在我没有真正的参考框架之前，我从未去过菲律宾电影院。因此，对有关的帖子的回应电影博客from the Director of Sigaw,山拉拉纳斯, was a welcome surprise.

I had heard that this movie carried similar themes to Asian Horror, and indeed that Philippine horror took references from the Far East, and that a number of people who had seen this movie recommended it quite strongly.

Movie
During the opening scenes I felt on familiar territory. The dark, decrepit apartment block provided plenty of claustrophobia and paranoia and had already set me at unease before the titles had even finished.

The story is a strong and very visual one, and at times does seem to borrow from Asian horror, a fact that Laranas disputes in the audio commentary, but it never feels wrong. The characters are quite identifiable, even from such a different culture, and the actors are surprisingly good. They have their moments though, and the beautifulAngel Locsinplays a few moments awkwardly, whileRichard Gutierrezhas a few lines where his dialogue feels wrong for his character, but in foreign movies this can often be due to the subtitles. The other two male leadsJomari Yllana和詹姆斯·布兰科provide very convincing performances, and as forIza Calzado，她有一些真正可怕的时刻。

是和布兰科管理给纽约城中这样一个believable performance as the abused wife and abusing husband respectively. This is done with suggestion and intent, and no actual violence. It’s the looks in their faces and their utterly convincing tone that captures this, and I suspect that many will find these scenes very uncomfortable without them actually having any violence. This shows the strength of the script and Director.

到目前为止，最令人毛骨悚然的时刻是和孩子在一起。当公寓门打开而没有警告时，这足以吓到您，但是当孩子跑进去并躲在床下，并带着红色的脸，我承认拉拉纳斯让我吓坏了。这种感觉再次发生时，没有孩子，只有相机暗示某人的动作。一种在观众中建立不安的绝佳方法。

Laranas knows the tricks of the trade when it comes to horror, the scares, screams and tension building is done very well, and even without the child moments there are some very scary moments…The scenes in the cinema and the toilet cubicle are superbly filmed. There’s great use of the camera throughout, and the understanding that less actually more and subtlety is a wonderful trait.

The cinematography and sound are very strong aspects of the movie, perhaps the strongest, and there are some superbly visualised and filmed scenes. The sound effects and score are very complimentary to the movie and provide for excellent tension building.

但是，一切都不是很好，电影中的一小部分使角色留下了他们所居住的房屋和工作的建筑物的范围，这在电影中感觉有些不合适。突然，世界被打开了，感觉好像他们可以离开，紧张局势暂时停止。不过，一旦他们返回公寓的范围，紧张局势就会恢复并建立。

这个故事建立在良好的高潮中，您真的不确定会发生什么。的确，我不确定最终场景的播放，我对结局感到非常惊讶。

Picture
Presented: 1.85:1
Unfortunately this is the failing of the DVD. The picture is extremely harsh in white balance, bright areas very over exposed and at times far too bright, with dark areas being very dark, but not overly. It gives a good feeling for most of the movie but there are some scenes where it’s very distracting.

At first I thought this was down to the style of filming, and I found it was starting to annoy me more and more, however when I watched the trailers in the Extras afterwards I discovered that it wasn’t the filming, it was the picture on the DVD. Since then I’ve read another review that says this very same thing. The picture on the DVD heavily let’s the movie down, and that’s indeed a shame.

Sound
Presented: English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0
Subtitles: English
The sound is one of the strongest features in this movie, with a good use made of the DD5.1 available to it. Effects happen around the scene, and it’s not overly used so you’re hearing sounds all around you, but it is used enough to provide depth to the scenes.

The score stands out and is a major contribution to the tension of the movie. It’s very haunting and keeps itself in the background, slowly building and gently tapping at your shoulder. During key scenes it provides the weight to let you know the seriousness of the moment, but it never overpowers the movie.

Extras
Presented: Audio Commentary, Behind the Scenes Featurette and Trailers
拉拉纳斯（Laranas）也许是我听过的最柔和的导演之一。但是，他为电影，演员和他们所面临的一些问题提供了一些很好的见解。实际上，我发现我很喜欢第二次与他的评论一起观看电影，感觉就像是增加了体验。也许作家，电影或声音编辑的增加会加强这里的产品。

The Behind the Scenes Featurette provides direct footage of some of the scenes being filmed, but with no commentary or understanding it’s merely showing you scenes that are retaken a few times. What it does show is the feeling on set, and how surprisingly relaxed it is. Otherwise this seems like footage that was just dropped on the DVD.

我对预告片没有带字幕的人有些失望，但是无论如何我都看着它们，以了解菲律宾电影院的其他方面。还有许多其他电影的预告片以及Sigaw的所有预告片，在这里，您可以看到这张照片并没有以这种严厉的对比拍摄。

整体
This is a simple, and very effective story made so by excellent film making techniques in editing, cinemtography and sound. This combination is what makes the movie effective in tension building and scare delivery. It’s almost a traditional horror, a scary movie without the slasher and special effects that have been employed in the modern horror film.

表演很强大，并为我带来了菲律宾可用人才质量的惊喜。有一些薄弱的时刻，但没有什么能分散这个故事的注意力。

DVD肯定会让电影失望，对比可以在某些关键场景中提供一些压倒性的光，这在预告片本身中无处可见。因此，尽管这部电影非常好，但DVD质量应该使得这应该得分较低。

尽管如此，这是一部令人恐惧的电影，带有一些出色的拍摄时刻和出色的配乐，可以使您保持紧张和跳动。一个非常愉快的恐怖表现出对砍伐的微妙之处。

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