MOTEL ACACIA

By Bradley LIEW

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Horror - Completed 2019

JC, a young Filipino man is forced to take over the family business: A motel in the remote wilderness where immigrants are sent in order to make them disappear though a bed which devours men and impregnates women.

Festivals
& Awards

World Premiere – Tokyo IFF / Asian Future Competition 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Horror
    • Countries
    • PHILIPPINES, SLOVENIA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, THAILAND
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FILIPINO
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Bradley LIEW
    • Writer(s)
    • Bradley LIEW, Bianca BALBUENA
    • Producer(s)
    • Bianca BALBUENA, Bradley LIEW, Jeremy CHUA, Boštjan VIRC, Siniša JURIČIČ, Kriz GAZMEN, Marizel S. MARTINEZ
    • Synopsis
    • JC, a young Filipino man is forced to take over the family business set by his estranged tyrant father, a lonesome motel in the remote wilderness, providing shelter to illegal immigrants on behalf of the Government. But as JC and the guests soon discover, Motel Acacia is home to a dark and ancient spirit, which devours men and impregnates women. With food running out and a violent blizzard preventing the guests to leave, a desperate fight for survival begins. In an attempt rid himself from his father’s shadow, JC risks losing his own humanity.