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Director
  
Duration
  

Country
  
Philippines

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Sequel
  
Scorpio Nights 2

Language
  
Tagalog / Filipino

Daniel Fernando and Anna Marie Gutierrez in the movie poster of Scorpio Nights (1985 film)

Release date
  
1985

Initial release
  
June 18, 1985 (Philippines)

Cast
  
(Security Guard), (Security Guard's Wife),

Similar movies
  
Philippines movies, Movies about love


Writers
  
T.E. Pagaspas, Rommel Bernardino, Uro Q. dela Cruz

Producer
  
Lily Y. Monteverde

Music by
  
Jaime Fabregas

Cinematographer
  
Ely Cruz

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Scorpio Nights is a 1985 Filipino erotic drama film by director Peque Gallaga. It is about a love affair between a young man and a married woman who become entangled in their uncontrollable urge for sex. The film was controversial, but played a key role in defining Filipino erotic films of the decade.

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Daniel Fernando and Anna Marie Gutierrez in a scene from the 1985 movie, Scorpio Nights

Plot

The story is about an affair between college student, Danny (Daniel Fernando), and an unfaithful housewife (Ana Marie Gutierrez).

Synopsis

The film is set in a shabby apartment where Danny resides above the room of a security guard and his wife. Every day, the husband goes home, eats his dinner, washes the dishes, goes straight to bed and makes love to his wife. Danny plays Peeping Tom and every night observes through a hole in his floorboard. Unable to control his urges, he goes to the room of the wife where he does the same things that the husband does to her with no resistance. The two perform the act repeatedly until they fall in love with each other. The husband finds out that his wife is cheating on him, when one day he walks in on them while they are having sex, and shoots them both. He then shoots himself while having sex with his dead wife.

Reception

The film is considered one of the most controversial and important Filipino films of its time. Despite being provocative, it has been commended for its social relevance. Set towards the beginning of the end of the Marcos regime, it portrayed the chaotic economy of those years, when Ninoy Aquino's assassination was still very much talked about.

Remake

The 2001 Korean film Summertime is based on this movie.

An unrelated sequel, Scorpio Nights 2, was made in 1999, starred Albert Martinez and Joyce Jimenez. It was produced by Gallaga and directed by Erik Matti. The film is, so far, the last installment almost 15 years after the original was produced by Viva Films.

Cast

  • Orestes Ojeda ... security guard
  • Anna Marie Gutierrez ... security guard's wife
  • Daniel Fernando ... Danny
  • Eugene Enriquez ... Genio
  • Amanda Amores ... Fely
  • Mike Austria ... Mike
  • Crispin Medina ... Pen (Barkada)
  • Caloy Balasbas ... Tambay (Guitarist- Singer)
  • Archie Macababbad ... Chibog
  • Arlene Libo-on ... Lanie
  • Jhoe Mark Asaytuno ... Taga timpla ng kape
  • Paulo Nino Esteban ... Taga Paypay
  • Rosauro Q.Dela Cruz ... Barkada
  • Lorenzo A. Reyes ... Barkada
  • Rafael Salonga ... Barkada
  • Madeleine Gallaga ... Fely's Mother
  • Peque Gallaga ... Fely's Father
  • Mark Salvador ... kawayan king
  • Soundtrack

  • Holiday ... Bee Gees
  • The Boxer ... Simon and Garfunkel
  • I Started A Joke ... Bee Gees
  • Boys Do Fall In Love ... Robin Gibb
  • Skyline Pigeon ... Elton John
  • References

    Scorpio Nights Wikipedia
    Scorpio Nights IMDb Scorpio Nights themoviedb.org