- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- October 31, 2024 (3 months ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Australia
- Production companies
- Causeway Films · Head Gear Films · No Coincidence Media · Salmira Productions
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
The Moogai
A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby's mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.

A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby's mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.
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Reviews
‘The Moogai’ Review: Indigenous Australian Trauma Feeds Supernatural Horror in Mixed-Bag Expansion of Potent Short Writer-director Jon Bell’s debut feature uses a predatory monster as an allegory for the Stolen Generations, Aboriginal children taken from their parents i...
Sundance 2024: In a Violent Nature, The Moogai, Krazy House On three horror films from Sundance 2024, including one to watch for.
Indigenous thriller’s child-stealing spirit conjures horrors of the Stolen Generation The Moogai is both monster and metaphor, but unfortunately, this well-intentioned film isn’t as scary as it’s trying to be.
‘The Moogai’ Review: A Limp Australian Horror Film Made of Colonial Metaphors The potent meaning and imagery behind Jon Bell’s tale of Aboriginal suffering, 'The Moogai,' fail to coalesce.