TOKOLOSHE: where she goes, it follows.

On the promising side...

Did you see this? Did you hear about this?...

Apparently there's a local movie out called TOKOLOSHE. I heard this morning. Maybe I am ignorant... or it wasn't marketed well. Which is a shame too, because the trailer looks fresh. It's for the horror movie buffs.

A creaky door at night is always creepy. People with haunted house never lubricate the door hinges.

She's sleeping peacefully, when something crawls into bed... could it be Tokoloshe?

Yep. Tokoloshe has landed.

... and he's a hippy with blonde dreads.

This is how we describe Joburg... otherwise known as Sin City.

The nurse is a Tokoloshe encyclopedia. She scares the main character even before Tokoloshe himself makes an appearance.

And of course the halls in haunted houses experience perpetual load shedding.

Tokoloshe finally speaks. He is middle aged and Zulu. Here, he is trying to smooth talk a young, innocent kid... which is creepy on many levels. Enough levels for horror.

She breaks Tokoloshe's heart.

He doesn't take it well at all.

He gives the little girl an assignment, to keep her busy and stop doodling walls like a three year old.

The little girl warns the main character not to come close and tells her, explicitly, why.

But horror movie people got nerves of steel... or they stupid.

There's the title character right there, looking less scarier than I imagined... He was covered in glue and fell into some hay?

Of course the creepy blind guy always SEES more.

The little girl has disappeared. Guess who took her?

The main character must go look for her alone, at night, with no weapons... it's horror.

Does that mean she found her? I'm a bit confused.

But will running really help? Obviously Tokoloshe is a supernatural. You can run as fast as Bolt, Tokoloshe will walk the hall way in slo-mo like Jason...

... and still catch you.

"He walks 120km per hour"

The little girl might be a medium too... she hears dead people.

The trailer promises us a standard horror movie. With a boogeyman, a little innocent girl and great visuals. Let's hope the actual movie doesn't disappoint.

4.2/5