I'm sorry but I just have to write something about this movie given the very kind reviews in the page.
First off, I don't think this is the kind of movie that even the mass audience will like as commented in one of the reviews. It's evident with the gross of the movie. It tanked.
Now I'm a huge fan of horror movies and I'm a fan of great tagalog horror movies like "feng shui", "sigaw" and for some parts, "sukob". But c'mon, this movie is just wrong starting from the premise: How they were able to capture Guada??? I mean c'mon. These aswangs should have superhuman strength and if I can remember it right, they don't have any idea how to kill or even weaken them.
I also have a HUGE problem with Alfred who apparently tried everything to kill Guada. Duh! Why didn't he thought of decapitating her??? Isn't that one of the top five ways to kill a beast? And those are just the big problems, also have problems with: - the romantic insinuation between Guada and Lukas which didn't quite take off. Was that just bad acting or was it really part of the story? - the ending: what's with the face of Lukas as he drives away? - In one of the scenes, Lukas just barred the door with a rolling hospital bed and it seriously kept the aswangs out. what??? - the lack of visual effect to show the agility of the aswangs... totally made the film look like a B movie All in all, the screenwriter decided to make a movie with characters who apparently lacks common sense. or even worse, he's expecting the audience to leave their brains out before watching the movie. Yam Laranas did display his mastery of the camera but that alone makes you a good director.
I believe this is the first time I'm rating this low and believe me, the movie deserved it.
First off, I don't think this is the kind of movie that even the mass audience will like as commented in one of the reviews. It's evident with the gross of the movie. It tanked.
Now I'm a huge fan of horror movies and I'm a fan of great tagalog horror movies like "feng shui", "sigaw" and for some parts, "sukob". But c'mon, this movie is just wrong starting from the premise: How they were able to capture Guada??? I mean c'mon. These aswangs should have superhuman strength and if I can remember it right, they don't have any idea how to kill or even weaken them.
I also have a HUGE problem with Alfred who apparently tried everything to kill Guada. Duh! Why didn't he thought of decapitating her??? Isn't that one of the top five ways to kill a beast? And those are just the big problems, also have problems with: - the romantic insinuation between Guada and Lukas which didn't quite take off. Was that just bad acting or was it really part of the story? - the ending: what's with the face of Lukas as he drives away? - In one of the scenes, Lukas just barred the door with a rolling hospital bed and it seriously kept the aswangs out. what??? - the lack of visual effect to show the agility of the aswangs... totally made the film look like a B movie All in all, the screenwriter decided to make a movie with characters who apparently lacks common sense. or even worse, he's expecting the audience to leave their brains out before watching the movie. Yam Laranas did display his mastery of the camera but that alone makes you a good director.
I believe this is the first time I'm rating this low and believe me, the movie deserved it.