The film follows a couple as the wife (Elizabeth Tan) goes missing after the husband (Zul Ariffin) experiences strange events during their first night staying at the family bungalow in Fraser's Hill.
Viewers claimed that nearly 80 per cent of Misteri Dilaila’s storyline bore similarities to the David Green-directed film which starred Mike Farrel and Margot Kidder.
The story follows a young couple named Jefri (Zul Ariffin) and Dilaila (Elizabeth Tan) who are on vacation at a bungalow house in Fraser's Hill, Pahang.
Filming started on 26 March 2018 and ended on 1 May 2018 in a total of 36 days, with shooting taking place on location in Fraser's Hill, Pahang and Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur.
80 percent of the plot is said to have similarities with the 1986 American TV film Vanishing Act that originally aired on CBS, directed by David Green and starring Mike Farrell, Margot Kidder and Fred Gwynne.