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Regal Entertainment continues the company's tradition of producing horror movies for Metro Manila Film Festival with its entry in this year's edition, The Missing, starring Ritz Azul, Joseph Marco, and Miles Ocampo.

During the show's digital conference, the three lead stars admitted that their shooting in Saga, Japan would be memorable, mainly because some of the scenes in the movie left them feeling spooked to this day.

Ritz recalled, "Mayroon isang eksena din kami, sa basement naman, kami ni Miles, doon sa isang basement, mayroon kasing eksena na hinila 'yung paa.

"So everytime na nasa hagdan ako ngayon, 'yun 'yung naiisip ko, 'yung eksenang 'yun."

Miles added, "Ako po siguro, kasi siyempre, everytime na horror 'yung ginagawa natin, hindi maiiwasan 'yung parang, lalo na kung 'yung location natin, madilim, hindi po natin maiiwasan 'yung feeling natin na, 'Ay, shocks, baka mayroon dito.' 'Yung takutan sa set na ganun.

"Pero siyempre, 'di ba, pagka-horror po 'yung ginagawa niyo, for some reasons, mayroong horror feels kang mararamdaman while filming it.

"Siguro nakadagdag na rin po 'yun sa performance naming lahat para mas maging horror din 'yung pelikula."

Meanwhile, Joseph admitted that he doesn't usually feel scared while on location, but the house in the film was definitely something that's not easy to forget.

He said, "Ako naman, malayo ako sa ganyan, 'yung mga nakakaramdam ng negative spirits."

"Pero, I think, 'yung house na nakuha namin for the location is ang bigat nung feeling ko doon. And I think it is a perfect location for the movie.

"And there's one scene na natakot ako kasi I was watching with direk [Easy Ferrer,] 'yung ginagawa niya 'yung nasa labas siya ng bahay, so it was, I think late na rin 'nun at ang lamig lamig pa.

"I'm excited na makita ng mga tao 'tong scene na sinasabi ko."

In the movie, Ritz portrayed the 28-year-old architect, Iris, who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and hallucinations, aftering losing her younger sister to a kidnapping incident.

Joseph plays Job, who calls on her ex-lover Iris to go to Japan for a restoration job of an old house while Miles portrays Len, an intern of Job.

Watch the official trailer of The Missing:

The Missing is part of this year's Metro Manila Film Festival alongside Isa Pang Bahaghari, Coming Home, Suarez: The Healing Priest, Magikland, Pakboys Takusa, Tagpuan, The Boy Foretold by the Stars, Fan Girl, and Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanang Itim.

Get to know each movie's lead stars here:

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