the jaded viewer

I don't know how I missed this debut trailer of Wapakman after being overcome with Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao hype over the last few days. But after seeing him demolish Miguel Cotto on Saturday night and retaining the prestige as the best pound for pound boxer in the world, after watching 4 24/7 episodes on HBO and hearing him sing on Jimmy Kimmel, you'd think I'd be all over this (I posted the teaser a while back)

Better late than never, right

Manny Pacquiao is the hero of the Philippines, an athlete who is regarded as the best boxer by all. He's defeated the best of the best. Marquez, Morales, Barerra, De La Hoya, Hatton and now Cotto. And so seeing him battle a hot vixen with supersonic breasts, a lava man and a giant crab should be no problem right?

Wapakman is going to rival any zany or insane Japanese movie with its crazininess. Here be the plot.

Magno is an ordinary man whose world revolves around his five kids while his wife, Magda, works as a nurse in Italy. One night Magno meets an accident. A car crashes into his truck and, upon impact, a big explosion takes place. Miraculously, Magno survives unscathed. The blowup is caused by Walo-walo, an organic substance which stores energy that is almost as powerful as nuclear energy. Soon, he wakes up and feels like a new man. Lighter. Faster. Stronger. Interestingly, his newfound powers start helping him become a better dad. His wish of being faster, smarter and stronger for his family is coming true. He assumes the identity of their favorite superhero - WAPAKMAN!

Soon, Magno learns that Magda has come back to take the kids with her to Italy. Magno wants his family to be together - happy and whole. He doesn't want to let go of the kids. But can he be a good dad in the eyes of his kids and still be a superhero? Magno knows that with Wapakman around the world will be a much safer place for his kids. This is a responsibility he just can not turn away from, but if it means losing his kids ... Can he give up being a superhero if it means saving the world? It is the hardest choice he has ever had to face and he must make a decision. Fast!

Directed by Topel Lee, and also starring Batista (from the WWE) and some other top Filipino stars, the movie is scheduled for release in the Philippines on Christmas Day, December 25th.

Enjoy the awesome trailer courtesy of Twitch.

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Filipino + Horror = Filipino horror?!?

Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan have all put their horror movies on the map. It's just amazing that this new generation of horror has come from a few small Asian countries in recent years. Their footprint for new extreme core horror and cultural horror has gotten noticed across the great Pacific. One country still hasn't caught up.

The Philippines does not have that reputation as of yet. However, Yam Laranas is hoping to change all that. He has already directed the box office smash Sigaw and the Hollywood remake The Echo.

The thing about Filipino horror is that it's mostly about ghosts and folklore. Most of the country actually believes in ghosts and mythical creatures. So their horror movies revolve around the sights and sounds of the unseen making carefully constructed, slow burn jump scare horror. You're not going to see torture porn coming out of these islands.

So Laranas's new movie, Patient X gets its story from the most infamous of Filipino legends the Aswang. The plot is below.

After twenty years, local police captures the murderer of the older brother of a young boy. Now a doctor, he must go back to his old town and face the murderers himself. He then discovers that the murderers are Aswangs (folkloric Filipino vampire-like creatures) and they pose a deadly threat not only to him but also for the entire town.

The teaser is below.





Thanks to Twitch and the official Yam Laranas blog for the info.

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Did everybody miss me? Well due to unforseen shit I had to take care of last week, I was of course MIA in my updating. Well I'm back and I've got some zany reviews to put up. In the meantime, I figure your getting your horror fixes from other horror-sphere sites but whose gonna cover a horror movie that takes place on the Philippines???

Well the jaded viewer will.

Surviving Evil stars Billy Zane and hot Natalie Mendoza (from The Descent and Descent 2)

Here be the plot.

A TV documentary crew arrive on a remote island in the Philippines to film a survival special. Their back-to-the-wild adventure proves to be more terrifying than they ever could have imagined.

More so the movie is about the Filipino mythical Aswang, or female vampire like creatures.

Check out the trailer below.

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