Director: Rizal Mantovani
A holiday trip on a remote Indonesian train turns into a nightmare with no easy exit in The Train of Death, a 2024 horror thriller directed by Rizal Mantovani.
What is The Train of Death about?
Purnama plans a getaway with his sister to the Sangkara resort, and the only way in is a special train that runs through long stretches of empty countryside and tunnels. Almost as soon as they board, his sister starts noticing details that don't add up: passengers who seem to be somewhere they shouldn't, cars that feel colder than they should, small wrongness piling up mile after mile. The unease turns violent when a passenger becomes possessed and attacks the people around them, and from that point on, survival means staying one step ahead of something that doesn't behave like an ordinary threat. The horror escalates every time the train passes through a tunnel, when entire carriages start vanishing along with everyone inside them, leaving Purnama and the remaining passengers with fewer places left to run.
Cast & crew
Hana Malasan leads as the sister whose instincts sound the first alarm, with Yama Carlos as Purnama trying to hold the group together as the situation spirals. Putri Ayudya, Kiki Narendra, and a young cast including Sahira Anjani and Zara Leola fill out the passengers trapped aboard.
Context & significance
The Train of Death comes from Rizal Mantovani, a director well known in Indonesian horror for building tension out of confined, inescapable settings, and this film applies that same instinct to a moving train instead of a house or hospital. It arrives as part of a strong run of Indonesian horror productions finding international audiences beyond Southeast Asia, built around a premise where the setting itself, not just the antagonist, is the source of dread.
Where & how to watch
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