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Fatigued: On Nightmares and Simulations

08 Saturday Aug 2020

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cinemalaya, cinemalaya 2020, experimental, fatigued, Horror, independent film, james mayo, psychological, short film

Fatigued offers a glimpse of a bleak and horrifying dream. It brings the viewers in what looks like a simulation game where they have to interact with what is happening on the screen. 

Fatigued poster, Cinemalaya 2020 short film finalist
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Why is Eerie overrated?

29 Friday Nov 2019

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Asian cinema, bea alonzo, Charo Santos, Eerie, Horror, Michael Red, Movie review, Netflix, philippine cinema, Western horror

The genre of horror has always been looked down on in the international film scene. Critics look at horror films as crass and informal, not worthy of ‘serious’ analysis and examination. Often, they are categorized as either niche films or B movies. But for a third world country like the Philippines, where cultural workers serve as social critiques too, horror films are successful in the box office and with the critical audience. In fact, the longest-running film franchise in the country, is Shake Rattle and Roll, a horror film with 15 installments as of 2014. In this video essay, we examine a Filipino horror film that made rounds in the international film scene through its Netflix release – the 2018 film Eerie directed by Mikhail Red. We discuss how Eerie failed to fulfill two known categories in the horror genre.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Austen’s characters resurrected

14 Sunday Feb 2016

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Burr Steers, comedy, film review, Horror, Jack Huston, Jane Austen, Lily James, Movie review, novel, parody, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Sam Riley, satire, Seth Grahame-Smith

By: Kimiyo Meadows

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies puts a dark twist on the beloved classic tale by Jane Austen.  Based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s parody novel of the same name, the romance-action flick retells the highs and lows of the Bennet sisters’ respective love stories as you’ll remember them from Pride and Prejudice.  Also woven into the plot is the looming threat of a zombie apocalypse.

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Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin: If you can’t beat them, join them

18 Monday Jan 2016

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2016, action, Antonette Taus, Benjie Paras, Bob ong, Candy Pangilinan, Christine Reyes, comedy, Herbert Bautista, Horror, Jason Gainza, Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin, Maricel Soriano, Movie review, Paolo Ballesteros, parody, philippine cinema, philippines, romance, viva films

By Heinrich Domingo

Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin brings to the big screen a myriad of tales mocking the rotting aspects of Philippine cinema. Its imitation is flattering. But as it further immerses itself into the quicksand of clichés, expected endings, and unconvincing editing, it loses its grip on its real purpose. The film ironically ended to be just like the materials it ridiculed and laughed at.

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Nilalang: Unapologetically full of itself

17 Thursday Dec 2015

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2015, cesar montano, film, Horror, maria ozawa, meg imperial, metro manila film festival, mmff 2015, Movie review, nilalang, Review, thriller, viva films

by Lei Landicho

As an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), Nilalang claims that it is offering something new to the table. It declares that it can even pass international standards of filmmaking (relatively, though, to the MMFF trends from previous years). In all fairness, Nilalang truly knows how to please a crowd. It has blood, sex, and Maria Ozawa. The problem however is, when you strip it off of its appealing veneer, we see a half-baked, run-of-the-mill paranormal action film that admires itself as something more than it actually is. A work of art that gives too much labor on one of its elements while overlooking the others, then regards itself as excellent, is arrogant to say the least.

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