Mystics in Bali
Mystics in Bali is a 1981 film from Indonesia, directed by H. Tjut Djalil, running 116 minutes. reelscum files it under splatter and occult & satanic panic.
- Year
- 1981 · 1980s films
- Country
- Indonesia
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Director
- H. Tjut Djalil
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (54/100)
- Also known as
- Balinese Mystic
Defined in the glossary: Splatter, Occult & satanic panic
The Indonesian one everybody means: a flying witch's head, viscera trailing, hunting in the dark.
H. Tjut Djalil takes the Balinese leyak legend and hands it the cheapest, most unforgettable image in Southeast Asian horror: a woman's head detaching at the neck and floating off into the jungle with her stomach and lungs still swinging beneath it. An American researcher goes looking for authentic black magic, finds the queen leyak, and gets considerably more tuition than she bargained for. The dub is atrocious, the opticals are held together with hope, and the tongue-extension effect has to be seen to be disbelieved.
Indonesia has made hundreds of horror films and this is still the one that travels.
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