Dalaw

Dalaw
Dalaw
	Theatrical movie poster
Directed by	Dondon S. Santos
Screenplay by	Joel Mercado; Enrico C. Santos; Jerry Lopez Sineneng; Lawrence Nicodemus; John Paul E. Abellara;
Story by	Joel Mercado; Lawrence Nicodemos; John Paul E. Abellera;
Produced by	Charo Santos-Concio; Malou N. Santos; Kristina Bernadette C. Aquino;
Starring	Kris Aquino
Cinematography	Anne Monzon
Edited by	Renewin Alano
Music by	Cesar Francis S. Concio
Production; companies	Star Cinema; CineMedia; K Productions;
Distributed by	Star Cinema
Release date	December 25, 2010;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Philippines
Languages	Filipino; English;
Budget	₱30 million
Box office	₱125 million

Dalaw (lit. 'Visit') is a 2010 Filipino suspense-horror film starring Kris Aquino and Diether Ocampo.^[1] The film was released by Star Cinema. It was an official entry at the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival. It explores the superstition against marrying after just being recently becoming a widow.^[2]

Plot[edit]

Stella (Aquino) decides to marry Anton (Ocampo) four years after her husband died. She hopes that this marriage will give her son Paolo (Morales) the experience of having a whole family.^[3] Anton was her great love before she was forced by her parents to marry Danilo. . However, at the wedding, Anton's mother Milagros is left paralyzed and unable to speak after being attacked by an unknown entity who later kills her shortly afterwards. After moving to Anton's place, Stella experiences major hauntings that endanger her and her son. Stella assumes that his late husband is the one responsible for the hauntings and tries to placate him, only for the hauntings to escalate. Eventually, Stella and Anton's clairvoyant housekeeper Olga realize that the entity responsible is the ghost of Lorna, Anton's ex-girlfriend who was accidentally killed by Anton and buried in a forest. Lorna then attacks Stella's household, killing Olga. Feeling guilt over their predicament, Anton leaves to confront Lorna at her grave but is followed by Stella. In a final confrontation Lorna kills Anton but is killed in turn by Stella, who arranges for her grave to be hastily blessed as she is comforted by Anton's ghost. Afterwards, Stella and her son move out of Anton's house, unaware of a black liquid oozing out the back of their taxi.

Cast[edit]

Kris Aquino as Stella
Diether Ocampo as Anton
Karylle as Lorna
Alessandra De Rossi as Trina
Susan Africa as Milagros
Empress Schuck as Marietta
Gina Pareño as Olga
Maliksi Morales as Paolo
Ina Feleo as Kylie
Precious Lara Quigaman as Agnes
Bernard Palanca as Fred
Lui Villaruz as Johnny
Richard Quan as Danilo
Leslie Basila as Bloody lady
Julia Montes as Mara
Redford White as Anton's death

Reception[edit]

Fidel Antonio Medel of PEP.ph predicts that it will do well in the box office even if the film is his least favorite Kris Aquino movie.^[4] The Philippine Star praised the cast's performance and the film's narrative even if it has a simple premise.^[5]

The film marks the return of Kris Aquino to the horror genre, in which she was tagged as 'Philippine's Box-office Horror Queen' due to the success of her two previous films, Feng Shui and Sukob.^[6] The film earned 96 million pesos, placing third on the list of the highest-grossing entries for the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival.^[7]

References[edit]

^ "News Feature". Push.com.ph. November 6, 2010. Archived from the original on November 10, 2010.
^ de Leon, Marguerite (October 31, 2022). "What makes 'Feng Shui' still so scary?". RAPPLER. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
^ Balbuena, Vanessa A. (December 18, 2010). "Why Diether Ocampo, Kris Aquino bonded on the set of". Philstar.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
^ Medel, Fidel Antonio (December 22, 2010). "PEP REVIEW: Dalaw is a fast-paced horror film with slick editing". PEP.ph. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
^ "Dalaw will make you feel restless". Philstar.com. December 20, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
^ Paglicawan, Mc Richard (October 30, 2017). "Why Kris Aquino is Philippine Cinema's Horror Queen?". LionhearTV. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
^ Quintos, Napoleon (January 10, 2011). "Star Cinema wins big in the Metro Manila Film Festival". Retrieved March 2, 2024.