Villa Estrella
Villa Estrella is a 2009 Philippine horror film directed by Rico Maria Ilarde and starring Shaina Magdayao, Jake Cuenca, Maja Salvador, Geoff Eigenmann, and John Estrada. It was produced by Star Cinema for its 16th anniversary offering.[1]
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Directed by | Rico Maria Ilarde |
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Story by | Joel Mercado |
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Music by | Malek Lopez |
Cinematography | Luis Quirino |
Edited by | Renewin Alano |
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Running time | 95 Minutes |
Country | Philippines |
Language | Filipino |
Budget | ₱45,000,000.00 |
Plot
How come people who go there are never seen again? Does the villa "eat" people alive?
The film tells the story of Anna (Shaina Magdayao)[2] who's been having nightmares about certain people getting killed. Things become scarier when her ex-boyfriend Alex (Jake Cuenca) brings her to Villa Estrella where she meets a girl named Gisele (Maja Salvador)[3] who seems to be very familiar to her
Then one day, Anna met a little girl named Jenifer (Celine Lim) who has lived there (in Villa Estrella). After meeting Jenifer, she then encountered Suzy (Rubi Rubi) who said that the little girl who lived there was a ghost. They also found out that that Alex mimicked on their love affair but Anna was very cruel.
One night, Eddie (John Arcilla) talked to Dave to about the statement of a deadly ghost named Danica just to be moved away on its nightmares to other worst things, later Otap (Empoy Marquez) was riding on Dennis Car to find his way back home and also on the other hand He gone too far to realized that there was an emergency came but Anna survived then she moved on her bedroom but have no clothes she'd wearing while Andrea cane there, she gave her an apology. Then, the Villa Estrella had high earnings on its budget since its opening of the film.
One Night, Jennifer was found missing because Danica found her on the window and never been found back and also Suzy metapharized that she had to participate at the Olympics. Then after that, Alex and Dennis had gone face to face and fought because they have revealed one's secret relationship. After the fight, Otap found death but Anna talk to Dennis about her lost necklace but in the other way, Suzy was about to leave the Villa then Anna recognized that Jennifer later changed her life to others soul due to this incident last night. Andrea was definitely not so satisfied with her emotions. She later transformed into a supernatural monster.
Since at the intensive expulsion on Andrea's life back to the past that the motive Eddie was a serial killer including Dave.
Looking after her life that Anna Do was immediately trying to kill Andrea and Eddie onto the dangerous situation but also Andrea killed to death.
At the end of the film at about five years later, Gusting had celebrated his older birthday, eating pancit which is usually his favorite. Later while staring at the window, Andrea exact revenge by choking her to death.
Cast
- Shaina Magdayao as Anna
- Maja Salvador as Andrea
- Jake Cuenca as Alex
- Geoff Eigenmann as Dennis
- John Estrada as Eddie
- John Arcilla as Dave
- Ronnie Lazaro as Gusting
- Rubi Rubi as Suzy
- Celine Lim as Jennifer
- Noemi Oineza as Danica
- Liza Lorena as Madame Reza
- Yayo Aguila as Anna's Mother
- Empoy Marquez as Otap
Promotions
Villa Estrella had a lack of promotion from both Star Cinema and ABS-CBN, having no movie premiere night due to the lead actors Shaina Magdayao, Jake Cuenca and Maja Salvador being in the United States for the Star Magic World Concert Tour from June 26–28 at Ontario and San Francisco, California. Making it nearly impossible for them to fly back to Manila in time to have their movie premiere night.[4]
Box office
Despite being poorly advertised, Villa Estrella debuted at no. 3 on its 1st week run earning P 21M in Metro Manila alone, occupying 2nd spot was "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" earning P 36.6M in its 1st week run and the top spot was "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" which was on its 2nd week run.[5]
Villa Estrella on its 2nd week run stayed in no. 3, earned P36,343,703.9.[6]
Villa Estrella total gross for its 4-week run is P46,394,496.00.[7]
See also
References
- mb.com.ph Archived November 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ‘Villa Estrella,’ Star Cinema’s grand 16th anniversary offering, opens Wednesday
- http://shainamagdayao.mycelebsite.info Archived January 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Shaina Magdayao Filmography, as Ana in Villa Estrella
- Telebisyon.net Maja Salvador earns praise from 'Villa Estrella' director
- Villa Estrella NO PREMIERE NIGHT PEP.ph Villa Estrella will no longer have a premiere night
- BoxOfficeMojo.com Philippines Box Office July 1–5, 2009
- BoxOfficeMojo.com Philippines Box Office July 8–12, 2009
- BoxOfficeMojo.com Philippines Box Office July 22–26, 2009