Mario O'Hara
Director
Movies12
Movie7.4DramaMysteryJulio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.
Movie7.5DramaA privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond with a lonely man with leprosy and a mentally distressed homeless woman.
MovieComedyIt is about a group of investigative journalists from a sub-par TV station who accidentally scores a scoop that a 21-year-old boy is looking around for his identity… he claims to be the son of the late director Lino Brocka, a known gay filmmaker.
Movie4.7Two friends face the dilemma of taking their wonderful friendship to the next level.
Hello Lover, Goodbye Friend
1985 · 3 votes
Movie10.0HorrorTwo young boys discovered an ancient book in a dilapidated mansion. Unaware, they have unleashed the cursed warrior character in the book upon reading. The bloodthirsty demon went on a killing spree in the darkness of night. Discovering that the murders were done by the halimaw in the book, Kokoy, the protagonist, must act fast to put an end to the unwanted trespasser and protect his home and family. Subsequent to this is a variant story of an ancient jar which dated to a period when the dead were buried in jars. This particular jar was cursed as, a lady believed to be, a witch was killed and buried in it. The witch pledged vengeance in her awakening, thereby freeing her spirit gradually from the jar as it traps anyone who unluckily chances upon the jar.
Movie9.5HorrorLost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.
Movie10.0DramaBecause his mother is too poor to feed her young children, Empoy is sent to work for his exploitative and cruel aunt.
Movie7.0ActionA nighttime attempt to sabotage a Japanese munitions store in the little town of Santiago goes wrong when Gonzalo (Fernando Poe, Jr.) discovers that the schoolhouse they are about to blow up is filled with women, old men, and schoolchildren.
Santiago!
1970 · 2 votes
Movie10.0HorrorDramaA bride commits suicide on her wedding night. Years later, she is reincarnated as an actress-producer and tries to reveal her true story to the world.
Movie7.5DramaA stage mother drives her younger son to his ‘stardoom’ to make up for her downward slide from her bourgeois origins.
Stardoom
1971 · 2 votes
Movie5.4DramaBenito is a married wealthy businessman. Unknown to his family, he is a closeted homosexual and is having a secret affair with his driver, Diego. Benito tries hard to keep his identity hidden, but Diego starts blackmailing him after losing money to gambling.
Movie7.1DramaThree intimate stories showing the perseverance of hope despite a sense of despair, featuring a drug addict, an abandoned daughter and a repressed catholic.