tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752757598111621222.post7871030721028311838..comments2023-05-12T03:31:41.803-07:00Comments on My Journal, Or: Thing to Do When There's Nothing Else To: Mark Holcomb on Gerardo de LeonNoel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752757598111621222.post-75978923665493017352005-05-27T09:57:00.000-07:002005-05-27T09:57:00.000-07:00Hi, Mark Holcomb here.The De Leon vampire film was...Hi, Mark Holcomb here.<br><br>The De Leon vampire film was indeed originally titled Ibulong Mo Sa Hangin (Whisper it to the Wind). It was retitled Creatures of Evil for European release and Curse of the Vampires for release in the States; it was only called Blood of the Vampires for the DVD release. The Filipino horror movie Dugo ng Vampira is most likely not one of De Leon's, although given the dearth of available reference material on his movies it's hard to say.<br><br>Anyway, I recently did a longer piece on De Leon for the Australian film journal Senses of Cinema. It's at<br><br>http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/05/de_leon.html<br><br>Excellent point about the Terror is a Man creature, and De Leon's contribution to that story line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752757598111621222.post-34127984148300640332005-05-27T22:27:00.000-07:002005-05-27T22:27:00.000-07:00Thanks for the kind words. With any luck, I hope y...Thanks for the kind words. With any luck, I hope you get to see The Moises Padilla Story, Noli Me Tangere, Sanda Wong and late Filipino features like Lilet, the Caridad segment of Fe, Esperanza, Caridad, and Banawe--all interesting mature works. <br><br>Here's some articles I wrote on De Leon:<br><br>http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/noelmoviereviews/message/236<br><br>http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/noelmoviereviews/message/286<br><br>http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/noelmoviereviews/message/410Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com