Sumpah Pontianak

The original Pontianak was made in 1957 directed by B.N. Rao and starred Maria Menado.The film was such a hit that in quick succession, two sequels were made Dendam Pontianak aka Revenge of Pontianak later in the same year (1957) and Sumpah Pontianak aka The Curse of Pontianak) in 1958,both with Maria Menado.Dendam Pontianak started the trend of introducing more than one supernatural being into the story,the other character being an old witch Nenek Kebayan(The Old Woman of the Forest)and by the time Sumpah Pontianak was made that had increased to four-female vampire Pontianak,an Orang Hutan(Wild Forest Man),a kind of bird-lizard creature and a Hantu Raya or King Ghost.Sumpah Pontianak is an entertaining Malay horror movie with cheap special effects.The main female character Comel is infected by been infected with sumpah pontianak,the curse of the vampire and the villagers begin to die!