----- Synopsis taken from the book, "Mondo Macabro" by Pete Tombs -----
The first film, simply called Zuma, shows how an archaeological dig frees the Hell Serpent from his pyramid like tomb. Zuma is a large, bald-headed green giant. But the most surprising thing about his appearance is the massive. two-headed snake permanently wrapped around his neck. Zuma hides out in the sewe...
拍完几部社会题材的电影后，迈克迪里安转到家庭伦理。建筑商人丧妻，设计师是单亲妈妈，他带着儿子，她带着女儿，本来续弦正好重组幸福家庭。两个小孩却像前世捞乱骨头，终日贴错门神，令父母头痛不已，却不自知，恨的反面根本是压抑的爱。虽无血缘关系，但始终是兄妹之恋，不能承受的爱意，只能发展成互相折磨彼此伤害的扭曲关系。到他们长大后各有伴侣，情况更趋复杂，四个人之间的嫉妒、猜疑、报复，感情加倍夹缠不清，而恋人还是要尝到人间苦果，才懂得爱是什么。当年票房报捷，表面是通俗剧情节，内里仍是迈克迪里安一贯关心的家庭失序、男权宰制、女性追求自主等主题。
Anak Dalita copped the Golden Harvest Award (Best Picture) at the Film Festival in Asia in 1956. The story takes place in Intramuros where there is a slum settlement. Vic (Tony Santos), a war hero from Korea returns to find his mother dying. When his mother dies, he is befriended by Cita (Rosa Rosal), a prostitute with a golden heart who takes care of him, but eventually both f...
Chubi used to be stocky and sexy but today he has a forty inch waistline. He has not dated for four years now and he feels that it is time for him to try to fall in love again. When he agrees to meet up with a long lost old flame, he is humiliated because of his new extra large body. So Chubi decides to set aside his search for love and goes into sexy eyeballs through people he...
ALAN ALVAREZ的生活似乎一切顺利，工作上，他即将获得升职，和自己的梦中情人DAPHNE RECTO也已经相处4年之久。
MIA SAMONTE厌倦了她凄凉的生活。在马来西亚吉隆坡做了两年前台之后，她回到马尼拉休假，希望可以得到暂时的喘息。然而她的家庭危机又让她陷入绝望。
这两个看似毫不相干的人，一次意外**同搭乘一艘船。他们的命运从此都发生了改变。
Everything is falling into place for ALAN ALVAREZ (John Lloyd Cruz). With an impending high ranking promotion and four years of stable relationship with his dream girl, DAPHNE RECTO (Maricar Reyes), ...
