There are few things Indonesian horror does quite as reliably as making an innocent-looking doll seem like an absolutely terrible thing to have sitting in your house. Opening in Indonesian cinemas on 29 October 2026, The Doll: Ghawiah goes right back to that idea – returning to the supernatural mythology of Hitmaker Studios’ long-running The Doll series with a 1988-set story and a familiar face from the 2016 original.
The title Ghawiah isn’t just a random creepy name slapped onto a sequel either, as it is the actual name of the possessed doll from the very first The Doll back in 2016. Directed by Guntur Soeharjanto (The Haunted Apartment: Miss K, Dosen Ghaib) from a screenplay by Riheam Junianti – and produced by Rocky Soraya’s Hitmaker Studios alongside Legacy Pictures and Masih Belajar Project – the new entry stars Titi Kamal as Evi, Darius Sinathrya as Arya, Aisyah Aqilah as Gita, and Laura Moane as Nala.
Even better, Sara Wijayanto returns as Laras, reprising her role from the 2016 movie, which makes The Doll: Ghawiah a bit more interesting I think than standard franchise maintenance – bringing the name that started the whole thing back into the foreground after The Doll 2 (2017) and The Doll 3 (2022), while keeping exactly how Laras connects to the 1988 family story under wraps until you watch it.
I am sure I will catch this on Netflix when it no doubt releases!
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