It is not casually known by
moviegoers, but the ABS-CBN Star Cinema horror film “Eerie,” which premiered in
the Philippines just this March, was actually already produced since last year.
The movie, which stars Bea Alonzo, was actually screened publicly for the first
time during the Singapore International Film Festival in December 3, 2018. It
was a hit there, it was a hit in its cinematic run, and now “Eerie” is also
getting plenty of attention with its international distribution courtesy of
being on Netflix. And it is actually from watching there that lots of critics
in major overseas markets are turning their eyes on its lead, Bea Alonzo
herself.
The Philippine Star has it that the Star Cinema crime horror film “Eerie”
is now something of a darling with international media organizations giving it
favorable reviews following its availability on Netflix. Once can tell that the
movie has hit a sweet and scary spot with viewers when a reviewer compares it
to recent hit horror shows such as the “American Horror Story” anthology on FX
and “The Haunting of Hill House,” a Netflix exclusive produced by Amblin and
Paramount Television. This comparison was made in review by Roxy Simons,
entertainment writer for the UK news site The
Daily Mail.
“Filipino horror film ‘Eerie’ has
left fans so terrified they can't sleep with the lights off,” was how Simons
described it in her article. “Viewers were petrified by the horror film so much
that they even struggled to sleep in the dark, and took to Twitter to share
their struggle.” On the other side of the Atlantic, American magazine for
fashion and lifestyle Elle described “Eerie”
as “A scary movie can't be considered great unless it's full of jump scares,
unpredictable twists, and leaves you so afraid you refuse to sleep with the
lights off.”
In a way, the success of “Eerie”
on Netflix comes across as something of a relief for lead actress Bea Alonzo,
who is currently weathering the ongoing controversy that her once-boyfriend
Gerald Anderson had cheated on her with Julia Barretto. While the affair
scandal continues to wind down, at the very least some of the reviews for her
scary movie have mentioned her acting, as she portrayed the film’s main
character and private school guidance counselor Pat, who is investigating the recent
suicide of a student at her all-girls school workplace, using her spirit medium
abilities to communicate with ghosts.
Directed by Mikhail Red, “Eerie”
has already earned over P200 million in both the box office and from streaming views
on Netflix, a testament to the sheer scary-ness the international reviewers
have been clamoring about.
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