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Ghostlore is Diablo, but with Chinese hopping vampires and Indonesian boar demons




It’s Friday night and I’m hacking away at a banana tree to kill a pontianak, a vampiric evil spirit from Southeast Asian folklore. While we also use the Malay name in Singapore, in Indonesia she’s called a kuntilanak, but her preferred daytime dwelling, regardless of country, is still a banana tree. She’s a terrifying but iconic part of the common culture between Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore, with sharp nails, red eyes and long black hair—a spectre that has haunted many a sleepover ghost story (and more than a handful of horror movies since the 1960s)...
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