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Mark David (Carlos Morales), just graduated from college, has been accepted for a writing
scholarship abroad. Experiencing writer's block he wants to overcome, he retreats to the quiet of his uncle's provincial resthouse. He is unable to do any writing until he
meets a stranger who assures him help, provided he follows all instructions given him. From the time Mark plants a strange-looking seed as per instructions, his life takes on
a horrific turn. Will Mark find his impulse to write from what transpires?
Like the regular turnout of some local movies, Ang Babaeng Putik like it has been
conceived and produced in a short time. It doesn't have the marks of a Regal production. The lead cast does not have sufficient experience for credible acting. The script
would stand much improvement for a better fantasy-horror movie. The music is awful. The element of horror is confined to the visuals; the looks of the carnivorous creature;
the sac of entrails from which "she" or Sally (Klaudia Koronel), the "babaeng Putik" is "born", and the blood and quick flashes of severed human body parts.
The visual suggestions and nuances make the sex scenes clear enough. Shots of full and
waist-up frontal nudity are concentrated on the character of Sally (Klaudia Koronel). The use off drugs and alcohol are scattered through out the movie. To top it all, there
is too much senseless killing and violence.
(Date reviewed: March 30, 2001)
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