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Motel Acacia

  • 2019
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
335
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JC Santos in Motel Acacia (2019)
Body HorrorSupernatural HorrorHorror

A young man is groomed by his tyrannical father to take over the family business, a sinister motel that specializes in "taking care of" immigrants.A young man is groomed by his tyrannical father to take over the family business, a sinister motel that specializes in "taking care of" immigrants.A young man is groomed by his tyrannical father to take over the family business, a sinister motel that specializes in "taking care of" immigrants.

  • Director
    • Bradley Liew
  • Writers
    • Bradley Liew
    • Bianca Balbuena
  • Stars
    • JC Santos
    • Jan Bijvoet
    • Agot Isidro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.6/10
    335
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bradley Liew
    • Writers
      • Bradley Liew
      • Bianca Balbuena
    • Stars
      • JC Santos
      • Jan Bijvoet
      • Agot Isidro
    • 6User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 nominations total

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    JC Santos
    JC Santos
    • JC
    Jan Bijvoet
    Jan Bijvoet
    • Father
    Agot Isidro
    Agot Isidro
    • Angeli
    Nicholas Saputra
    Nicholas Saputra
    • Don
    Bront Palarae
    Bront Palarae
    • Bront
    Vithaya Pansringarm
    Vithaya Pansringarm
    • Sami
    Talia Zucker
    Talia Zucker
    • Cathy
    Will Howarth
    Will Howarth
    • James
    • (as Will Jaymes)
    Perry Dizon
    Perry Dizon
    • Dee Hernandez
    Joel Saracho
    Joel Saracho
    • Nature Guide
    Brian Sy
    Brian Sy
    • Lumberjack Foreman
    Zahn-Paul Yu
    Zahn-Paul Yu
    • Mr. President
    Jakub Krajger
    Jakub Krajger
    • Young Father
    Leigh Guda
    Leigh Guda
    • Woman in the Forest
    • (as Leigh Guda Domalsin)
    Don Melvin Boongaling
    Don Melvin Boongaling
    • Lumberjack
    Verto Guese
    Verto Guese
    • Lumberjack
    Ramil Bongalos
    • Lumberjack
    Marlon Pajoway
    • Lumberjack
    • Director
      • Bradley Liew
    • Writers
      • Bradley Liew
      • Bianca Balbuena
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    User reviews6

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    2saptesh786

    Boring horror !

    Nothing in the movie. What is story line I did not understand till the end and that end I could manage myself to reach there anyhow. Very boring movie. Characters are weird. You can see ugliness at many situations. No logic no story all are waste. No horror, no thrill, confused end. Never see such boring movie.
    1tahrgat

    An Unfortunate Disappointment

    The best way to describe the film is as a disappointment. It starts off strong by setting up intrigue, but never pays it off. The creature effects and location were great. Everything else fell apart at the directorial and script level. You don't really get to know anyone or why any of this is happening, so nothing seems to matter. Peoples' attitudes and motivations constantly fluctuate in nonsensical ways, to the point where the film seems adlibbed rather than scripted. I do not recommend this one.
    1MamaB

    Ridiculous

    Complete garbage. Made absolutely ZERO sense. What a waste of time.
    3paul_m_haakonsen

    Confusing and boring...

    Right, well I wasn't really sure what I was getting into here when I sat down to watch the 2019 movie "Motel Acacia", except for it being a horror movie. And being an avid fan of the horror genre, of course I sat down to watch this movie, as I hadn't already seen it.

    Turns out that I might have skipped on it, because this movie was not good. In fact, it was so lacking in entertainment value that I really don't fully understand the purpose of the storyline. It was just a mess of a storyline, especially because nothing was properly explained or revealed.

    Especially the setting of the movie made absolutely no sense to me. Where in the world was this supposed to be taking place? I just couldn't grasp that, and it just added to the confusion of an already befuddled storyline.

    The acting in the movie, however, was adequate at least. But that hardly mattered, because the movie was so weighed down by a dubious and questionable storyline and script.

    Visually then "Motel Acacia" was actually quite good. The effects were rather nice for a movie such as this. And I will say that the creature designs were definitely nice. But again, the special effects and CGI team could only muster so little to make amends for the movie's massive shortcomings.

    All in all, "Motel Acacia" is not worth the time or effort, much less the money. I am rating it a generous three out of ten stars - mostly because of the visuals and acting. I managed to sit through the entire movie, but this is not a movie that I will ever be returning to for a second viewing.
    1avibluestein

    The real victims of this movie are us !

    The problem with weird movies is that they are just weird, pointless, meaningless, can't be understood and the characters are behaving and speaking in an unexplained manner. Now add to this recipe a mindless and pointless plot together with bad acting and you get an spoiled stew that leaves you with a bad taste and the feeling the the joke was on you and you are the victim of this movie.

    It wasn't as bad as other movies I've watched such as Fearless (the worst ever) but it was just plain bad. No plot. No logic. No explanation and no scare or horror at all.

    If you want better horror - go watch 60 Minutes or CNN.....

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    • Goofs
      The white truck is seen with a European union license plate on the drive to the motel, but once they pull into the motel, the license plate changes to a red white and blue one.
    • Soundtracks
      Tayo'y maglagalag
      Performed by Agot Isidro

      Music, lyrics and musical arrangement by Vincent De Jesus (as Vincent A. Dejesus)

      Copyright 2019, House of Tunes

      Recorded and mixed by Boggie Manipon

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 11, 2020 (Philippines)
    • Countries of origin
      • Philippines
      • Malaysia
      • Singapore
      • Indonesia
      • Slovenia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Acacia Motel
    • Filming locations
      • Manila, Philippines
    • Production companies
      • Black Sheep
      • Epicmedia Productions
      • Tier Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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