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Plot Summary:
A young girl develops an unknown infection that causes her to evolve into a horrifying monster.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: terrifying
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Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang (2012)
Plot Summary:
Corazon revolves around the love story of a married couple during the times of Japanese rule in the Philippines who's having a hard time conceiving a child. After joining traditional fertility rites in honor of certain patron saints, their prayers are eventually answered but unexpected circumstances will lead to their baby's death. At which point the conflict of the story will begin.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, exciting
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Forever and a Day (2011)
Plot Summary:
Eugene arrives in Bukidnon with only one intention: to forget his problems at work. But when he meets Raffy and as they travel and go on ridiculous and death-defying activities together, they start to form a friendship that goes beyond Euge’s original plan. Raffy helps Euge appreciate himself more and to look at things in a positive way. With Raffy, Euge begins to believe in himself again. Soon, against his own expectations, he admits to himself that has fallen in love with this girl. But life is truly ironic. The moment Euge expresses his feelings for her, Raffy suddenly starts to push him away. She admits that he can never have her, and she doesn’t want Eugene to hope for a happy ending with her, because she cannot be loved.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, unusual plot structure, contemplative, vintage
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Ishmael (2010)
Plot Summary:
An ex-convict who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past. Ishmael decided to come back home to find peace and solitude in a place familiar to him. But his dream of rebuilding his shattered past is shaken when a mysterious innocent girl ends up in his front yard. A powerful religious cult headed by an enigmatic leader known as the Ama, is running the town.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: one man show
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Villa Estrella (2009)
Plot Summary:
How come people who go there are never seen again? Does the villa "eat" people alive? The movie tells the story of Ana who has always been having nightmares about certain people getting killed of Madre Na Aswang. Things become scarier when her ex-boyfriend brings her to Villa Estrella where she meets a girl named Gisele who seems to be very familiar to her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Barang (2006)
Plot Summary:
A heart-pounding fright movie about a provincial lass whose life and death is shrouded by inexplicable and ghastly events so affecting the whole community of Sta. Barbara. Igan suffers a gruesome death in the hands of a devil worshipper, Nana Ursula. After young Igna incurs the wrath of a spiteful witch, a strong spell leaves the unlucky provincial woman cursed for the rest of her life and her death. Eager to exact revenge from the grave, Igna targets three young visitors. The trio must fight for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Be Careful of... Spells (2008)
Plot Summary:
Mira survives a car accident, and awakens without a memory of her past. As she is regaining pieces of her life with husband Paul and blind daughter Sophie, her business associate Dave convinced her to leave her husband as what she promised her before the accident. However, the situations go more weird as strange things start to occur in her home. Mira is forced to confront her past and discover the real story.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Tarot (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young woman uses her grandmother's tarot cards to find her missing boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Bona (1980)
Plot Summary:
A scorned teenager gets revenge on the aging gigolo who took advantage of her while pursuing other women.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Thy Womb (2012)
Plot Summary:
A Bajau midwife copes with the irony of her own infertility amid the deprivations of her gypsy community in Tawi-Tawi. A saga of island life stuck between the devil of passion and the deep blue sea of tradition.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching
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Perpetrator (2023)
Plot Summary:
Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her eighteenth birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, teen horror
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Bliss (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Bliss" tells the story of actress Jane Ciego. Though successful and desirable to many, Jane, now in her 30’s, has become tired of the usual projects she’s been getting. She decides to produce her own film to win respect in the industry. But things do not go as planned. A terrible accident on the set leaves her temporarily crippled, trapped in a house filled with bizarre phenomena, and under the care of her unloving husband and a strange, obsessive nurse. With the horrors and madness escalating each day, Jane’s simple dream turns into an endless nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, clever, weird
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Shake, Rattle & Roll 2k5 (2005)
Plot Summary:
The second installment of episodes from this classic horror series scares up even more screams than the first. In "Poso," a wealthy client tempts a hack occultist out of retirement. In "Aquarium," a family moves into their new home only to discover that the previous occupants left something terrible behind. And in "Lihim," a pregnant woman fears for the life of her unborn child.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: dark fairy tale, anthology
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Last Day (2012)
Plot Summary:
One morning, residents of a rural village are horrified when the sun rises in the West. According to Islamic belief, this phenomenon signals the Apocalypse. As village folk react differently to the situation, a tragedy strikes when one of the residents is raped and her brother brutally murdered as he tries to avenge her. Steep in superstition, the villagers attribute these to the Devil himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Soliloquy (2009)
Plot Summary:
A bus takes-off from urban Manila to the rural southeastern side of the country, carrying a group of mixed passengers from all walks of life, each one has a personal story to tell and they are telling it in their own voice. During the long journey, as the passengers mentally sort out their past & their future, things happen in the present, by choice or by providence, that make their journey memorable—the bus blows a tire, a song elicits tears, a butterfly causes commotion, a picture gets lost, someone's head is stoned, some hearts are broken, some mended. The bus ride poetizes the life journey and poses questions on issues of life and death and where exactly the line is drawn between free will and destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Seventies (2002)
Plot Summary:
A middle-class Filipino family struggles to survive in the era of dictatorship.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: political, tagalog
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Thelma (2011)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of a tomboyish Ilocano lass from Ilocos Norte, Thelma (Maja Salvador) whose family is beset with challenges when she discovers her uncanny gift of speed. Her talent then opens doors for her – to elevate her family’s situation and change the course of her own life. But to do that she will have to run- against all obstacles, against personal hindrances, against shadows from her past, and against her own self-doubts. Will she ever accomplish her dream as a successful athlete?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Philippines
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags:
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Play Dead (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman uses her magic powers and a vicious Rotweiller dog to murder her relatives.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, brutal, independent film, awful
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Shake, Rattle & Roll II (1990)
Plot Summary:
Shake, Rattle & Roll II is the second installment of the Shake Rattle & Roll franchise. It was distributed by Regal Films. It is directed by Peque Gallaga & Lore Reyes. This film is an entry of the 1990 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is the first starring role of Manilyn Reynes before the following sequels.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale, terrifying, suspense
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Haunted House (2009)
Plot Summary:
Romano and his men are ambushed in one military operation. Romano almost gets killed but wakes up after staying in coma for several days. His life will never be the same again. He resigns from the military and goes into seclusion in their Baguio ancestral house after realizing that he now has a supernatural gift.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Visit (2010)
Plot Summary:
For the sake of her son, Paolo, Stella is re-married to another man, Anton, in the hopes of a having a whole and peaceful family life. However, after the wedding, she experiences major haunting that endangers her life and the people around her. All the clues are pointing to her dead husband. Feeling guilty of her ex-husband’s death, Stella tries to save her family from the ghost’s wrath. Along the way, secrets start to unravel and Stella is now unsure of who is haunting her and why she is being haunted.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, semi serious, suspense, rough, offbeat, humorous
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Seance (2007)
Plot Summary:
Half-sisters Aileen and Romina, along with first cousins Ruth and Sandra, reunite in Camiguin to bury their grandmother. Accompanied by Sandra's friend, Lucy, the five girls dare to call on the spirits of the dead when they find their old Ouija board from when they were kids. The Ouija board is burned by accident before they are able to finish the ritual, trapping a murderous entity around them. As they begin to realize the terror that they have brought upon themselves, Aileen and Romina's hostile relationship even become more strained, while Lucy's sanity brings a heavy burden on Sandra, and Ruth's boyfriend, Gino, is unknowingly pulled into the danger and horror that await all of them. Confronted by imminent Death, the girls have nowhere to go unless they can identify the spirit and find out where it is buried. It is only by leading the spirit to its burial ground that they will able to release the spirit from the Ouija board and survive its fatal hauntings.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Ordinary People (2016)
Plot Summary:
ORDINARY PEOPLE is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not even a month into parenthood, their child is stolen from them. In order to retrieve the child, the young couple is forced to take desperate measures.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tragic ending, tagalog, crying, tragic
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Die Beautiful (2016)
Plot Summary:
Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 934
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, light, sincere, unusual plot structure, humorous, queer cinema
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The Mad Room (1969)
Plot Summary:
This compelling remake of the classic 'Ladies In Retirement (1941)' stars Stella Stevens as Ellen, a woman living as a companion to her future mother-in-law, wealthy and very irascible widow Mrs. Armstrong (Shelley Winters). Soon after, Ellen's younger brother and sister, one of whom murdered their parents (they can't remember which one of them did it), are released from an asylum and come to live with them. And thus begins a chilling mystery loaded with twists and thrills, as director Bernard Girard (Dead Heat On A Merry-Go-Round) keeps tightening the screws brilliantly.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Naked Witch (1967)
Plot Summary:
College student Stephen accidently awakens Beth, a witch put to death back in the 1800's who begins a wave of killing as well as terrorizing him.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, gay cinema
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Shake, Rattle & Roll 13 (2011)
Plot Summary:
An old man Lando (Ronnie Lazaro) has buried something under his house. When he is finished, he encounters a group of white people. The chieftain (Manu Respall) demands Lando to give back something that belongs to them which he refuses. Angered, he and his tribesmen savagely killed him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Requiem (2006)
Plot Summary:
Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, demonic, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, intense, touching, depressing
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Independence (2009)
Plot Summary:
Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet life. One day, the son discovers a wounded woman in the middle of the forest, and decides to bring her home.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, contemplative, slow cinema, aesthetic, gloomy, black and white
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Feng shui (2004)
Plot Summary:
Joy and her family have just moved into a new home, in a sparsely populated village. For them, it’s time for new beginnings- a new chance and a new hope. But what for fortune awaits them.. and woe the tragedies to follow. On what should be the most unfortunate day of her life, Joy picks up a package left by a stranger in a bus. It is called ‘ba-gua’, (feng shui mirror) an item that drives bad luck away. Joy could not refuse the luck that continues to come her way until everything appears too good to be true. Unexplained events disturb her family’s peace . People start to die as well. Having been advised by the geomancer to simply say no to the next form of luck, all Joy could do now is wait. But what painful decision awaits her? Will Joy prevail or be consumed by the curse of the bagua mirror?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, spooky, terrifying, realistic
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The Swarm (2020)
Plot Summary:
Virginie lives on a farm with her children Laura (15) and Gaston (7) and raises locusts as a high-protein crop. Life is hard: money worries and practical problems are piling up, tensions with her kids and neighbors are running high. But everything changes when she discovers the locusts have a taste for blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, atmospheric, perverse, psychological horror, psychological, weird