About Armando Dela Cruz

A terrifying horror film currently unfolds before our very eyes. We’re living in a time of unprecedented fear, confusion, and uncertainty. I fear for everyone’s safety and sanity.

Immigration is obviously …
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The story of immigrant resilience is rendered nightmarish in Eric Mainade and The Meza Brothers’ Sundance hit, Boniato. The title is anything but arbitrary: boniato literally translates to a type of a white-colored …
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A scorned heart screws with the mind. This is realized in the first few frames of Rebecca Coley’s Pretty Bitch: clips woven as scissors snip photos of womanly features. The …
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Horror’s irony is in its insistent irreverence. Why that is is because it is also one of the most critically structured genres in cinema. Everything has to sit perfectly right. …
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In 2012, Erik Matti made a short film called Vesuvius. It’s an icily unnerving short about a demon appearing in the guise of a the Virgin Mary. The film follows …
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Alice Lowe’s pitch black horror-comedy, Prevenge, generated much praise during its auspicious festival run this year. The premise is simple: a pregnant woman gets killing prompts from the unborn child she’s bearing–“she …
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Employing hideousness as a stylistic choice takes skill. There’s a rhythm one must grasp amd an order to deliberate chaos. That’s what Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun) achieves with …
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The prospect of meshing Hausu and The Evil Dead into one movie is head-turning. The mix-up of the two movies, notorious for their respective trips to bonkersville, would make for …
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If you have ever dipped your toes in movies of the Johnnie To ilk, you have heard of Filipino auteur, Erik Matti. He’s known for his high-octane crime thriller On The …
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