THE MOOGAI Official Trailer (2025)

The Moogai is a 2024 Australian supernatural horror film where a young Aboriginal mother, after a traumatic birth, sees a malevolent spirit called the Moogai—a "bad spirit" from Bundjalung lore—threatening to steal her newborn amid themes of intergenerational trauma from the Stolen Generations.
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Plot Summary
Sarah, recovering from a near-death delivery, experiences visions of ghostly children with white eyes and a lurking entity targeting her baby, dismissed as postpartum delusions by others. As tensions rise with her partner and family history, she confronts the spirit in a desperate stand to protect her children, blending folk horror with cultural reckoning.
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Cast and Crew
Shari Sebbens stars as Sarah, with Meyne Wyatt, Tessa Rose, Clarence Ryan, Toby Leonard Moore, and Bella Heathcote. Wiradjuri/Bundjalung director Jon Bell writes and directs the 86-minute film from his short, produced by Causeway Films.
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