Synopsis:
Carol Jeffries (known as ‘Jeff’) is a naive American woman staying in the Phillipines. She is given ten years in prison after being set up by her drug-dealer boyfriend, Rudy. She endures the harsh conditions, sadistic head matron and attempts on her life, then convinces her cell-mates to try to escape with her through the jungle, in spite of the knowledge that ruthless trackers will be sent out after them.

1.85GB | 1 h 21 min | 1024×574 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/DF361B1BBADD70A/Women.in.Cages.1971.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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A multi-awarded film by Filipino National Artist Gerardo de Leon, based on a novel written by martyr-hero Jose P. Rizal, and which trigerred the Philippine Revolution of 1896. Produced in 1961 for the national celebrations commemorating the birth centenary of Rizal, the film considered lost for almost two decades until its recent restoration by German Archivist.
Written in 1887, Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere is considered “the greatest achievement of modern Filipino literature.” Equally distinguished is this restored film version, by master director Gerardo de Leon, which won the FAMAS award for best picture, director, supporting actor and supporting actress in 1961. Crisostomo Ibarra, an ilustrado educated in Europe, returns to his country to find it besieged by “a corrupt government, an abusive clergy, extensive poverty” and a discontented populace. Unforgettable characters include the modest Maria Clara – the bastard daughter of notorious Padre Damaso, the madwoman Sisa, the town fool Pilosopong Tasyo, and Elias, the revolutionary.
(Kanya-Kanyang Rizal, June 2000)

1961 Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (de Leon), Best Supporting Actor (Keesee), and Best Supporting Actress (Carino).

La Solidaridad: “Dr. Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere portrayed in a so clear and sympathetic way the lives of Filipino people and has produced a real piece of literature. Enter Gerardo de Leon, film director-writer. Aside from technical expertise, ambiguity has been his most manifest trait. But never has this been more pronounced than in his film version of Noli Me Tangere (Bayanihan & Arriva Productions, 1961). What sets Noli apart is its quasi-official nature. Intended as the story of a Filipino’s belief about great injustice, it normally would have, in these polarized times, two orientations to choose from, conservatism or radicalism. Gerardo de Leon, however, steers Noli away clear of any such commitment, his achievement in this regard is the movie’s prime virtue. De Leon’s earlier efforts were better than the average Filipino director’s output. Here, the apparent attempt is to state that politics is never a matter of dichotomy, that social contradiction may demonstrate dialectical modes of behavior, but not necessarily according to the expectations dictated by academic idealism. Noli tells the story of Crisostomo Ibarra (Eddie del Mar), a Filipino who returns to his motherland after having completed his studies in Europe. In his honor, Don Tiago (Engracio Ibarra) throws him a welcome party attended by Padre Damaso (Oscar Keesee), Dona Victorina (Lilian Laing) and the town’s most prominent figures. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Guevarra (Manuel Ojeda) reveals the incidents preceding the death of his father Don Rafael. The following day, Crisostomo visits Maria Clara (Edita Vidal), their long-standing love clearly manifested in this meeting. He carries out his father’s plans of building a school believing that education would pave the way to his country’s liberation. Crisostomo becomes the hunted as he gets implicated in a staged revolution. Together with Elias (Leopoldo Salcedo), he flees town but as luck would have it, they were shot by the civil guards eventually killing Elias. Maria Clara, hopeless and disillusioned begs Padre Damaso to confine her into a nunnery unaware that Crisostomo had survived and was able to escape. Before the film’s end, Crisostomo finds Basilio (Eddie Ilagan) in the forest and helps him bury his lifeless mother Sisa (Lina Carino).

Although the film is weakened by the incompetence to weave an alternative historiography to which reality must be indebted, Noli infuses the Rizal question with subtle but sparkling imagination. Occasional heavy-handedness sets in when the film makes didactic attempts at value reorientation. Production design, cinematography and editing are above par compared with standard industry outputs, acting is low key and works well in most cases. De Leon’s straightforward style somewhat falters after more than three hours of utility though, not withstanding the presence of big-time performers. Instead, he opts for a measure of sad success by playing his politics both ways. De Leon in Noli manages to flesh out political and class tension in the act of depicting social change . On the basis of his humanistic emphases, here and in his earlier films, one may allow him the benefit of the doubt. Like it or not, Noli Me Tangere is a major Filipino movie, the industry’s significant output for an uncertain decade. As for De Leon, one can at least admire the daring by which he tackles complex political ramifications, infusing the attempts with a serene diplomacy surprising for its rarity hereabouts. His ability to control a material so complicated in its details and so earnest in its yearning to effectively disseminate the action of society. Noli’s novelistic narrative may fumble in its attempt to explore character and weave milieu into dramaturgy, but the film emerges from the thickets with engaging moments and stirring energies. Noli Me Tangere’s strength lies not so much in its technique as in its affecting vision of sacrifice.”

1.99GB | 2 h 57 min | 718×540 | mkv

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Language(s):Tagalog
Subtitles:English hard subs and English srt

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A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.

1.47GB | 1 h 30 min | 768×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/55DDD96314756D6/Terror.is.a.Man.1959.BDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:English
Subtitles:None

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This weird and chilling tale of vampires and the undead seeking to bring their kind back to life features the evil Marco (Ronald Remy), an updated version of the vampiric Count Dracula replete with cape, fangs, and clean-shaven head! Marco seeks to reanimate his long lost love and infuse her with the blood of his victims as he casts his evil spell over the inhabitants of a lonely village. Sharp fangs gleam in the night as bloodsuckers and bats seek fresh blood from the veins of their victims in this eerie drive-in favorite, also known as “The Vampire People” and featuring unusual color photography and tinting effects.

2.11GB | 1 h 26 min | 1024×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/43D542CAC3B333E/The.Blood.Drinkers.1964.BDRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:English
Subtitles:None

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A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies.

1.05GB | 1 h 29 min | 702×526 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/B6A133F7452F6E6/Mad.Doctor.of.Blood.Island.1968.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language:English, English commentary
Subtitles:None

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