Pamali: Tumbal [Movie Review]

Pamali: Tumbal [Movie Review] | The third in the Pamali series - of course I have to watch it. 

Will it be as scary as the first two?

SYNOPSIS

Pamali: Tumbal (2025) Trivia

• Starring: Keisya Levronka, Fajar Nugra, Ummi Quary, Djenar Maesa Ayu & Verdi Solaiman
• Director: Bobby Prasetyo
• Producer: Marcella Daryanani & Andi Suryanto
• Production Company: LYTO Pictures

• Distributed by: GSC Movies
• Release date: August 7, 2025
• Running time: 97 minutes
• Rating: MA
• Country: Indonesia
• Language: Indonesian
• IMDb: 6.9/ 10
• Tomatometer: NA
• Metascore: NA
• Adapted from the hit Indonesian horror game Pamali: The Little Devil, rooted in local folklore and chilling taboos.
• Is the third entry in the Pamali universe and crafted to stand on its own while expanding the chilling saga.

The movie starts with a woman trying to escape captivity, only to be struck by lightning and she curses her pursuer before she dies. 

Putri lives in a village with her mother, Ambar and his younger brother, Aji, leading a simple life. Her mother works at the local warung where Sukiman, the village headman always meets with other villagers there. Something strange happens where one by one, women in the village start disappearing without a trace. Mysterious thefts occur, money vanishing without logic or reason. Putri wants to work on a cruise to help ease the family's burden but her mother is against it. 

Until one day, her mother was let go by the owner. Ambar walks mindlessly, not knowing what to do to make ends meet. While sitting inside a hut, she comes across a bag full of money. At first, she wants to be a good person by returning it to Sukiman. She then changes her mind as she needs it more. 

That's when the disturbances start. Ambar starts sleepwalking and Aji sees someone, a childlike person, walks around the house at night. 

And then, one fateful day, Putri’s mother disappears too.

With the help of her loyal friends Kiki and Cecep, Putri sets out to look for her mother. Their search takes them deep into a haunted forest, through an abandoned chemical factory, and finally to an old, decaying house that seems lifeless but is anything but empty. Within its walls dwell sinister entities such as mischievous tuyul and a vengeful black kuntilanak.

What begins as a search for her missing mother quickly spirals into a fight for survival. Piece by piece, the chilling truth is revealed. The village is bound by an ancient supernatural pact between a human and evil, one that demands female lives as payment. Unknowingly, Putri’s mother has become part of this dark bargain after taking what seemed like abandoned money, never realizing it was tumbal money. Money that is cursed and deadly.

What are the pamali that the teenagers unknowingly broken?

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• Happy to hear about all those restrictions said by our elders are mentioned in the movie.  
• Good performance by the cast.

What I Don't Like:

• Not as scary as the first two.   

Will I Watch It Again: Not in my go to list.

Overall: 4.0/ 5.0

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