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Sukob (2006)

Sukob poster
Directed by
Chito S. Roño
Genre
horror film
Country
Philippines
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in the Philippines prepares for her wedding but begins experiencing terrifying supernatural events. These events are connected to a local superstition that forbids marrying in the same year a family member has died.

tensesupernaturaldarksuspensefuldisturbingfast-pacedominousgothic

What happens

Sukob (transl. Huddle), also known as The Wedding Curse, is a 2006 Filipino supernatural horror film directed by Chito S. Roño and starring Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto. Sukob was considered as the highest-grossing Filipino film of all-time earning ₱203 million, until 2009 when it was surpassed by the romance film You Changed My Life. The film's premise is based on a Filipino superstition sukob in which one should not get married within the same year an immediate relative dies or marries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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