Pocong (Shroud Ghosts) films are still underrated in Indonesia, and at the same time are blossoming particularly in Indonesia in the last 10 years. However, Pocong as a ghost from Indonesia started to be acknowledged transnationally in Horror scholarship and fan circuits. For example, a Pocong figure became a front cover at Monstermagazine, #21: September (2015 Paperback 29 Sept. 2015), illustrated by Jolyon Yates. In this magazine, John Velluttino wrote the cover story titled Ties that Bind the Pocong and other creepy creatures in Contemporary Indonesian Horror Cinema? focusing on Pocong. The research will investigate whether one can theorize Pocong films as a local horror genre. If so, can one claim Pocong genre as Indonesia's contribution to the world Horror genre?

Pocong, Indonesia Horror

• Ekky Imanjaya, SS., M.Hum., MA., Ph.D.

• Nayla Majestya, S.Sn., M.Sc.

• Dipl.-Ing. Andrianus Merdhi