''Dalaw'' () is a 2010 Filipino

supernatural horror film Supernatural horror film is a film genre that combines aspects of supernatural film and horror film. Supernatural occurrences in such films often include ghosts and demons, and many supernatural horror films have elements of religion. Common them ...

starring

Kris Aquino Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino (; born February 14, 1971) is a Filipino retired television presenter, actress, talent manager and film producer. She notably appeared as Princess Intan in the acclaimed '' Crazy Rich Asians'' and is a rec ...

and

Diether Ocampo Diether Pascual Ocampo (born July 19, 1973) is a Filipino actor, singer, model and comedian. Background Diether Pascual Ocampo was born on July 19, 1973 in Aniban, Bacoor, Cavite, where he attended school. He attended De La Salle University-Da ...

. The film was released by

Star Cinema ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc., trade name, doing business as Star Cinema and also known as ABS-CBN Films (since 2018), is a Philippines, Philippine film studio, film, television production company, production and distribution (marketing), di ...

. 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.

Plot

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. 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.

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Reception

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. ''The Philippine Star'' praised the cast's performance and the film's narrative even if it has a simple premise. 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, ''

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'' and '' Sukob''. The film earned 96 million pesos, placing third on the list of the highest-grossing entries for the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival.

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* 2010 films 2010 horror films 2010s English-language films Philippine horror films Star Cinema films 2010s Tagalog-language films 2010 multilingual films Philippine multilingual films Films directed by Dondon Santos English-language horror films {{2010s-Philippines-film-stub

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