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Rogue. (2007 film) Rogue is a 2007 Australian horror film written and directed by Greg McLean. Starring Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell and Sam Worthington, it follows a group of tourists in Australia who fall prey to a giant, 25 ft (7.6 m) man-eating saltwater crocodile. The film was inspired by the true story of Cassius, a giant male saltwater ...
Jul 23, 2020 · It’s based on the true story of Sweetheart, a 17-foot male saltwater crocodile that attacked multiple boats between 1975-1979 until it was caught by the Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission ...
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Oct 14, 2020 · It ended up as the highest-grossing movie of the year and set off the so-called “massacre movies” trend in Philippine cinema. The movie is not a documentary. It’s a cinematic telling of the rape and murder of the Vizconde women—Estrellita, 47, Carmela, 18, Jennifer, 7—inside their own house in Parañaque on the night of June 30, 1991.
Nov 8, 2020 · The film was inspired by the true story of Sweetheart-a giant 5.1 Metre (16 ft.) saltwater crocodile responsible for a series of attacks between 1974- 1979, Sweetheart attacked outboard motors ...
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If you think eating brains is something only zombies find appetizing, then wait until you read Paul de La Gironière’s best-selling mid-19th-century travelogue. Gironière was a French explorer who arrived in the Philippines in 1820. The adventurer in him thought it was a good idea to stay in the country for a while to practice his profession (he was...
If all else fails, kill your boss. This was probably the motto of the Augustinian friars who conspired to kill their superior in 1617. Fray Geronimo de Salas, the newly-elected Augustinian provincial in Intramuros, became the first target of these secret assassins. Only twenty days after his appointment, Salas was poisoned to death. His successor, ...
Don Simeon Bernardo didn’t believe in God. He wanted everybody to know about it, so much so that he built a hair-raising monument of a devil triumphing over an angel. This sculpture now guards the tomb of Don Simeon who died of a heart attack in 1934 at the age of 65. Since then, the now-famous tombstone in Tugatog, Malabon has been the subject of ...
In 1953, 18-year-old Clarita Villanueva of Bacolod City hit the headlines both here and abroad. But unlike movie stars, the probinsyana became famous for what would turn out to be one of the most ‘legit’ cases of demonic possession in recorded history. Villanueva came to Manila after her parents died. She first worked as a maid before eloping with ...
To describe the WWII tragedies that befell Filipinos as “creepy” won’t do it justice. Even calling it “horrifying” is an understatement. Without a doubt, the Japanese atrocities in the Philippines showed us how far humans could go in the name of honor and lust for power. Jintaro Ishida, a Japanese veteran who served in the Navy during WWII, once sh...
Apostol, V. (2012). Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions(pp. 96-97). North Atlantic Books. Beaver Valley Times,. (1953). Manila Mayor Confirms ‘Spook’ Attacks On Girl, p. 8. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/lSAu68 De La Gironière, P. (1854). Adventures in the Philippine Islands. Translated from the Frenc...
Apr 25, 2008 · Rogue is co-produced, written and directed by Greg Mclean (Wolf Creek). It stars Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell, Sam Worthington & John Jarratt. The film is inspired by the true story of "Sweetheart", a giant Australian crocodile that terrorised boats in a 5 year period between 1974 & 1979. Plot sees travel journalist Pete McKell (Vartan) in ...
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Title Drop: There are plenty of mentions of "territory", but no "rogue". Very Loosely Based on a True Story: According to Word of God, the plot was inspired by the real-life story of Sweetheart, a female saltwater crocodile who became infamous for attacking boats in Australia's Northern Territory between 1974 and 1979. Wildlife rangers tried to ...
