Movie Review: Sigaw Sa Hatinggabi

Sigaw sa Hatinggabi is about an investigation into possible murder of a battered wife whose husband is well known.  It is not clear whether the woman was   The film is told in a “Big Brother” style, as a documentary TV production crew records the efforts of a paranormal investigation group to find who killed the woman.  With the leadership of a celebrity medium, the group suspects that the murder was committed by the ghost of a serial killer who died more than two decades ago.  As the investigation continues, the celebrity medium keeps a secret that may endanger everyone trying to solve the mystery murder.

Movie Review: T'yanak

T’yanak is the story of Julie’s  adopted baby who transforms into a monster and terrorizes their quiet town of Putting Bato with a series of brutal murders, including the wife of townsman (Sid Lucero) who gets wrongly imprisoned for T’yanak’s crime.  Among T’yanak’s targets are Julie’s brother and his fiancee.  Julie, who has suffered miscarriage after miscarriage in her efforts to have her own child, is unwilling to turn over her adopted baby to the authorities despite the many murders it has committed.

Movie Review: Hukluban

Hukluban examines the plight of the cursed woman, Mira, over the span of three eras over six generations and her search for true love and a man played by actor Kiko Matos. Hukluban is a “gothic horror romance. The story was inspired by his 1983 drama thriller “Gabi kung sumikat ang araw,” which features a cursed woman who is beautiful woman at night but transforms into a hukluban, an aging old woman, by sunrise.  Immortal, the woman can only hope for true love to break the curse. 
 

Movie Review: Bacao

Bacao is about the torment of a young wife, Mayet, struggling to become pregnant.  Mayet, played by Michelle Madrigal, is an enchanting and desired young woman from a remote village of Isabela who experiences a sexual awakening upon her marriage to Abel (Arnold Reyes).  As their village is in the midst of a corn bountiful harvest, their sensual partnership also flourishes, though it is paradoxically fruitless.  Mayet’s anxiety and paranoia grows as pregnancy evades her.  To what extent will Mayet go to fulfill her desire of having a child?

Sineng Pambansa Horror plus Film Festival 2014 Official Entries

Sineng Pambansa Horror plus Film Festival begins Oct. 29 at SM Cinema Branches Nationwide

Direk Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes, Romy Zuzara, Gil Portes and Boy Vinarao @ Presscon of Sineng Pambansa

 

The Film Development Council of the Philippines, in partnership with SM Cinema, will present the Sineng Pambansa Horror plus Film Festival, which opens on October 29, 2014 and will run until November 4 in all SM Cinema branches nationwide

 The films participating in the festival include “T’yanak” co-directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes, “Hukluban” by director Gil M. Portes, “Bacao” by director Edgardo Vinarao, and “Sigaw sa Hatinggabi” by director Romy V. Suzara.

Hukluban Trailer - Sineng Pambansa HORROR plus Film Festival

Tiyanak Full Trailer - Sineng Pambansa HORROR plus Film Festival

Sineng Pambansa Horror Plus Film Fesitival 2014

My Verdict for Sineng Pambansa 2013

Movie Review: Tinik

"If you are gay, this is your story. If you are a lover, this is your story." Tinik promises an impartial study of homosexuality through the story of a middle-aged gay couturier and his attempts to hold on to his dignity amidst the dilemmas of his being a gay.

Movie Review: Bamboo Flowers

Bamboo Flowers talks about the lives of the young and the old Boholanos who have adapted to the changing behaviors of their lifestyles because of the dawning or tourism, technology and the demands of new age. 

Movie Review: Bahay ng Lagim

Taking place in a convent, we follow the story of Sister Sofia whose life takes a grave turn upon the arrival of, the troubled and haunted, Fatima. The documentary, The Gospel According to the Kid, will also be shown, which brings us into the life of Celso Ad. Castillo himself and his works.

Movie Review: Badil

Nonoy is assigned to take over the role of monitoring and guarding a number of people who are in their list of voters committed to support their party candidates. Badil is a window into how flawed our basic political right has become.

Movie Review: Otso

With hopes to reconnect with his roots, Lex returns to Manila and writes a screenplay for an indie film based on his neighbors. In the process, he discovers that his illusions of filmmaking, romance, and the city itself are at odds with the truth. 

Movie Review: Ang Tag-araw ni Twinkle

Twinkle is a rebellious young lady undergoing drug rehabilitation spends time in the company of her adoptive parents -- a retired Army general and his wife -- and her biological father, a former NPA leader with terminal cancer.

Movie Review: Sonata

Sonata is the story of a woman whose whole life is her art, and when she loses it, she loses her hold on the world until a young boy brings it back to her doorstep. The movie features veterans Cherie Gil and Richard Gomez.

Movie Review: Ano ang Kulay ng mga Nakalimutang Pangarap

Teresa has dedicated sixty years of her life to the service of a middle class family at the expense of her own happiness and fulfillment. Now that the family's matriarch has died, the children who were under Teresa's care have to decide on the fate of their aged nanny.

Movie Review: Lihis

Set in the 70s, two young male NPA warriors find themselves entangled in a web of frustrations, despair, and victory as they struggle to fight for their love in the middle of war against despotism and dictatorship. Lihis is a story of a fight for freedom and against victory. 

Movie Review: Lauriana

In 1955, the residents of a small idyllic village in Quezon are jolted to discover the dark, disturbing secret of a soldier and his common-law wife. The incomprehensible act takes the protagonists on a six-decade journey to find remorse, retribution, and forgiveness.