malaysia – No Go: The Child
Release date: October 15, 2026
Country: China
Genre: Horror-thriller
A livestreamed missing-person investigation takes a group of people with different motives into an abandoned scam centre. – Directed by Wang Shenghe, the film blends the “found footage” livestream style with survival digital horror.
Malaysia – Juminten Edan
Release date: October 15, 2026
Country: Indonesia
Genre: Drama-horror
Juminten Edan is about a woman who returns to an island with her husband, Manto, and their child after eight years away, and starts to develop some very strange behaviour.
Malaysia – Setan Alas!
Release date: October 15, 2026
Country: Indonesia
Genre: Black comedy-horror
A group of college students head to an old villa for a weekend, but their plans collapse when one of them is murdered, and when they try to escape through the surrounding forest, they find their way blocked by supernatural forces – also known as The Draft, it originally premiered at the 18th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF), where it won awards for Best Film, Best Editing, and Best Storytelling.
India – Thaytha
Release date: October 16, 2026
Country: India
Genre: Kannada horror-thriller
This film seems to be about some college students who become stranded in a haunted place with supernatural threats.
Japan – Juku (呪区)
Release date: October 16, 2026
Country: Japan
Genre: Horror
Also known as Get Undressed, this one has been described as an erotic horror-thriller film, which also marks the highly anticipated return of the “Shochiku Extreme Selection” label – The film deviates from traditional J-horror tropes by introducing an absurdly high-stakes, unique survival rule: “If you wear clothes, you die instantly”.
Vietnam – Death Whisperer 4: Saming the Werebeast (Quỷ Ăn Tạng 4: Hổ Tinh)
Release date: October 16, 2026,
Country: Thailand
Genre: Horror
The fourth installment in the Thai Death Whisperer series was scheduled to release last week, but was put back a week to October 16 – the film moves the franchise into werebeast territory, with Yak and Sergeant Paphan investigating a disappearance and encountering a terrifying saming, a supernatural tiger-like creature capable of changing form.
More recent Asian horror movie releases.
- This Week in Asian Horror: New Releases – October 5 to October 11, 2026
- This Week in Asian Horror: New Releases – September 28 to October 4, 2026
- This Week in Asian Horror: New Releases – September 21 to September 27, 2026
- This Week in Asian Horror: New Releases – September 14 to September 20, 2026
- This Week in Asian Horror: New Releases – September 7 to September 13, 2026
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