In Passenger, a mysterious evil entity appears on the road at night, haunting unsuspecting travelers.    “I like movies that scare me – and making movies that scare me,” says producer Walter Hamada (The Conjuring, It). “And the thing that scares me the most is the supernatural. Certainly anything demonic, that has religious undertones, automatically freaks me out.  And this movie captures all of that.”      But a horror movie cannot be an effective horror movie without characters that audiences can relate to. At the center of Passenger is a young couple named Madi and Tyler. “We wanted a...

The trope of the haunted highway exists around the world, and writers Zachary Donohue (horror movie The Den) and T.W. Burgess (author of graphic novels Early Haunts and Malevolents) are big fans.    “Usually these haunted road stories are about someone who died on that road and is now haunting it – about a specific haunted road,” shares Donohue. “We wanted to make it broader, something scarier, and just demonic. Where every road is haunted, and they’ve always been haunted.” Adds Burgess, “We wanted to do something totally different. It’s not just a ghost of a road, but something more...

Ayala Malls Cinemas, in partnership with Viva Films, presents back-to-back feature films this May 13, a nostalgic throwback to Philippine cinema with “Bagets,” and a gripping Vietnamese horror-fantasy experience with “The Demon Prince.”   With Ayala Malls Cinemas’ “A Rewind” initiative with Viva Films, audiences can relive the ultimate barkada film “Bagets,” starring Aga Muhlach, William Martinez, Herbert Bautista, JC Bonnin, and Raymond Lauchengco. One of Philippines’ most beloved coming-of-age films, “Bagets’ is perfect for longtime fans of the 80s matinee idols and for the GenZ moviegoers discovering them for the first time, the film revisits the joys, humor, and...

From “Weapons” and “Barbarian” director comes a thrilling new nightmare, “Resident Evil.” The film, inspired by the hit survival-horror video game series of the same name, stars Austin Abrams in a brand new story. Abrams plays Bryan, a medical courier whose fate puts him through a terrifying night of chaos.     “Resident Evil” arrives in Philippine cinemas, including IMAX, in September.   About Resident Evil:   From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling – and terrifying – reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise. In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams),...

A curious list of suspects is investigated by an even more unusual group of woolly crime-solvers in The Sheep Detectives. The rolling green hills of George’s (Hugh Jackman) farm are the perfect home for his devoted flock. The charming shepherd has a nightly routine of reading murder mysteries to the fluffy audience, and their peaceful life is shattered when the sheep discover George dead one morning. Determined to catch their shepherd’s killer, the flock gets on the case, with some humans tagging along to help.   To complement the all-star voice cast for the sheep, we also meet a colorful...