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Lilim
After committing a desperate act of violence to escape an abusive home, Issa flees with her younger brother Tomas to a remote orphanage run by a secretive sect of nuns. Initially promising sanctuary, the isolated refuge soon reveals disturbing truths through the nuns’ increasingly sinister behavior, frightening hazing from fellow children, and nightly terrors haunting its shadowed halls. Issa’s hope for redemption and safety turns to dread as threats escalate, endangering their very lives. Director Mikhail Red (Birdshot) crafts a viciously atmospheric slow-burn horror, grounded in his brother Nikolas Red’s incisive, politically charged script that chillingly reflects the Philippines’ tumultuous past. Beware the sadistic evil beneath saintly appearances.