Monday, December 13, 2010
Wag Kang Lilingon (2006)
Bangis
This movie is an adaptation of Arnold's Predator which group of soldiers are out in the jungle to rescue a military superior from the rebel kidnappers. The base camp of the enemies are in the far side of the jungle and before any military troops who want to follow them will pass in many subcamps of the bandits. The will of saving the superior take the soldiers to the risk where they encounter some of the enemies in the woods. After they passed the enemies' camps they discovered that the next camp is out of living beings, they found dead people and even children and elders. They found a girl who hid in the barrel of water, she is very scared and tormented as she appeared to them. While on the way she tried to escape from the soldiers but still they got her back. As they found the camp where the Major is kept they bravely rescue him. They got him successfully, but along the way lies the beast which came out from nowhere whose responsible for the deaths in the prevoius camp they've passed. As how Predator look like this monster is very similar, shooting lasers and cutting people's body. They fight the monster and as they escaped few of the soldiers vanished as they were taken below the ground or up in the woods by the ferrocious beast. The captain let the major and the rest, with the girl to escape while he is left to fight the monster but the others refuse to left him. They help to fight the monster, the captain cut branches of the trees and put it in the hole buried on the ground. As the monster face them, he luckily put himself near the hole and the captain uses a long sharp pole to throw him down, the monster fell down the hole and exploded with explosives they put below. This movie is full of suspense as you watched it.
Pa Siyam
Pa Siyam is a traditional Filipino nine-day prayer after the burial session of the dead. After the death of their mother, the sons and daughters gathered for the nine-day prayer and as they go along investigating who killed their mother. Some are blaming themselves and caused conflict within the family.
Before the end of the nine days, some strange incident happened. The ghost of their mother is noticed in some unexplained situations and it seems that she has something to say to her sons and daughters.
In the final night they discovered writings in the wall of their names, all of them. After that they call the spirit of their mother and ask who killed her but when the ghost showed up she blames her sons and daughters because she died in too much sorrow while they are away in other places without thinking about her condition.
The story ended when their mother take her younger daughter's life. Their retarded youngest sister commited suicide hanging herself above her bed. As they have blamed by their mother, she take their youngest sister with her. She's with her mother in heaven now as an exchange of their long time absence in the sight of their mother.
Movie Feedback
This horror movie is a family-oriented story that actually happens to some families once they left their parents for their career in far places. The movie brought a shaking and scary revelations as you watch it.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Multo in the City
Multo in the City is a classic pinoy horror movie in the 90’s that literally means “ghost in the city”.