I do not know where they were going with this. Truly, I just. Ano??? ? Where to even begin? I'm at a loss for words because I literally have nothing to say. Was she dead? Was he dead? All along? So they really weren't blood relatives? Was she a member of the occult? Why does she have a ton of religious statues? Was he a blood sacrifice? What about those children? Those creepy island folk? And what was his grandma talking about??? That girl he impregnated. About him being a thief? Did that mean that his relatives sent him to that island because they were tired of his shenanigans? Why does he act like he doesn't know anything?

WHY???

Possessions, Cults, Witchcraft and Cursed Objects are the subjects that mostly associated in real life giving it a more realistic edge compared to Vampires and Zombies. This movie is intended to creep you out not startle you. The movie is very good in maintaining its mystery and enigma which people who are used to the usual mainstream type of horror might not quite grasp it. The way the film revealing its story shows that they show more importance to making it more realistic than spoon feeding you so you can understand everything.

The actors are very good and convincing, no over acting or cringe screams from victims. The behavior of the antagonist as well is very creepy perfect. They are not trying to look like bad guys, they are bad guys trying to act normally or they thought there is nothing wrong with them.

As someone who is Filipino and deeply likes really horror genre, I seldom like Filipino horror films because of prosthetics, unnecessary sci-fi-looking animated effects, predictable storylines, and dozens of loopholes. This film is quite the opposite and the very first time I became proud of a Filipino Film.

Most Filipinos are Catholics and really into holy figurines so you will expect a lot of raised eyebrows and biased criticism about it.

The one big factor of this film has, why is it a good horror film is after you watch it will still make you think about it, the story and the scenes will keep hunting you. Another thing is this film doesn't rely on cheesy jump scares or gore. Getting you surprised is not horror, getting you disgusted is not horror. Real Horror is you scared of something you dont understand, that something that doesn't make any sense scares you. The thing you imagine whenever you feel the creeps at night and this film very much understands it. A joke will lose its potency when you are explaining why it's funny, this is very similar to horror, if you explain things too much it will lose its potency. The film did not try to explain itself to scare you just like how your nightmare works.in real life.