Truly Dreadful Film

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This film's the fifth instalment of the incredibly long-running Filipino horror anthology series. As usual there are three stories collected here, of wildly varying quality. First up is MALINGO, about a couple on an island being menaced by forces unknown. It mainly consists of characters hanging around in a building while the viewer gets bored. The second tale, ANINO, is about an apartment block which is haunted by a murderer's spirit. It's just as dull as the first, without any kind of atmosphere or suspense whatsoever. The last story, IMPAKTO, has two siblings kidnapped and taken to the lair of a monstrous beast. This one's actually decent, a traditional monster story about an ugly vampire guy in a suit jacket wandering around and roaring a lot