“Seklusyon” is a brave movie that do away from the usual Filipino scary films but instead touch your inner self to think about that one big terror in your life you couldn’t let go. That is just how I look at the film and will let you do your own interpretation about it.
That is why I do suggest for you to head on to the cinema this coming December 25 and watch Seklusyon and all of the other 7 films that are part of this years Metro Manila Film Festival.
Seklusyon stars Neil Ryan Sese, Ronnie Alonte, and Dominique Roque (to name a few) and directed by Erik Matti. The other film fest entries are listed below;
- DIE BEAUTIFUL (directed by Jun Robles Lana, starring Paolo Ballesteros)
- KABISERA (directed by Real Florido, starring Nora Aunor and Ricky Davao)
- SAVING SALLY (directed by Avid Liongoren, starring Rhian Ramos and Enzo Marcos)
- SUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN (directed by Babyruth Villarama, starring Hazel Perdid, Maylyn Jocob, and Cherry Bretania)
- ORO (directed by Alvin Yapan, starring Irma Adlawan and Mercedes Cabral)
- VINCE & KATH & JAMES (directed by Theodore Boborol, starring Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia, and Ronnie Alonte)
- ANG BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK 2 (directed by Marlon Rivera, starring Eugene Domingo)
I was able to cross out one of the film when HOOQ, Asia’s largest video-on-demand service, and co-presenter of the 42nd Metro Manila Film Festival, concludes 2016 with a special HOOQ HANGOUTS with a celebrity-studded premiere of Erik Matti’s SEKLUSYON days before it’s regular run at theaters throughout the country.
“We started HOOQ HANGOUTS a few months ago to provide a forum to showcase the vast library of HOOQ, particularly our local content which spans almost five decades. That is why we are ending the year with this HOOQ HANGOUTS featuring an exclusive screening of Seklusyon, produced by Reality Entertainment, which incidentally is also our partner in creating OTJ: The Series,” says Jane Cruz-Walker, HOOQ Philippines Country Manager.
Along with Ronnie, Ryan and Dominic are Lou Veloso, Rhed Bustamante, Phoebe Walker, Elora Espano, John Vic De Guzman and JR Versales. Set in the 1940s, the movie follows a young deacon (Alonte) who hides from the devil in a sacred sanctuary seven days before he is ordained as a priest.
SEKLUSYON has become one of the most anticipated entries since the announcement of its inclusion in the festival and is the only horror themed film in this year’s MMFF. The movie has also been getting positive reviews since it made its international premiere at the recent Macau International Film Festival. So if your into scary films, this one shouldn’t be missed.
HOOQ continues its collaboration with the Metro Manila Film Festival, major local studios, as well as a slew of independent film-makers in order to bring more of the MMFF entries onboard HOOQ. MMFF entries from recent years, such as Regal Entertainment’s “Haunted Mansion”, ABS-CBN’s “Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay” and “Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy” were made available on HOOQ.
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