Jan 30, 2020

If you could speak with the spirits haunting a girl's Catholic school, what would you say? Mikhail Red's Eerie is a chilling jump scare-fest that seamlessly blends Latin and Asian horror tropes with spooky stories about ghosts, nuns, religion and mental illness. Also - what politicians would you cast for a Blair Witch-style film, and do ghosts really just want personal favors?

Motion Picture Terror Scale: 2 (Marcus) / 3- (Melissa). Quality: 3+ Personal enjoyment: 4+

Articles mentioned in this episode: 

"EXCLUSIVE: "Eerie" Director Mikhail Red On Pushing Boundaries And Combining Different Ideas To Create Something New," by Donna Patricia Manio in Metro.Style

"INTERVIEW: Mikhail Red’s Eerie," by Jean Wong in Sinema

"Shoot them? Hang them? - Filipino heavyweights hanker for death penalty return," by Neil Jerome Morales and Martin Petty for Reuters

"Duterte confesses: 'My only sin is the extrajudicial killings,'" by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in The Guardian