Release ng The Road sa US at Canada, dapat ng abangan
May 11 2012
After being featured in numerous US-based movie websites the past few weeks and topping iTunes’ Most Popular Trailers list last April 24, the highly anticipated horror film The Road is finally coming to theaters in US and Canada.The excitement over the release of this Yam Laranas supernatural thriller is becoming more evident now, with the New York Times even running an article that discussed how the movie’s overseas success can help improve the state of the local film industry. “If the debut ofThe Road hits the mark with American audiences, it could open the door to the lucrative North American market and revitalize a national film industry in the Philippines that by all accounts is in need of help,” writes NY Times’ Floyd Whaley.
The coverage doesn’t stop there.
Before its grand premiere night on May 9, The Road was once again featured in American movie websites Bloody Disgusting (http://bloody-disgusting.com/
Direk Yam’s interview with Horror Talk (http://www.horrortalk.com/
Bloggers and movie website writers who have watched The Road in advance had nothing but praises for the GMA Films-produced film.
Film Fracture’s James Jay Edwards raved about how Direk Yam’s vision for the film is “compelling, engaging and, of course, scary.” He described the film as “dark, moody and melancholic, and it instills genuine, sleep-losing fear as opposed to cheap false shocks. The film works hard to create an underlying creepiness.”
Floyd Whaley of the New York Times described the film in a funny way, saying “It lacks the melodrama, simplistic plot and poor production standards that have been hallmarks of many movies made in the Philippines.”Direk Yam was also quoted in saying “Universally, people like to be scared. We wanted to do that with a clear narrative, not relying on jump scares, cats jumping out of nowhere. Anyone from Lima to New Jersey can appreciate this film.”
Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine even pointed out that “In the light of day, not only does it become unmistakable that Yam Laranas' style largely consists of references to directors with better moves, but that his story is fixated on the sort of retrograde psychoanalysis that went out with the last scene of Hitchcock's Psycho.”
According to a review written by Mark Holcomb for Village Voice, Direk Yam’s “three-part, virtually effects-free serial-killer/spook-show mash-up The Road turns the scantest of plots and a familiar, reverse-motion chronology (which actually fits the story's fatalistic framework) into something grave and lingering. It helps that virtually every shot, courtesy of Laranas himself, is ravishing.”
Although the movie review of Bloody Disgusting’s Evan Dickson will not be posted until Friday, he swears that the movie will definitely be worth your time. “It's scary, evocative, beautiful, and doesn't pull its punches,” he writes.
Along with the transcript of his interview with Direk Yam, Horror Talk’s Ted McCarthy also posted his review of the movie itself. He began his piece by saying “The Road is an interesting supernatural horror film that unfortunately falls a little shy of greatness. After a beautiful opening with some fun and inventive credits followed by a startling act of violence, we jump into the first of three stories spanning as many decades.” He found the first half of the movie having enough genuine chills and that it’s worth seeing if you’re into supernatural films.
The Road stars Carmina Villaroel, Marvin Agustin, Rhian Ramos, TJ Trinidad, Barbie Forteza, Derrick Monasterio, Lexi Fernandez, Alden Richards, Louise delos Reyes, Ynna Asistio, and Renz Valerio, with Ms. Jacklyn Jose, John Regala, Lloyd Samartino, Gerald Madrid, Allan Paule, Dex Quindoza and Ana Abad Santos. It will be distributed by Freestyle Releasing and shown in select cities in US and Canada beginning May 11. It will also be released in Singapore on May 15.
Watch out for it in a theater near you!
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