Yam Laranas — Director (10)

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Cat Hairs (2001)
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other title: Balahibong pusa / 秘密的欲望 …
莎拉(乔伊斯饰)对母亲薇薇安(伊丽莎白饰)与迈克尔(胡里奥-迪亚兹饰)结婚的想法很不高兴。但当她与薇薇安对质,薇薇安描述自己有多幸福时,莎拉最终同意了。不过,莎拉对迈克尔还是有些犹豫。她觉得迈克尔渴望得到她,但却无能为力,因为他得到了薇薇安的信任,薇薇安甚至不遗余力地让两人相处舒适。莎拉向她的 "朋友 "尼克(Jay M analo)倾诉了这一切,她和尼克之间的关系是她母亲所不赞同的。讽刺的是,尼克恰好也是迈克尔店里的机械师,同时还和贝琪(瑞卡饰)有来往。在一个决定命运的夜晚,迈克尔目睹了这一切,并最终决定了他们的命运。

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Patient X (2009)
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other title: X号病人 / X號病人 …
After twenty years, local police captures the murderer of the older brother of a young boy. Now a doctor, he must go back to his old town and face the murderers himself. He then discovers that the murderers are Aswangs (folkloric Filipino vampire-like creatures) and they pose a deadly threat not only to him but also for the entire town.

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希布拉 (2002)
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other title: Hibla
伊莎贝尔和克拉拉是儿时好友,却被命运分开。伊莎贝尔是个天真的乡下姑娘,以编织土布为生;克拉拉则是思想开放的城市女孩。自从母亲跟别的男人跑了以后,克拉拉变得放纵不羁。多年后,克拉拉回到乡下看望父亲罗曼,两人得以重逢。但文化差异让她们渐行渐远,而伊莎贝尔的男友兰多的出现,更是加剧了这种状况。兰多对伊莎贝尔的保守和理想化感到不满,转而将目光投向克拉拉,这让伊莎贝尔十分恼火。作为回应,伊莎贝尔引诱了克拉拉的父亲。

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菲律宾都市怪谈 (2025)
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other title: KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie
影片由菲律宾传奇女主播杰西卡·索霍亲自串联引路,将三个宣称由真实民间经历改编的恐怖噩梦搬上银幕:分段《Pocong(印尼僵尸/裹尸)》讲述了一名年轻的见习海员在首次随船出海的航程中,于幽闭沉闷的货轮深处遭遇东南亚最凶残的裹尸怨灵袭击的绝望经历;分段《Berbalang(食尸鬼)》则深入菲律宾最神秘的古老村落,剥开一个崇拜食尸秘术、靠蚕食活人内脏维持长生的恐怖邪教黑幕;分段《Sanib(附身)》聚焦于一名正在接受严苛训练的年轻见习神父,讲述他为了拯救被极恶怨灵附身自残的少女,不得不直面内心深处的信仰动摇与最原始的恶魔展开一场赌上灵魂的冰冷驱魔对决。

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Aurora (2018)
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杨·劳拉纳斯 actor: 安妮·柯蒂斯 / Solenn Heussaff …
other title: 奥罗拉号客轮
The passenger ship Aurora mysteriously collides into the rocky sea threatening an entire island and a young woman and her sister's lives who must survive to stay alive by finding missing dead bodies for a bounty - while at risk of the danger from visitors who seek shelter in their home.

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Laruan (2022)
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Yam Laranas actor: Ava Mendez / Franki Russell
other title: 玩具
Thea, Rene's wife, always invites her other man, Geoff, over dinner for them to make out in the house. But when a new woman, Camille, enters the picture, Thea's wild and crazy game play changes.

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The Echo (2004)
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other title: 回声 / Sigaw
Marvin (Richard Guttierez) savors his independence in a newly acquired unit of an old apartment building. He is frequently visited by his girlfriend Pinky (Angel Locsin). Except for the occasional noise from an apartment unit down the hallway, the place is almost perfect for Marvin. At the end of the hallway is where Anna (Iza Calzado) lives with her young daughter Lara (Janella Denise Guevarra), and Bert (Jomari Yllana), her jealous husband. Bert is a cop, and he has always suspected Anna of two-timing him. His frequent jealous outbursts would always lead to beatings that could be heard throughout the whole floor. Marvin would usually be awakened at night by the sound of screaming and beating from Anna's unit. Marvin complains to the building caretaker (Ronnie Lazaro), a drunk, who would just tell him to ignore the disturbance from the apartment down the hall. Anna and her daughter would usually ask for help from Jude (James Blanco), who lives in an apartment unit in the middle of the hallway. Jude's apartment becomes a temporary refuge for the little girl Lara. One day, Pinky drops by Marvin's apartment and is shocked to see a woman knocking on his door. Pinky suspects Marvin is seeing another girl, which could explain why he has been acting strange lately. Marvin vehemently denies seeing another woman. It is the strange occurrences in his apartment that is making him act strange lately. Meanwhile, the beatings down the hall intensify.Jude is getting scared because the cruel cop Bert is beginning to suspect that Jude is having an affair with Anna, which isn't true. Marvin gets drawn to the couple's frequent quarrels. He even witnesses Bert chasing Anna and beating her up in the corridor. All that violence affects Marvin. At length, he musters the courage to find out more about the quarreling couple. What he finds out shocks him. Marvin uncovers a secret that will change his life and Pinky's as well. The discovery sets into motion a series of hauntings that follow him and Pinky around. He decides to leave his apartment but the hauntings follow them wherever they go. Marvin finally decides to confront the problem. He returns to the old apartment building to face the evil that dwells in it. What happens next shakes the very core of his beliefs about life, love and the spirit world.

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Abomination (2018)
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other title: 不存在的瑞秋
A young woman is found unconscious in a city street - claims to be another person who was brutally murdered two months earlier - escapes from a psychiatric hospital in order to prove her identity and find the truth about her life, her death, and her murderer.