San Lazaro is a Filipino horror film written and directed by Wincy Aquino Ong, starring Ramon Bautista, Wincy Aquino Ong, Nicco Manalo, Bianca King, Ely Buendia, Julia Clarete, Earl Ignacio, Kean Cipriano and Allan Forte.
Limuel tells Sigfried that his brother Biboy (Nicco Manalo) has been exhibiting psychotic behavior after his wife left him.
[1] Ong instructed the musicians to create a creepy atmosphere that harks back to John Williams' adventure scores, such as his work on Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom.
Nicolas created the moody opening credits music that matched the award-winning animation sequence on the evening before the first day of principal photography.
[9] Renowned critic Philbert Dy writes in Esquire: "There are so many ideas in San Lazaro that it occasionally sags under its own weight.
[12] The jurors praised the title sequence as: "art that sketches the Filipino Culture as it establishes the mood for the film itself: creepy and dark, yet humorous.