HANTU is a company dedicated to keeping the spirit of horror alive. Across mediums and formats, our goal is to tell compelling, emotionally resonant and, of course, terrifying stories—as well as develop intellectual properties that will bring Southeast Asia’s myths and creatures out to the rest of the world.
Our flagship series, Ghost Maps, follows a mysterious narrator as he chronicles the supernatural around Southeast Asia.
Ghost Maps was awarded Best Asian Hosted Podcast at the 17th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards.
Dead Air is our monthly talk show. It features conversations with personalities such as Incredible Tales host and MTV VJ, Utt Panichkul; influencer and actor, Hafidz Rahman; and podcasters, YAH Lah But.
Together with the National Library Board, we created Unearthed, an educational audio programme that explores the cultural history of the region's most notorious entities.
We also independently funded and produced Closing Time, a short film that was screened at the Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2021 and the 12th Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival.
HANTU was co-founded in 2019 by filmmaker, Kyle Ong, and author, Wayne Rée.