Frights and scares continue with these fan favorites – watch them all
uninterrupted only with PLDT Home!
(Photo credits: Twisted Pictures)
The Halloween season is here and with the long weekend approaching, it’s
indeed the best time to enjoy some horror and thriller guilty pleasures in
peace and (creepy) quiet.
PLDT Home customers
can easily watch many of these blockbusters on Lionsgate Play by simply
activating their free
Lionsgate Play vouchers
online until June 1, 2023. With every activation, PLDT Home customers will not
only enjoy a scare-fest — they’ll also get the chance to win
special prizes including a 65” LG OLED TV as part of the monthly raffle
promo.
So, get your Lionsgate Play app and popcorn ready. Here are 10 of the
spookiest flicks to make the next few days of vacay a weekend-long —
yikes! — nightmare!
Saw (movie series)
There are now nine Saw movies in the psychological thriller franchise
featuring the serial killer Jigsaw. With the titular character testing his
victims’ will to survive and skill at sawing off their limbs to find the
key for their restraints, the Saw series takes you to witness the
poor victims’ horrifying self-mutilation to save their loved ones.
Lionsgate Play features Saw II, Saw IV,
Saw VI, Saw: The Final Chapter, and Jigsaw.
(Photo credits: Twisted Pictures)
Scream 4
The Scream franchise that started in 1996 produced one of the most
popular Halloween costumes in history — Ghostface. In this fourth
installment, Sidney Prescott from the first film’s set of protagonists
returns to Woodsboro where the Ghostface Killer once terrorized. She is keen
to promote her self-help book and to meet some old friends — and perhaps
including an old friend.
(Photo credits: The Weinstein Company)
The Grudge 2 and The Grudge 3
The sequels to the supernatural horror The Grudge follow the curse
that’s born when someone dies in extreme rage or sorrow. The curse is an
entity created where the death occurs and is passed from one victim to
another. In TheGrudge 2, the protagonists become haunted by
Kayako (who was killed in a horrific manner in the first movie) all while
trying to put an end to the curse. The Grudge 3 is set after the
events of the second installment, with Kayako’s ghost attacking the
protagonist in an asylum. The curse from the original film continues with new
characters becoming possessed.
(Photo credits: Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures)
The Mist
Based on the novella by Stephen King, The Mist is a science-fiction
horror film released in 2007. It revolves around a group of people from a
small town in Maine who gets trapped in a supermarket following a power
outage. An unnatural mist descends on the town and conceals monsters as
tension rise among the survivors. Not only is this film chockful of scares
— it also shows how the fear of the unknown and desperation can wreak
havoc on one’s emotions.
(Photo credits: Dimension Films, Darkwoods Productions, and The Weinstein
Company)
Open Water 2: Adrift
A treat for fans of psychological thrillers, the story revolves around a group
of friends who jump off a yacht to swim, but with no one having lowered the
ladder for them to get back. Two people and a baby are on the boat until only
the baby is left aboard. Hysteria, fighting, and deaths occur while they tread
water and try to figure out how to survive. Lionsgate also features
Open Water, the original film based on the true story of divers
finding themselves marooned in shark-infested waters.
(Photo credits: Orange Pictures and Shotgun Pictures)
The Perfect Student
The crime thriller begins when a student is brutally murdered on campus and
her body is thrown into the ocean. The police suspect her roommate Jordan, but
well-respected criminology professor Nicole Johnson believes someone is trying
to frame her student. She begins her own investigation to prove Jordan’s
innocence. After she gets Jordan released, the professor finds herself in
danger with doubts beginning to surface around the crime.
(Photo credits: Renegade Pictures)
The Messengers
Produced by Sami Raimi mostly known for his horror and superhero genre work,
this film features a family that moves into a house in North Dakota where a
family murder had occurred. Supernatural things manifest in the new
homeowners’ midst – with ghosts of the mother and her children
appearing and black crows attacking. The new family soon discovers the
horrifying secret of the farmhand that will put their entire family in danger.
Lionsgate Play also features the prequel Messengers 2: The Scarecrow.
(Photo credits: Takashi Seida/ Screen Gems, Ghost House Pictures, and
Columbia Pictures)
Wrong Turn
A man crashes his car on his way to a job interview and meets some others who
are on a hiking trip. The group splits up with some venturing off into the
woods — only to meet a group of mountain dwellers who now find them a
threat. Expect suspense and gory chills in the backwoods as a fight for
survival ensues.
(Photo credits: Twentieth Century Fox and Regency Enterprises)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
The sequel to one of the scariest movies ever made features four young fans
researching mythology and mass hysteria. They go on tour in the woods where
the first movie was filmed, and various strange things happen as they descend
into a night of murder, madness, and perception-bending supernatural horror.
Scared out of their wits and questioned by the police later, they have their
accounts contradicted by film footage that shows them committing rather
horrific acts. Lionsgate Play also features the original film
The Blair Witch Project.
(Photo credits: Artisan Entertainment)
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