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Ang Manananggal Sa Unit 23B
''Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B'' () is a 2016 Philippine romantic gore independent film directed by Prime Cruz under The IdeaFirst Company and starred Ryza Cenon, Martin del Rosario, Cholo Barretto, and Vangie Labalan. Synopsis Jewel (Ryza Cenon) is a lonely woman secretly a manananggal who falls in love with Nico (Martin del Rosario), a heartbroken man who also has a low self-esteem like her. She is puzzled between allowing herself to love Nico or saving him from herself. Cast * Ryza Cenon as Jewel *Martin del Rosario as Nico *Cholo Barretto *Vangie Labalan Production ''Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B'' which had a genre described as "Romantic Gore" was directed by Prime Cruz and written by Jen Chuaunsu and was produced under The IdeaFirst Company. Prime wanted to make a film revolving around the local folklore creature, the manananggal The ''manananggal'' is a mythical creature in the Philippines that separates from their lower part of its body and their fangs and wings g ...
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Martin Del Rosario
Martin Miguel Mangay del Rosario (born November 25, 1992) is a Filipino actor and model who is known for his portrayal of Norberto Matias in the 2011 drama series ''Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin'', as Severino Monzon in the TV adaptation of '' Pintada'' in 2012, and as Nico in the 2016 film ''Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B''. Del Rosario received his first award as an actor in 2011 from the film '' Dagim'' naming him as the Breakthrough Performance by An Actor by the Entertainment Press Society for his role as Jun. He was also awarded, the same year, as the New Movie Actor of the Year by the Philippine Movie Press Club. In 2015, he won as Best Supporting Actor at the Gawad Urian Awards for his role as Gab in the 2014 Cinemalaya film, Dagitab. On September 2 of 2014, after six years of being a talent of ABS-CBN under Star Magic, del Rosario signed an exclusive contract with GMA Network. Prior to this, del Rosario was already seen in most of GMA Network shows such as ''Rhodora X'' and '' ...
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Manananggal
The ''manananggal'' is a mythical creature in the Philippines that separates from their lower part of its body and their fangs and wings give it a vampire-like appearance. Mythology The ''manananggal'' is described as scary, often hideous, usually depicted as female, and always capable of severing its upper torso and sprouting huge bat-like wings to fly into the night in search of its victims. The word ''manananggal'' comes from the Tagalog word ''tanggal'', which means "to remove" or "to separate", which literally translates as "remover" or "separator". In this case, "one who separates itself". The name also originates from an expression used for a severed torso. The ''manananggal'' is said to favor preying on sleeping, pregnant women, using an elongated proboscis-like tongue to suck the hearts of fetuses, or the blood of someone who is sleeping. It also haunts newlyweds or couples in love. Due to being left at the altar, grooms-to-be are one of its main targets. The sev ...
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Cinema Of The Philippines
The Cinema of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Pelikulang Pilipino'' or ''Sine Pilipino'') began with the introduction of the first moving pictures to the country on August 31, 1897, at the ''Salón de Pertierra'' in Manila. The following year, local scenes were shot on film for the first time by a Spaniard, Antonio Ramos, using the Lumiere Cinematograph. While most early filmmakers and producers in the country were mostly wealthy enterprising foreigners and expatriates, on September 12, 1919, ''Dalagang Bukid (Country Maiden)'', a movie based on a popular musical play, was the first movie made and shown by Filipino filmmaker José Nepomuceno. Dubbed as the "Father of Philippine Cinema," his work marked the start of cinema as an art form in the Philippines. Even with the problems currently facing motion pictures around the world, films are still considered one of the popular forms of entertainment among the Filipino people, directly employing some 260,000 Filipinos and generating arou ...
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Romantic Film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage is featured. These films make the search for romantic love the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, an ...
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Gore Film
A splatter film is a subgenre of horror films that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, usually through the use of special effects, display a fascination with the vulnerability of the human body and the theatricality of its mutilation. The term "splatter cinema" was coined by George A. Romero to describe his film '' Dawn of the Dead'', though ''Dawn of the Dead'' is generally considered by critics to have higher aspirations, such as social commentary, than to be simply exploitative for its own sake. The term was popularized by John McCarty's 1981 book ''Splatter Movies'', subtitled: ''Breaking The Last Taboo: A Critical Survey Of The Wildly Demented Sub Genre Of The Horror Film That Is Changing The Face Of Film Realism Forever''. The first significant publication to attempt to define and analyse the 'Splatter Film', McCarty suggests that Splatter is indicative of broader trends in film production. Though Splatter is associated ...
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Independent Film
An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in some cases, distributed by major companies). Independent films are sometimes distinguishable by their content and style and the way in which the filmmakers' personal artistic vision is realized. Usually, but not always, independent films are made with considerably lower budgets than major studio films. It is not unusual for well-known actors who are cast in independent features to take substantial pay cuts for a variety of reasons: if they truly believe in the message of the film; they feel indebted to filmmaker for a career break; their career is otherwise stalled or they feel unable to manage a larger commitment to a studio film; the film offers an opportunity to showcase a talent that hasn't gained traction in the studio system; or ...
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Manananggal
The ''manananggal'' is a mythical creature in the Philippines that separates from their lower part of its body and their fangs and wings give it a vampire-like appearance. Mythology The ''manananggal'' is described as scary, often hideous, usually depicted as female, and always capable of severing its upper torso and sprouting huge bat-like wings to fly into the night in search of its victims. The word ''manananggal'' comes from the Tagalog word ''tanggal'', which means "to remove" or "to separate", which literally translates as "remover" or "separator". In this case, "one who separates itself". The name also originates from an expression used for a severed torso. The ''manananggal'' is said to favor preying on sleeping, pregnant women, using an elongated proboscis-like tongue to suck the hearts of fetuses, or the blood of someone who is sleeping. It also haunts newlyweds or couples in love. Due to being left at the altar, grooms-to-be are one of its main targets. The sev ...
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Vangie Labalan
Maria Cristina Labalan (born January 20, 1945, in Bacolod, Negros Occidental), known professionally as Vangie Labalan is a Filipina actress, comedian, acting coach, and voice actress. Life Maria Cristina Labalan was born on January 20 in Bacolod, a highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas. She is a widow and has four children. Labalan owns a company called "Synch Masters", which specialized in dubbing Mexican telenovelas and anime shows in Filipino. Career She began her career in radio in 1962 in Bacolod before going on to television and film, and she has been in the entertainment industry for half a century. She was discovered by the filmmaker, stage and television director, actor, and screenwriter, Ishmael Bernal when he noticed the natural actress in her while supervising the dubbing of the film "Aliw." starred by Lorna Tolentino. Labalan rose to prominence for her breakout performance as "Aling Saling", Nora Aunor's mother in Himala (1982), in which she ...
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Sex Scenes
Sex in film, the presentation of aspects of sexuality in film, specially human sexuality, has been controversial since the development of the medium. Films which display or suggest sexual behavior have been criticized by religious groups or have been banned or censored by governments, although attitudes have changed much along the years and a more permissive social environment has developed in certain parts of the world, notably in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. In countries with a film rating system, films which contain explicit sex scenes typically receive a restricted classification. Nudity in film may be regarded as sexual or as non-sexual. An erotic film is usually a film that has an erotic quality, meaning that it may arouse sexual feelings, even if the stated or suggested intention of the film maker is to induce philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love. Love scenes, erotic or not, have been p ...
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2017 Pista Ng Pelikulang Pilipino
The 2017 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP, ) is the inaugural edition of the annual Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines. It featured 12 locally produced films which was screened from August 16 to 22, 2017. Entries Feature films Entry films had to be submitted in a finished state by June 15, 2017. The official entries were determined by a selection committee composed of Erik Matti, Joey Javier Reyes, Manet A. Dayrit, Ricky Lee, Lee Meily, Oggs Cruz, and Iza Calzado. The official entries were revealed on June 30, 2017. *''100 Tula Para Kay Stella'' by Jason Paul Laxamana *'' AWOL'' by Enzo Willaims *''Bar Boys'' by Kip Oebanda *'' Birdshot'' by Mikhail Red *''Hamog'' by Ralston Jover *''Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B'' by Prime Cruz *''Paglipay'' by Zig Dulay *''Patay na si Hesus'' by Victor Villanueva *''Pauwi Na ''Pedicab'' ( fil, Pauwi Na) is a 2016 Philippine social realist drama film directed by Paolo Villaluna and produc ...
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Philippine Romantic Horror Films
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of aro ...
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