‘The Missing’ review: Jaded horror
Dec 31, 2020 6:51 PM PHT
Oggs Cruz
Jump scares and jarring sounds
It has the jump scares that are always accompanied by the most jarring of sounds.
It has a tolerably deliberate pace that adds tension to the carefully constructed atmosphere. It has the stereotypical protagonist with a troubled past, and of course, the protagonist will also have a partner, whose motives will be shrouded in mystery, all for the purpose of magnifying the lack of safety.
It has all the familiar grooves that one can expect from the genre.
It opens quietly, introducing Iris (Ritz Azul), an architect whose expertise is in the restoration of old buildings, in the process of completing her work for a client. During the reopening of the building, she is invited by Job (Joseph Marco), an old flame and fellow architect, to accept a contract to restore a house in Saga, Japan. Despite her psychological condition, which has forced her to take medications or risk
endIndex: Antoinette Jadaone s Fan Girl, starring Paulo Avelino and Charlie Dizon, won the Best Picture in this year s Metro Manila Film Festival. Screencap from BLACK SHEEP/YOUTUBE
Dagupan (CNN Philippines Life) With Filipino stories dominating the screens every Christmas season, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is historically home to some of mainstream Filipino cinema’s best and worst.
This year, the MMFF expands its film selection to ten films instead of the usual eight, and offers even Filipinos outside of the country a chance to celebrate with the community, via online streaming as the country is still in quarantine.
Published December 28, 2020, 9:43 AM
As the only horror entry in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival, Regal Films’ The Missing certainly had to meet a lot of expectations from horror aficionados.
Unlike in previous years, the annual film festival is not shown on movie theaters, but rather employs the Upstream online platform to deliver the movies to audiences, owing to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This changes the viewing experience drastically, especially for a horror film. There was no doubt that Regal Films, the studio behind the epic Shake Rattle and Roll franchise, did its best to deliver something out of the ordinary.
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