Director: Yongki Ongestu
A young couple relocates for a fresh start in a remote village, unaware that something ancient there has already noticed the child they're expecting.
What is Kuyang about?
Work brings a couple to a small, out-of-the-way village, the kind of place where old customs still shape daily life long after most cities have moved on from them. They arrive hoping for a quieter chapter, focused on the pregnancy ahead of them, but the village holds something the couple didn't account for: a supernatural presence tied to local folklore that begins circling their household almost as soon as they settle in. As strange occurrences pile up and the community's unspoken rules become harder to ignore, the couple is forced to confront the possibility that their unborn child has already become the target of a force neither modern skepticism nor good intentions can hold off. The film builds its dread from the gap between what the couple understands and what the village has always known.
Cast & crew
Dimas Aditya and Alyssa Abidin lead as the couple at the center of the story, playing the shift from cautious optimism to genuine dread as the village's secrets close in. Putri Ayudya, Totos Rasiti, Andri Mashadi, Elly D. Luthan, Egy Fedly, and Alam Jae Setiawan fill out the surrounding village, giving the setting its own texture of quiet suspicion and inherited belief.
Context & significance
Kuyang is a 2024 Indonesian horror-thriller directed by Yongki Ongestu, drawing on regional folklore about a malevolent spirit that targets the vulnerable, here refracted through a young family's pregnancy. Rather than relying purely on jump scares, the film leans on its rural setting and the slow reveal of village customs to build unease, a common approach in Southeast Asian horror that treats belief and superstition as part of the everyday landscape rather than as a separate supernatural layer.
Where & how to watch
Kuyang is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, giving Farsi-speaking viewers a way to watch without relying on subtitles. This page can be read by anyone without an account, and watching the film itself simply requires logging into a free K-Time account, with no pricing tiers or trial periods involved. K-Time's platform is built around a Farsi-language experience for Iranian audiences abroad, keeping search, browsing, and playback consistent across titles like this one.