Ghost in the Cell - Joko Anwar's Horror Trailer

Dimas was supposed to investigate an illegal mine in Borneo, but he ends up in prison, accused of murdering his own director. In Block C, he finds a group of inmates grappling with an absurd and hallucinatory situation triggered by a series of mutilated bodies in ways impossible to explain. This is the premise of Ghost in the Cell, the new film by Joko Anwar, director of Satan's Slaves and Impetigore.

Among the prisoners is Six, a man capable of perceiving what lies beyond the world of the living. When it becomes clear that the deaths have a supernatural origin, the block's occupants are forced to set aside their rivalries and try to understand why that presence chose them.

When you have to stop hating to survive

The situation escalates when the murders begin to multiply, the victims are subjected to increasingly elaborate mutilations, and the inmates realize they are dealing with something that does not belong to their world. Six discovers that the creature seems to choose its victims, drawn by anger. To survive, the prisoners must therefore learn to control fear and aggression, a premise that also allows Anwar to insert moments that border on the surreal.

Anwar does not fail to exploit the prison environment to depict power dynamics outside those walls. Ordinary inmates are treated as cannon fodder, while corrupt officials continue to enjoy privileges and protections, even occupying cells transformed into actual suites. Released in Indonesia in April 2026 to good commercial success, some reviews consider the film to be the director's most successful and accomplished, highlighting the balance between horror, social critique, surreal comedy, and prosthetic effects. And it seems that even the ending is decidedly unconventional. It is very likely that we will see it directly on a streaming platform in Italy.