Son of the Vampire
MovieTitle | Anak Pontianak |
User score | 2 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1958 |
Genre | Horror |
Director | Ramon A. Estella |
Production country | Malaysia, Singapore |
Production companies | Malay Film Productions Ltd., Shaw Brothers |
Run time | 103 min. |
"Anak Pontianak" aka "Son of Pontianak' in 1958 starring the Shaw studio's leading lady Hashimah Yon and its male heartthrob Jins Shamsuddin. This horror film also featured a host of supernatural beings,besides the Pontianak and her werewolf son there was also a Polong (in the film the creature was shown as a kind of Mr Hyde alter-ego of one of the characters) and a Hantu Ular (Snake Ghost).