Malay beliefs’ system is based on inherited traditions. But, after the arrival of the religious system in
the archipelago, religion become one of the basic beliefs of the Malay community. There was a clash
between traditional cultural practices and religious practices in the Malay community. This creates a
third form of belief based on popular culture. Since then, Malay community practice rituals based on
the popular belief. This idea originally created by Mohd Taib Osman (1989) in developing a conceptual
model of the Malay community belief systems. In fact there is some sort of confusion among the Malay
community in response to popular belief practices as religious practices. This study examines how the
popular belief is represented through local horror films in three phase which are first phase (1957-
1967), second phase (1980-1990) and third phase (2001-2011). In addition, the transformation of popular belief representation through local horror films in this three different phase will also be
identified.