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THREE DAYS OF DARKNESS
This is not a film by Khavn

It made the censors in the Philippines stutter. The filmmaker, in his vision of the Apocalypse as experienced by three women locked in a ghostly house, was not only inspired by horror, but also by porn films. You have been warned.

It was said of the most productive Dutch novelist Simon Vestdijk that he could write faster than God could read. You could say of Khavn that he makes films faster than God can watch. In his speed and productivity, Khavn made Three Days of Darkness twice: the first time with young actresses and afterwards (this film) with more experienced ones in all respects. So it’s a remake of his own film. And the remake is better – or maybe the remake is the original.
The background for the film was borrowed from a text from the New Testament book of Revelations, the mystical and apocalyptic predictions by the apostle John. When the day of divine revenge comes, three days of darkness will fall over the earth. When three women are together in what is undoubtedly a haunted house, the lights fail during the divine storm. Demons emerge in all kinds of forms in the darkness. Fear, yet strikingly also enjoyment, overwhelms the women. This is the start of strange, bloodcurdling and erotic events. The film does not only borrow its inspiration from horror films, but also from porn. As the end approaches, apparently unbridled powers break free; the women surrender themselves entirely to their lusts.
In the Philippines, the censor had no words to describe the alleged filth. However, supporters immediately hailed the film as a cult classic. (Gertjan Zuilhof)

Director Khavn De La Cruz
Producer Khavn De La Cruz
Scenario Aloy Adlawan, Khavn De La Cruz
Cast Katya Santos
Gwen Garci
Precious Adona
Bugz Daigo
Photography Albert Banzon
Editor Lawrence S. Ang
Art design Jeck Cogama
Length 81′

THEMES
2009 Signals: Hungry Ghosts
Horror films and more. The ghosts in these Asian films are real. Viewers and makers certainly believe in them.

SCREENINGS
Cinerama 7 Fri 23 Jan 17:15
Venster 2 Tue 27 Jan 22:30

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