Posthouse

Posthouse (2025)

An editor and his daughter work to restore a family heirloom — an old silent horror film — unaware that each frame inches them closer to a dark spirit.

Date of release
2025-08-20
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Director
Nikolas Red

Casting

Interesting facts

Posthouse is a Philippine psychological horror film directed by Nikolas Red in his film directorial debut co-written by Red, Jericho Aguado and Kenneth Dagatan. Sid Lucero and Bea Binene are the leading stars of the film. The film's inspiration is the Philippine mythical creature Manananggal and the silent film about it.

Production

Nikolas Red previously worked as an editor and writer, notably on Deleter (2022), Eerie (2018), Dead Kids (2019), and the short Putol (2021). Mikhail Red, Nikolas’s brother and an acclaimed director in his own right the executive producer of the film.

The project earned two awards, Discover of Asia Award and VIPO Award at the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) 2022 during the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), helping secure USD 15,000 in funding.

The film is partially based on the legend of Ang Manananggal, a supposedly lost 1927 silent horror film, and framed within the folklore of the manananggal. Nikolas drew inspiration from lost Filipino silent cinema and his own experiences working with horror restoration and editing.

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