Pontianak kapena Kuntilanak ndi mzukwa wa vampiric wachikazi wachi Malay. Amadziwikanso kuti Churel kapena Churail ku Bangladesh, India, ndi Pakistan.
Pontianak amakhulupirira kuti ndi mayi wapakati yemwe wamwalira mwanayo asanabadwe. Amawoneka ndi nsalu yoyera yayitali, tsitsi lakuda lalitali komanso nkhope yowopsa. Amati amayandama pamwamba pamtengo wawukulu ndipo amakonda kuseka mokweza m'mawu awo kuti awopsye odutsawo. Akhozanso kusandulika kukhala akazi okongola ndikuletsa Asamariya ena abwino kuti akwezedwe, ndipo amapita kumanda kapena m'miyala yomwe idachita zoipa kale.
