Plot
A group of five friends head out on a mountain trip to celebrate finishing college, planning for it to be a simple getaway in the wild.
But once they start their climb on Mount Welirang, things slowly begin to feel wrong, where strange sounds start appearing in the forest, and the group begins to notice they’re not alone out there.
As they push deeper into the area known as Alas Lali Jiwo, the situation begins to spiral, and the group slowly realises they might not all make it back down.
Trailer
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Key Information
- Release year: 2026
- Country: Indonesia
- Runtime: ~105 minutes
- Genre: Horror / Supernatural / Survival / Mystery
- Language: Indonesian
- Director: Indra Gunawan
- Writer: Upi Avianto and Maya Azka
- Production company: Starvision
- Theatrical release: 2 July 2026
- Cast includes: Antonio Blanco Jr, Alika Jantinia, Giulio Parengkuan, Razan Zu, Jinan Safa and Hana Saraswati
- IMDb
Style and Presentation
This is a mountain-set horror film that leans heavily into survival and supernatural tension, where a lot of it takes place in the forest and hiking trails, which slowly start to feel more hostile as the story moves forward.
Instead of relying on constant scares, it builds the tension through isolation and the feeling that the mountain itself is part of the horror, so the deeper the group goes, the harder it becomes to tell what’s real and what isn’t.
It also taps into that familiar Indonesian mountain horror style where nature, folklore, and local myths blend together into something unsettling.
Cultural Context
Mountain horror is a pretty well-known subgenre in Indonesian cinema, often mixing real hiking culture with local superstition and spiritual beliefs.
Films like this usually treat forests and mountains as places that carry their own rules, where disturbing certain areas or passing certain paths can lead to consequences that aren’t easily explained.
Petaka Gunung Welirang fits into that tradition, using the idea of a cursed or spiritually active mountain as the centre of its story.
Notes
- Survival horror set on Mount Welirang
- Focus on group isolation and psychological pressure
- Strong supernatural and folklore influence
- Inspired by real-life mountain experiences and stories
- Produced by Starvision
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