According to Malay legend, Orang Minyak is a creature that abducts young women by night. Supposedly, the creature is able to climb walls and grab victims while evading capture due to its slippery coating. The coating was first described as consisting of hair oil, before later stories evolved into it being covered in coconut oil and soot; the genre movies have it covered in crude oil reflecting the local industrial advancements at the time.
According to Malay folklore, Orang Minyak is a nocturnal abductor who snatches young women. It is said to be able to scale walls and capture victims due to its slippery coating. The coating was originally described as hair oil, but later stories evolved it being covered in coconut oil or soot; genre films portray it with crude oil to reflect local industrial advancements at the time.