Sundo is a 2009 Filipino suspense|horror film directed by Topel Lee, and starring Robin Padilla, Sunshine Dizon and Rhian Ramos.
The film tells about Romano, a young man who has just healed after a terrible accident. Soon after he returns to to his hometown in Baguio, things change as Louella, an ex-girlfriend of his, pays a visit and suggests a peace offering, due to a family feud years back. The aid consists in helping Romano’s blind sister Isabel with the money for an eye operation.
Everybody accepts the offering and they decide to go to Manila. On their way to the city, Romano has a premonition and he believes something odd will happen, possibly a horrific accident. The group decides to seek help from a local witch who confirms that Romano can see everybody's Sundo (the ghost of a dead person who comes back to take one of their beloved to the other world), and they can not escape their fate. However, it seems that Romano has found a way to get rid of their curse, but they soon realize that the price they have to pay for gambling with the spirits is the hardest and most ruthless battle they will ever come across.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
DALAW
Dalaw (a.k.a. Visit) is a 2010 Filipino horror film directed by Dondon S. Santos, and starring Kris Aquino, Diether Ocampo and Gina Pareño.
Three years after her husband died, Stella decides to marry another man. Anton, a younger man, was her love even before she was forced to marry Danilo. But right after the wedding, she starts to experience strange visions of a dark figure. She soon realizes that her life is endanger as well as the people around her. Everything that happens around her seems to point to her dead husband as the culprit in the events. As she starts to feel guilty about her late husband's death, Stella tries to save everyone in her family from the ghost's wrath. To her bad luck, she also begins to suspect her husband is cheating on her with another woman whom he apparently got pregnant. Along the way, a lot of secrets start to unveil and Stella is now unsure of whose haunting she is being victim of, and more important, why she is being haunted.
Three years after her husband died, Stella decides to marry another man. Anton, a younger man, was her love even before she was forced to marry Danilo. But right after the wedding, she starts to experience strange visions of a dark figure. She soon realizes that her life is endanger as well as the people around her. Everything that happens around her seems to point to her dead husband as the culprit in the events. As she starts to feel guilty about her late husband's death, Stella tries to save everyone in her family from the ghost's wrath. To her bad luck, she also begins to suspect her husband is cheating on her with another woman whom he apparently got pregnant. Along the way, a lot of secrets start to unveil and Stella is now unsure of whose haunting she is being victim of, and more important, why she is being haunted.
Friday, May 6, 2011
WHITE HOUSE
White House is a 2010 Filipino horror film directed by Topel Lee, and starring Gabby Concepcion, Iza Calzado and Lovi Poe.
The film is about six young people who join as contestants in a new horror reality show. The winner will get a million pesos. The only condition is to survive for five days inside an abandoned creepy old mansion while dealing with some strange occurrences and ghastly appearances. As the night approaches, they soon realize that their lives are in great danger as it seems that most of what is happening is real.
The film is about six young people who join as contestants in a new horror reality show. The winner will get a million pesos. The only condition is to survive for five days inside an abandoned creepy old mansion while dealing with some strange occurrences and ghastly appearances. As the night approaches, they soon realize that their lives are in great danger as it seems that most of what is happening is real.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
MAG-INGAT KA SA... KULAM
Mag-ingat Ka Sa... Kulam is a 2008 Filipino horror film directed by Jun Lana, and starring Judy Ann Santos, Dennis Trillo, and Kris Bernal.
Right after surviving a car accident, Mira awakens in a hospital suffering from amnesia. As she regains pieces of her life with her husband and blind daughter, she starts to be haunted by a creepy-looking woman dressed in white. The situation becomes even more weird as she discovers she has a mentally unstable sister. Desperate to find the truth about her and her life before the accident, Mira is forced to confront evil spirits and herself in order to discover the real story.
Right after surviving a car accident, Mira awakens in a hospital suffering from amnesia. As she regains pieces of her life with her husband and blind daughter, she starts to be haunted by a creepy-looking woman dressed in white. The situation becomes even more weird as she discovers she has a mentally unstable sister. Desperate to find the truth about her and her life before the accident, Mira is forced to confront evil spirits and herself in order to discover the real story.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
PATIENT X

Patient X is a 2009 Filipino film co-written and directed by Yam Laranas, and starring Richard Gutierrez, Cristine Reyes, TJ Trinidad, and Miriam Quiambao.
After twenty years, a police officer finally captures one of doctor Lukas' brother murderers. He soon discovers that the murderers are not regular human beings, but Aswangs -a sort of legendary vampire-like creature from Filipino folktales-. However, the rest of the Aswangs are looking for their friend and they are becoming a menace for everybody inside the facility where they are keeping her. Doctor Lukas is then in charge of finding a means to kill the creatures before it's too late.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
TXT
TXT (a.k.a. Text) is a 2006 Filipino horror film co-written and directed by Michael Tuviera, and starring Angel Locsin, Dennis Trillo, Oyo Boy Sotto, and Julia Clarete.
After a car accident in which her boyfriend died, Joyce begins to receive strange text and picture messages on her cellphone. Every single message appears to be sent from her late boyfriend, Roman. As some people around her start to die, Joyce decides to get help from an expert in the paranormal. Soon, she discovers that a blood pledge she made with her ex-boyfriend might be the cause of her haunting. It is only up to Joyce to stop Roman from coming back from the grave to kill everybody around her.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
TIYANAKS

Tiyanaks is a 2007 Filipino horror film co-written and directed by Mark A. Reyes, and starring Rica Peralejo, Jennylyn Mercado, Mark Herras, J.C. de Vera, and Nash Aguas.
A group of college students decide to go on a field-trip for the Eastern holidays. However, on their way to the place they were supposed to go, they get lost and have to spend the night at the first house they encounter. At first, the owner of the house looks reluctant to having the youngsters stay at her house, but after further considerations, she decides to let them stay. But a lot of creepy things start to happen outside in the woods. Then, everybody at the house has to start running for their lives, as a group of child-like demons named Tiyanaks are out to hunt them.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
VILLA ESTRELLA

Villa Estrella is a 2009 Filipino film directed Rico Maria Ilarde, and starring Shaina Magdayao, Maja Salvador, Jake Cuenca, Geoff Eigenmann, and Ronnie Lazaro.
Anna keeps having a dream in which someone she doesn't know is drowning. Later, she is dragged away from the city to a place she doesn't remember having been there before but where everybody seems to know her. But as the day goes on, people start to disappear and something or someone is dragging unsuspecting victims into the dark and dirty pool.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
PA-SIYAM

Pa-Siyam is a 2004 Filipino horror film written and directed by Erik Matti, and starring Roderick Paulate, Cherry Pie Picache, Aubrey Miles, Maricar De Mesa, Yul Servo, Jaime Fabregas, Cristine Reyes, and Ana Capri.
After their mother's death, Nilo and all of his siblings gather together in their old home to respect the funereal rites and honor the Pa-sayim, which is the nine days of praying the novena for the soul of the departed. Although they were told that she died of natural causes, they soon realize that their mother's death might have been caused by someone else.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
SIGNOS

Signos (a.k.a. The Sign) is a 2007 Filipino horror film directed by Aloy Adlawan, and starring Luis Alandy, Ricky Davao, Irma Adlawan, Lauren Novero, D.M. Sevilla, Eloisa Yap, Nicolet Bell, and Nancy Castiglione.
Right after receiving a text message telling him that his father had suffered a heart-attack, Luis decides to go back to his home town to visit his dad and his step-family. Upon arrival, Luis meets his dad who looks in perfect condition, and who tells him that he had to go to the doctor for a routine examination. Also, it seems that everybody in the household ignores the text message, and everybody denies having sent it. Although everything seems to be OK at his father's house, Luis soon realizes that a mysterious amount of deaths have been happening around the town. As he doesn't want to leave his dad in such dangerous situation, Luis decides to stay for a little while and try to find out what is happening to the people around them. All the people seem to have died covered in mud, which have called the attention of Luis' childhood friend who has also lost his wife recently. It will be up to Luis to help his family and manage to get out of there alive.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
PAMAHIIN

Pamahiin (a.k.a. Superstition) is a 2006 Filipino horror film directed by Rahyan Carlos, and starring Dennis Trillo, Iya Villania, Marian Rivera, Jacklyn Jose, and Paolo Contis.
The movie tells the story of Noah right after he is back in his native Philippines. Fifteen years has passed and Noah has returned to his home town for his friend's funeral as he has committed suicide. Remembering how strong his friend Damian had always been, Noah cannot help but think why he took his own life. Since during their childhood, it was always three of them, Noah is also haunted by a distant childhood memory concerning his other best friend, Becca who apparently has long since left the town. Damian's death starts a series of weird and unexplained deaths and eerie haunting that has even reached Noah's girlfriend, Eileen. Skeptic, and not wanting to believe and accept the fact that superstitions are real, Noah tries to give a more practical explanation for everything until he experiences the haunting himself. Later on, Noah discovers that there is a lot he does not know about his childhood friends and it will be up to him and his girlfriend to stop such nightmare.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
SIGAW

Sigaw (a.k.a. The Echo) is a 2004 Filipino horror film directed by Yam Laranas, and starring Iza Calzado, Angel Locsin, Richard Gutierrez, James Blanco, and Ella Guevara.
Right after Marvin moves to his newly acquired apartment in an old-looking building he starts listening to loud and awkward noises from an apartment unit down the hallway in his same floor. This strange occurrences around his apartment seem to be becoming more often and weird, and there is a woman who comes every now and then to knock on his door. Meanwhile, the noise and disturb down the hall intensify and Jude is getting more and more scared since it seems that his neighbor's husband is a cruel cop who thinks Marvin is his wife's lover. However, every time the woman knocks on Marvin's door, she keeps calling another tenant named Jude. As Marvin gets drawn into the couple's frequent quarrels, he witnesses the cop chasing his wife and beating her up in the corridor. All this violence affects Marvin and he decides to talk to the landlord about the situation. Marvin then learns a secret that will change his life and his girlfriend's too.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
WHITE LADY

White Lady is a 2006 Filipino horror film directed by Jeff Tan and starring Pauleen Luna, JC de Vera, and Angelica Panganiban.
The film's story centers on Pearl, a new student in the Arts Academy. Since the very first moment, Pearl starts being bullied by her new classmates; and besides that, for no reason, she seems to be haunted by the ghost of a white dressed lady. As the apparitions become more constant, the intrigued and determined Pearl decides to solve such mystery. She then discovers that there is an apparent connection between the legend of the White Lady and the story of Christina, a simple girl who supposedly suffered bullying too. From there on, Pearl feels a certain affinity towards Christina and starts investigating the real story behind her disappearance and her seemly weird connection with the White Lady.
Friday, April 3, 2009
OUIJA

Ouija is a 2007 Filipino horror film directed by Topel Lee and starring Judy Ann Santos, Jolina Magdangal, Iza Calzado, and Rhian Ramos.
On the day the reunite to bury their grandmother, Aileen and Romina, along with their cousins Ruth and Sandra, decide to call upon the spirits of the dead with the help of their old Ouija board they found in their grandma's belongings. While performing the seance, the Ouija board is burned by accident, and the ritual remains unfinished. Soon after, the girls begin to experience strange visions as they all realize that they have brought an evil spirit upon themselves. Later on, Romina decides to ask a local shaman about the haunting and he tells her that they have to perform another session to summon the spirit again and thus, after they find out who it is, they will be able to destroy it and end their terror, since only by guiding the spirit to its burial ground the girls will finally be released from the fatal haunting.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
SUKOB

Sukob (a.k.a. The Wedding Curse) is a 2006 Filipino horror film written and directed by Chito Rono, and starring Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto.
After coming back home, Sandy learns about Helen, and old friend, who even after her father died decided to proceed with her wedding. Some weeks later, Helen's husband dies in a plane crash, and then she dies in a bus accident while going to the crash place. Their bodies have never been recovered, not even Helen's mom who disappear from her house some days after her daughter's death. Sandy, who is about to get married, proceeds with her own wedding; but right before, and during the wedding a lot of weird things start happening around her, and she keeps seeing a ghostly flower girl. As she finds out later, she is not the only one who sees the girl, as her cousin, Joya, can see her too. Later, after the wedding, Sandy and her husband learn that the van in which two of their guest were going back home was involved in an accident. When Sandy and her husband get to the site, both the bodies of the victims have already disappear. Things turn to worse when Sandy receives her wedding photos, as some of the people, including the ones who died, are headless in the pictures. Soon, Sandy will realize that all the headless people in the photos are about to die and it will be the time for her and Joya to discover what dark family secret is linked to the deaths and the way to end the curse before it takes away all the people they love.
Monday, March 23, 2009
WAG KANG LILINGON

Wag Kang Lilingon (a.k.a. Don't Look Back) is a 2006 Filipino horror film directed by Jerry Lopez Sinengneng and Quark Henares, and starring Anne Curtis and Kristine Hermosa.
Wag Kang Lilingon is divided into two stories: Uyayi and Salamin; however, at the end of the second segment, both stories are connected through a common character.
In Uyayi (Lullaby), a Filipino hospital has become famous due to the death of some of its male patients. Concerned about the incidents at the hospital, Melissa, one of the nurses, together with her boyfriend James, try to find out who the killer is and thus end the increasing number of deaths among the patients. Soon after, the segment will come to an end unveiling the apparent murderer and then the second part starts.
In Salamin (Mirror), a three member family, all females, a mother and her two daughters finally find a place to stay and call home in the rural provinces. Their new house is an old style colonial building that hasn't been inhabited for some years. Right after the three women enter their home the mother, Rosing, senses a strange smell of blood, but they don't pay much attention to it. Later on, Angel, the eldest daughter, discovers an old mirror in the basement; then she tells her young sister an old story that says that if you make a wish in front of a mirror at midnight by the candlelight you can be told the future and whomever you will marry. But instead of being told her future, Angel opens a portal to unleash spirits. As the story progresses, the three women will experience pure terror as they become haunted by ghosts.
The connection: the ending of the movie happens to work as the epilogue to Salamin and a prologue to Uyayi.
Monday, March 16, 2009
FENG SHUI

Feng Shui is a 2004 Filipino horror movie directed by Chito Roño and starring Kris Aquino.
After Joy (Kris Aquino) finds a Bagua mirror on a bus, she and her family become very lucky. Joy then becomes worried because together with the good luck, mysterious deaths begin to happen around her and close friends. Scared and desperate because of all the strange situations around her, Joy start looking for some answers and then it is revealed that everybody who looks into the Bagua's will die, and their death will be somehow related to their correspondent animal in the Chinese calendar which depends on what year the victim was born.
Joy then decides to consult an expert on Chinese folklore who tells her how to destroy the curse and possibly save some lives before the curse get to her and her family.
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