Malay ghosts

Pontianak - vampire in white dress seeking revenge.
Polong - unseen ghost that can be used by a black magic practitioner to harm someone.
Toyol - ghostly children used by the owner to steal other people's money.
Pelesit - ghost in grasshopper shape. Used by Black magic practitioner to possess someone.
Hantu Demon - an evil spirit or demon. There are many different types.
Hantu Air - water ghost in rivers, pots and seas.
Hantu Kopek - ghost in woman apparition said like to hide children within her big bosoms, especially during dusk.
Hantu Raya - is a variation of ghost which if owned, the owner will get help with hard labour and protection of his house and orchard. Others will see Hantu Raya have a similar outlook with his owner. During his owner absence Hantu Raya may sleep and consumated with his wife as him.
Hantu Bungkus or Pocong - ghost jumping around wrapped in a white shroud. Langsuir - variation of the Pontianak.
Bunian - good ghosts or jinns living in the jungle. Loves to help humans.
Hantu Jepun - World War II Japanese ghosts. They wear WWII army attire and carry samurai swords. Most are headless.
Hantu Bukit - ghosts that haunt the hilly areas.
Hantu Kubur - ghosts that haunt the cemeteries.
Hantu Pari-Pari - fairy ghosts.
Jelangkung - closet ghost.
Hantu Laut - sea ghosts.
Hantu Galah - very tall ghosts. As high as coconut trees.
Jin Tanah - jinns living underground.
Hantu Khairi - usually sucks money and steal money from village people.
Hantu Kum Kum - a female ghost carrying a tombstone as a baby asking for milk.
Orang Minyak - "Oily Man". Rapist who believes in mystical properties of forced sex.
Hantu Penanggal - Heads and intestines flying without body. Loves to suck the blood of a newborn child.
Harimau Jadian - Big tiger ghosts.
Jembalang Tanah - underground ghosts.
Penanggalan - A peculiar variation of the vampire myth that apparently began in the Malay Peninsula.
Si Ruban - A ghost that appeared as a flying head. Loves to suck blood.