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Surviving Evil (2009)

Surviving Evil poster
Directed by
Terence Daw
Genre
horror film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
15
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Six documentary filmmakers go to a Philippine island to shoot a survival special. They find the island is home to a shape shifting bloodthirsty creature from local folklore and must fight to survive.

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What happens

Surviving Evil (also known as Evil Island) is a 2009 horror film directed and written by Terence Daw, and produced by David Pupkewitz, Anton Ernst and Malcolm Kohll. It stars Billy Zane, Christina Cole, Natalie Mendoza, Joel Torre and Louise Barnes. The screenplay concerns six documentary filmmakers who attempt to survive their visit to a Philippine island to shoot a survival special when they discover that the shape shifting, bloodthirsty Aswang, a creature of Philippine folklore inhabits the island. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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