Folklore

Season 1

Season 1

Season • Oct 7, 2018–Nov 11, 2018

Directed by six of the continent’s up-and-coming directors, the unnerving series is an exploration of deep-seated superstitions that have permeated Asian cultures for generations.
  1. S1E1 - A Mother's Love

    A Mother's Love

    51 min • Oct 7, 2018 (8 years ago)

    A single mother and her young son discover a group of dirty and underfed children living in a mansion's attic. Upon saving them and returning them to their families, she has unknowingly snatched these children from their adopted mother - Wewe Gombel - and must now beware her vengeful wrath.

  2. S1E2 - Tatami

    Tatami

    51 min • Oct 14, 2018 (8 years ago)

    A murder scene writer returns home to attend his father's funeral and begins to experience constant flashbacks of his childhood. He then discovers a secret door in the house that leads to a room that hides a horrifying secret from his family's past.

  3. S1E3 - Nobody

    Nobody

    54 min • Oct 21, 2018 (8 years ago)

    A Pontianak is awakened when a foreman and a construction worker attempt to bury the body of a dead girl instead of burning her. A series of unfortunate events begin to occur at the construction site.

  4. S1E4 - Pob

    Pob

    59 min • Oct 28, 2018 (7 years ago)

    A journalist meets with Pob, a Thai ghost, who confesses to a murder. Finally finding an outlet for complaint, Pob explains how the murder happened and requests for his story to be published. However, the journalist declines and the two make a deal of a lifetime.

  5. S1E5 - Toyol

    Toyol

    51 min • Nov 4, 2018 (7 years ago)

    A Member of Parliament (MP) of a fishing town turns to a mysterious woman who possesses shamanistic powers in order to salvage his town's dire economic situation. She fixes all his problems and the two soon become lovers. However, the woman has a dark secret that threatens to destroy his life.

  6. S1E6 - Mongdal

    Mongdal

    49 min • Nov 11, 2018 (7 years ago)

    A mother tries to appease the moods and demands of her borderline psychopathic son. When a new girl comes to town, her son falls quickly and deeply for the new girl and is determined to win her over possibly even against her will. When things take a tragic turn, his mother will stop at nothing to make her son happy even if it means finding a bride to join him in the afterlife.