Dalaw (2010)

Stella (Kris Aquino) decides to marry Anton (Diether Ocampo), three years after her husband died. Anton was her great love before she was forced by her parents to marry Danilo. However, ... See full summary »

Director:

Dondon S. Santos

Writers:

Joel Mercado (story), Enrico C. Santos (story)

Stars:

Kris Aquino, Diether Ocampo, Gina Pareño

1 win & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kris Aquino	...	Stella
Diether Ocampo	...	Anton
Gina Pareño	...	Olga
Karylle	...	Lorna
Maliksi Morales	...	Paolo
Susan Africa	...	Milagros
Alessandra de Rossi	...	Trina
Ina Feleo	...	Kylie
Empress Schuck	...	Marietta (as Empress)
Lui Villaruz	...	Johnny
Bernard Palanca	...	Dexter
Richard Quan	...	Danilo
J.M. Briones	...	Marvin (as JM Briones)
Precious Lara Quigaman	...	Agnes
Gigi Columna	...	Doray (as Gigi Verder)

Storyline

Stella (Kris Aquino) decides to marry Anton (Diether Ocampo), three years after her husband died. Anton was her great love before she was forced by her parents to marry Danilo. However, after the wedding, she experiences major hauntings that endanger her life and the people around her. All the clues are pointing to her dead husband. Feeling guilty of her ex-husband's death, Stella tries to save her family from the ghost's wrath. Along the way, secrets start to unravel and Stella is now unsure of who's haunting her and why is she being haunted.

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Plot Keywords:

photograph | speak lines from movies | taxi | priest | exorcism | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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User Reviews

Mud ghost haunts re-married woman.

**This is a "NON-SPOILER" alert!! I feel I have no choice but to give this alert since spoiler alerts were placed in at least 3 of my reviews at IMDb's discretion even though there were no spoilers in them. I doubt if they even saw the movie or they would know. I complained (nicely) once and one of them was changed but I can't be bothered any more.

Okay. To business. This movie is about a woman who was in an abusive relationship which came to an end when her husband dies in a car accident due to an argument the two of them were having in the car at the time. The woman was now free of her husband in terms of his actual physical presence in her life. However, for a time, she was haunted by him --or thought that she was-- because she "saw things".

A friend reintroduces her to her first love whose heart she broke when she entered into a marriage of convenience with an abusive man. At this point, the "haunting" she experienced after his death have ceased and it now seems she was completely free to start a new relationship. Eventually they get married --but not uneventfully, since something happens. Later she and her child (a boy) move into her new husband's home where he lives with his mother (something her new mother-in-law had insisted on). Things begin to happen, starting with the woman's son, who is seeing and experiencing things. It shortly becomes clear that the haunting has restarted; a fact the woman assumes to be the result of her deceased former husband's displeasure with her new marriage.

The best thing about this movie is that it has a interesting story with a nice plot twist about the haunting. Unfortunately the whole thing gets blown to hell --I think-- at the end (the last 10-12 mins, or so). I guess they wanted to end with a big bang but I believe they misfired since the result was an over-the-top, non-scary cliché (things flying all over the place and an ineffectual priest) and a ghost that appeared as just a deranged person and not "ghostly creepy" at all. So a nice story ruined by the ending like a gymnast who does some nice twists and turns in the air but then lands on their face. Too bad. Love, Boloxxxi.

Details

Official Sites:

Dalaw (2010)

Country:

Philippines

Language:

Filipino Tagalog

Release Date:

25 December 2010 (Philippines)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABS-CBN Film Productions, Cinemedia Films, MJM Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color