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6.9/10 Letterboxd Written by Eduardo "Dodo" Dayao Director Dodo Dayao | 4.7/10 IMDb Directed by Eduardo "Dodo" Dayao Initial release 10 November 2014 Screenplay Dodo Dayao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Tonee AcejoLawrence S. AngEduardo "Dodo" Dayao Starring Victor NeriAnthony FalconRK BagatsingTimothy MabalotAndy BaisJoel Lamangan Music by Ace CadaMarcushiro Nada Cinematography Gym LumberaAlbert BanzonTimmy Harn (VHS) Cast Victor Neri, Andy Bais, Joel Lamangan, RK Bagatsing, Tim Mabalot Similar The Healing, White House, Feng Shui 2, Esprit De Corps, Render to Caesar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Violator trailer 1
Violator is a 2014 Philippine psychological horror film written and directed by Eduardo "Dodo" Dayao. It stars Victor Neri, Anthony Falcon, RK Bagatsing, Timothy Mabalot, Andy Bais, and Joel Lamangan. It premiered at the Cinema One Originals film festival, where it won Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor for Bais. At the Gawad Urian Awards, it won Best Sound and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Supporting Actor for Lamangan.
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Violator the movie trailer
Plot
At the height of a super-typhoon that could well be the first wave of an impending Apocalypse, five men take refuge in a flooded-in police station and spend the rest of the night with a prisoner who may or may not be the Devil.
Cast
Production
Writer-director Dayao is a film critic, and Violator is his directorial debut. He says the step was natural to him, though he accepts others find it less so. When casting the film, Dayao consciously cast the actors against type. All of the actors were his first choices, and they all took the roles that he desired.
Release
Violator premiered on 10 November 2014 at the Cinema One Originals film festival.
Reception
Derek Elley of Film Business Asia rated the film 6/10 stars and, while calling it an impressive debut, wrote that it "is stronger on technique than actual content". Richard Kuipers of Variety wrote, "This stylishly assembled Filipino chiller creates plenty of intrigue but can't quite deliver a knockout punch." Michael Atkinson of The Village Voice called it "an apocalyptic creep-out as heavy with atmosphere and portent as a doomsday sermon". Todd Brown of Twitch Film called it "a gorgeously executed and tightly controlled exercise in religious dread".