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['60s ballad music playing]

[fire crackling]

[in Tagalog] ♪ Is this ♪

♪ Where the path to heaven ends? ♪

♪ Unfathomable ♪

♪ No matter how many paths I traverse ♪

♪ Just like ♪

♪ The shape of our love ♪

[cat meowing]

♪ With its undefinable end ♪

♪ And beginning ♪

♪ Eternity ♪

♪ That is where ♪

♪ Our love is headed ♪

♪ Nothing can stop our love ♪

♪ Can the winds of fate ♪

♪ Even be stopped? ♪

[gunshot]

[ominous music playing]

Gunshot wound.

Torso entry without exit wound. Applying pressure.

Here.

[nurse 2] Inserting IV.

[child crying]

[ominous music playing]

[monitor beeping]

[doctor] Let's get an abdominal X-ray.

Then prepare the patient for a vascular AR.

[nurse 2] Yes, doctor.

You must fight, Lilia.

[monitor beeping]

[ominous music intensifies]

[exhales sharply]

[exhales sharply]

[gunshot]

[indistinct chatter]

[music fades out]

[foreboding music playing]

[police siren blaring]

[indistinct chatter over radio]

[officer] I don't know. This is a strange case, sir.

Everyone is dead. It's like they were mauled by an animal.

[camera clicking]

[foreboding music playing]

[indistinct chatter over radio]

[foreboding music intensifies]

[music fades out]

Miss!

We are investigating a multiple homicide case.

And you're the nurse on duty now?

And your name is?

Isabelle Pineda.

Nurse Pineda, I'm Chief Inspector Carreon.

Inspector Angua.

We're here to talk to one of your patients, Filomena Reyes.

She's here, right?

She's now a person of interest in the case we're investigating.

Sorry. She needs to rest right now.

Look, miss, we are not visitors.

We are police officers.

[male patient coughing]

Sir, are you saying that my patient,

who's 88 years old, has killed someone?

If it wasn't her, she would definitely know who it was.

Nurse Pineda, regardless if she is the killer or not,

I think what my colleague meant to say was,

maybe she could provide us with some information

about what she saw last night,

so we can resolve this case.

That's all.

She has lost a lot of blood.

I'm sorry, but she can't be disturbed, even if you are the police.

Obstruction of justice. That's what.

You can return when she's in a more stable condition.

You can talk to her then.

-Miss, I don't think-- -Okay.

We understand. It's all right.

Thank you very much for your time.

We'll come back.

[phone ringing]

What is it this time?

[ringing stops]

Aren't you going to answer that?

[phone vibrating]

It's good you're awake.

Um, I'm a nurse here at Baguio General.

[phone vibrating]

Do you remember who brought you here, or how you ended up in here?

[phone vibrating]

Who is it? Keeps calling you.

It's no one.

You lost a lot of blood.

Do you remember how you got shot?

How did I get here?

Uh, it was your son. He brought you in.

We looked all over for him, but we couldn't find where it was he went.

-What? -Do you know how we can contact him?

Son?

I don't have a son.

Uh, there was a man.

Uh, 30. About 30 years old.

About so high.

And he had very long hair.

[chuckles]

That's Matias.

He's not my son.

He's my boyfriend.

[scoffs]

Well, good for you!

[both chuckle]

Please do try and get some rest.

I'm sorry about this.

I heard you were talking to the police earlier.

Thank you.

But I really want to rest right now.

Could I let you know a little later, when I'm a little stronger,

and I'll talk to them then?

[pensive music playing]

Sure.

Thank you.

[patient coughing]

[monitor beeping]

[officer] Come on. How many times have we got to drag you down here?

[telephone ringing]

[lighter clicking]

[man chuckling]

Hey, collector! I heard you picked up another case, huh?

Gonna add that to your collection?

Go ahead and laugh.

-[officer 1] Well, it is pretty funny! -[laughing]

[officers laughing]

[chuckles] So, hey, why do they call him the collector?

He's old school, that's why.

He's been here the longest of anyone,

but he never rose above the rank of an inspector.

No cases have ever been solved.

He collects cases and files them away,

digs them out, then pores over them again.

[officer 2] He hasn't even solved a single case?

-[officer 1] Not for a long time! -[both laugh]

[officer 2] You'd think he'd just cook up a case?

Plant drugs or a gun?

[officer 1] Nah! He's straight as an arrow.

[officer 2 scoffs] Pretty dumb cop.

Why hasn't he been fired?

[officer 1] If he gets fired, we're all getting fired!

[both laugh]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Angua] Sir, I really believe that this case is connected to my past cases.

Look here. Look at the location.

See, only one crime scene.

Take a look at the injuries.

It's a serial killer, sir.

He's back.

-You mean from the '80s? -Yes, sir.

Serial killer, huh?

The rich entrepreneur who runs a charity, Filomena Reyes.

[Angua] Yes. Lilia.

She's the owner of the house that was broken into recently.

-[Carreon] Ah! -She owns several businesses in Baguio.

[indistinct chatter over radio]

-Look there-- -When were these photos taken?

[Angua] Back in the 1980s.

She was my suspect then, but nothing ever came of it.

You said Filomena didn't have any children.

So, who's this?

[Angua] I took those photos back in the 1990s.

But look, it seems like he's not aging at all, right?

So, who is he?

I don't know. There's no record of him anywhere.

-Sir. -Mmm.

This is hard to believe, but take a look.

In that photo, Lilia is by herself, but it seems like she'stalking to someone.

[Carreon] Yeah, that is strange.

Why did this guy suddenly show up

when Lilia Reyes was already old?

[nurse] Girl, I'm off.

[coughs] Why? Is your shift over?

My shift is done. However…

-Hey, wait. -We're short-staffed on the day shift.

-Can you cover? -No, uh, I haven't…

Come on, please. It's my kid's Family Day.

Hey, hang on. I haven't taken a shower or even eaten yet.

Oh, come on, I really need your help.

Please, come on. Please help me out, won't you?

Besides, you're single.

-What is this? -Come on. Please?

-Single and getting screwed over as well? -Thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Bye. Love you. Love you.

[sighs]

Isabelle!

You're not answering my calls.

I have patients.

You're lying.

Your shift ended.

I took over the day shift.

You told me you would help with the rent.

Did I really say that?

You said you'd support me, so I can work on my art.

You were my boyfriend back then.

Now, we've broken up, so please just go.

I still have a patient here.

Oh, yeah?

All right then, give me back the painting I gave you,

so I can sell it.

-Serious? -[Lilia groaning]

Do you want me to call security?

[Lilia] Nurse!

[Isabelle] What's wrong with you? Just go.

[groaning]

-Nurse? -[Isabelle] So annoying.

-[Lilia groaning] -I'm here now.

-[nurse] Isabelle, do you need help? -I can take care of this.

[Lilia groans]

Deep breath now.

-[groans] -Are you okay?

I figured you could use some help.

[chuckles]

-Thanks for that. -[groans]

Is he still there?

Still there. Oh!

-Is it okay if I stay here for now? -It's okay.

Stay by my side.

Oh, it hurts so much. It hurts.

[Isabelle] All right, deep breath.

He's gone.

He left.

He took off.

[sighs in relief] Thank you for that.

Do you want to hear a story?

What story?

[engine roaring]

[old Lilia] My family lived here in Baguio.

[siren blaring]

We lived a comfortable life.

However, in 1941…

-Please! -Lilia, we're not taking that.

-Have you packed everything? -Oh, please.

-No, Lilia, we're ready. That's it. -[siren blaring]

-Hurry up then, let's go. -[announcement on radio]

[old Lilia] The Japanese arrived.

War broke out.

Hail Mary.

[plane engines roaring]

[Lilia's dad] Anyone home?

[old Lilia] We left Baguio before the situation got worse.

My parents thought…

Anyone here?

…that things would get better.

We moved to Batangas and stayed with a relative there.

[Lilia's dad] Hello, Teresing.

[old Lilia] Our life there was very different

from the life we were used to.

[Lilia's dad] Teresing!

We are begging you.

We have traveled such a long way to be here.

We really had nowhere else to go.

Maybe we could stay here just for now.

It's dangerous.

I'll be risking my own life.

I could get hurt.

[plane engines roaring]

Cousin, here, take this for the inconvenience.

Go ahead.

You know it's not…

really about the money.

Surely you understand that.

We're begging you, cousin.

Just this one time.

[grunts]

[earrings tinkling]

You don't have to beg me.

Uh, although, I'll be put in a difficult situation.

[plane engines roaring]

[Lilia's dad] I promise we'll take everything back after this war is over.

It's still yours.

We'll just leave it with him for safekeeping.

All right then.

[sniffling]

[Teresing] You can stay here,

but once the Japanese come, you're on your own.

[bell ringing]

[people shrieking]

[people shouting]

-What's happened? -I don't know.

Huh? What… What… What's going on?

[indistinct chatter]

[ominous music playing]

[man] I saw it and I swung.

It looked human at first, then transformed into a monster.

It killed everyone in this family,

so I chased it down with my trusty machete.

It has killed three more people. Somebody must do something.

[ Lilia] I thought war was the cruelest monster of all.

I was wrong.

There was an even more terrifying monster lurking around.

[crowd murmuring]

[Lilia's mom] Let's go. We need to get home.

Wash your hands.

[Lilia's dad sighs]

May I be excused, please?

-Finish your meal. -Not yet, darling.

I'm still full.

Looks like she's full.

It's hard to find food these days.

[gentle music playing]

[Lilia's mom] Juan Pablo, you're spoiling her too much.

Before you know it, she won't be a kid anymore.

She can't grow up thinking she can do whatever she wants.

[chuckles softly]

[leaves rustling]

[cat meowing]

[meowing]

[old Lilia] I know it sounds unbelievable,

but I remember it like it was yesterday.

That night, in the deep and mysterious darkness,

I met someone who would completely change my life.

Forever.

[cat meowing]

It was Matias.

[cat purring]

[Isabelle] So the cat,

its name was Matias?

Yes, Matias was the cat.

And you're saying that his soul is trapped inside the cat?

Was Matias the cat's reincarnation?

Oh, no!

See, Matias was the cat.

[chuckles]

-Lola, I don't really understand. -[chuckles softly]

I told you before.

Matias, he is…

The man who brought you here.

Yes.

The guy you said was your boyfriend, yeah?

[both chuckle]

[Lilia] Mmm.

He was the cat?

Matias was the cat.

Your story sounds very interesting.

Yes, it is.

That's just the beginning.

[young Lilia] Matias?

Matias?

What were you thinking bringing that animal into this house?

Throw it out now. Get rid of it.

[Matias purring]

But Matias is my friend.

Ugh! Step aside.

No, Mama!

-Mama, no! -[Matias meowing]

Get rid of it. I don't want it in here.

I don't want to.

-I'm gonna protect him. -[Matias screeches]

-Ugh! -[Matias hisses]

Matias!

Where are you going, Lilia?

[crickets chirping]

Matias!

Matias?

[leaves rustling]

[gasps]

[Matias meowing]

[purring]

[meowing]

[soft whooshing]

[breathing heavily]

[eerie music playing]

[Matias breathing heavily]

-[door opens] -[nurse] Excuse me.

-Oh, Isabelle! You're here. -[Isabelle] Yeah.

She was telling me a story.

A story?

What kind of story?

A story about my childhood.

Hold on. Just let me just fix this.

Um…

Hmm.

Uh, I'll just check your blood bag, okay?

She's going to need two or more units of A positive immediately.

[Isabelle] A positive?

[nurse] Yes, that's right.

I'll check the blood bank.

Hmm. Good. Excuse me.

Okay, thank you.

[door opens and closes]

Lola, do you have any relatives that we could contact?

Maybe they could donate blood for you?

Relatives?

None.

Family are the best donors.

You have a rare blood type.

We might have a hard time finding a compatible donor for you.

Matias? [inhales deeply]

I don't think his blood will be right.

Um, maybe not, but do you know how we can get in touch with him?

You need more blood very soon.

Without it, your condition could get worse.

Am I dying? Is that it?

How are you feeling?

[Lilia] I'm feeling weak.

How is she?

Uh, um, she has lost a lot of blood, you know.

She needs to be transfused with two units of A positive blood immediately.

Why haven't you given it to her?

[Lilia] Oh, Matias!

We'll pay whatever it costs.

It's a public hospital, sir.

We are often short of blood here.

And there's a shortage happening now.

We've already advised Ms. Reyes to be in touch with her relatives.

[chuckles softly]

They told me to contact family.

[inhales deeply]

She has no family left.

[somber music playing]

Well, uh…

Well, maybe you can approach the blood bank.

Or put a post on Facebook to seek a donor.

[Lilia] Matias.

[somber music continues]

If it's my time,

then so be it.

Lilia, don't talk like that.

It's enough to have you by my side until the very end.

I'm not giving up on you.

Please take care of her.

I'll return later.

[door opens and closes]

It's his nature to be that.

[Indistinct chatter over radio]

WHO IS THE BAGUIO MURDERER?

BAGUIO MURDER THE PERPETRATOR IS A MONSTER

[door opens and closes]

[footsteps approaching]

Angua, that's enough.

Let's go home.

Sir, let me just finish this.

In case you forgot,

we don't have a budget for overtime anymore,

and we're all pretty tired out.

We can deal with whatever it is tomorrow.

[officer] The autopsy report, sir.

For the Aurora Hills homicide.

[Angua] Okay, thank you.

Angua.

-Sir-- -I said tomorrow.

Sir, it's right here.

Tomorrow.

[pensive music playing]

I outrank you, okay?

So I'm ordering you.

That's enough. Let's head home and rest.

[sighs] Yes, sir.

We can check that out tomorrow. Let's go through the report together.

Sir, it's right here.

Come on, let's go.

[printer whirring]

What was it that really happened to you, Lola?

[spoon clinking]

According to the police,

they think you probably know who killed those people.

Was it Matias?

Matias is a good person.

He doesn't go around hurting people

unless it's absolutely necessary.

[unsettling music playing]

[music intensifies]

[old Lilia] I wish I could say we felt relieved when the war ended.

But even though the abusive Japanese soldiers had left…

[inhales deeply]

…what I was about to endure

would be far worse than the horrors and misery of war.

[boy 1] You're not wearing underwear!

-Leave me alone. -[boys laugh]

Don't be so sensitive.

Stop that. Leave me alone.

[boy 2] Oh, she's angry now!

-She's always angry. -[boy 2 chuckles]

Hey, join us later. We're going into town.

Why would I go with you?

It's a fiesta. There'll be dancing.

[Lilia sighs]

No, thank you.

Ah, so you're too good for us?

Or maybe you just don't care about the festival.

Or maybe what they're saying about you is true.

Hmm?

What do they say?

They say you're a witch!

[boys laughing]

[angrily] No one says that.

[boy 1] It's not just me.

They say you perform some kind of ritual every night.

[boy 2] Hmm!

And that a demon's been seen following you around,

and it's doing your bidding.

Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.

And there's also a big monster with fangs living in your house, isn't there?

-[boy 2] Mmm-hmm. -Hmm?

[shouts] Get off!

-[boy 2] Oh! -[boy 1] Hey, Lilia. Hey!

-Stop. Leave me alone. -Hey, come on.

-[boy 1] Where are you running? -Stay away from me!

-Where are you running, Lilia? -No!

-[boy 1 laughing] -Don't come any closer!

[crickets chirping]

[Lilia sobbing]

[Lilia sniffling]

[crying softly]

[sobbing]

[foreboding music playing]

-[boys laughing] -[Lilia screaming]

[inaudible]

[sobbing uncontrollably]

[screaming]

[sobbing]

[boys laughing]

[Lilia sobbing]

[snarling]

[grunting]

[hissing]

[boy 1] She doesn't like me.

-She likes you! -[boys laughing]

[coughing]

[boy 2] Yeah, yeah, I could tell she liked it.

Hey, man, if I were you, I'd try and win her over.

But hey, look, if you don't want to, leave it to me.

[boys gasping]

[boys shrieking loudly]

[boys crying in pain]

-[flesh tearing] -[boys gurgling]

[boys screaming]

[screaming continues]

[screams weakening]

[boys gasping, gurgling]

[Lilia sobbing]

[boy yelps and cries]

[cracking and thudding]

[screaming stops]

[sobbing softly]

[crying]

[footsteps approaching]

-[Matias inhales deeply] -[loud thud]

[Matias breathing deeply]

[Lilia sniffling]

[crying]

[old Lilia] Matias isn't a monster,

but I understand why people see him as one.

He is powerful, and he will do anything to protect me.

[woman] Oh my God!

[boy mutters incoherently]

[old Lilia] Can we blame Matias if he becomes violent

because of people's actions?

[boy crying]

[woman speaking indistinctly]

[boy wailing]

[priest] The body of Christ.

Amen.

-Body of Christ. -[man] Amen.

[whispering] Is that her?

She's very young.

But a witch. Just ask around.

[unsettling music playing]

-[priest] Body of Christ. -[man] Amen.

-The body of Christ. -[woman] Amen.

They say she goes to the field every night.

-That's scary. -What is she doing there?

[priest] The body of Christ.

[man] Amen.

Oh my goodness gracious!

They're looking this way.

Act innocent.

[man] Amen.

[priest] Body of Christ.

[man] Amen.

-Body of Christ. -[man] Amen.

-Body of Christ. -[man] Amen.

[praying softly]

Amen.

[rosary beads clatter]

-Come back here now. -Mama!

Where do you think you're going?

I'm just going out.

You're not going anywhere.

You didn't join your mother for the rosary, and now you're leaving?

Yes, but I'll come back right away.

-[exhales deeply] Lilia! -Mama!

[Lilia groans]

You're no longer a child. You shouldn't be playing outside anymore.

People all over town are talking about you.

They say things like you're a witch,

and that you do rituals in the fields

whenever there's a full moon.

Mama, that's not true.

Perhaps you've already given your body away to the devil!

Mama! Ow!

A devil worshiper is no child of mine!

[Lilia] Please let me go.

-Dolor! -You're hurting me, Mama.

Dolor! What on earth is going on here?

It's your damned daughter.

She's the bride of Satan.

Ask her what she's doing out in the fields.

And ask her why those two boys died,

and why one of them suddenly couldn't speak at all.

You think I did that to them?

Do you know what it is that they did to me?

[Lilia sobbing]

[Juan] Lilia!

Lilia, come back here!

[Lilia crying]

[footsteps receding]

[Lilia sobbing]

Is everyone in this household completely out of their mind?

[doors slams shut]

[suspenseful music playing]

[crickets chirping]

[Matias meowing]

[whooshing]

[Matias] Lilia.

[Dolor gasps]

[crying]

[old Lilia] My mother was superstitious.

I can't blame her.

[sobbing]

She was just like everyone else in that judgmental little town.

[soft creaking]

[rope straining]

[foreboding music playing]

[hyperventilating]

[sobbing]

[door opening]

[footsteps approaching]

[Juan gasping]

[wailing]

[mob shouting]

[mob shouting indistinctly]

[screams] Matias!

[mob chanting] Burn her! Burn her! Burn her!

Burn her! Burn her!

[all shouting]

[dramatic sting]

[old Lilia] One thing I know for sure is that Matias will never leave me.

He will do everything,

even unleash the monster within him,

just to keep me safe,

because I am important to him.

[snarling]

[hissing]

[mob] Burn her!

Burn… [screams]

[fangs sinking]

[Matias growls]

[mob screaming in fear]

[slashing]

[growling]

-[fangs sinking] -[man screaming]

[mob screaming in fear]

[Matias grunts]

[mellow music playing]

-[rope snaps] -[Lilia gasps]

[music continues]

[footsteps approaching]

Pa!

[fire raging]

[foreboding music playing]

[vehicles honking]

[techno music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[whirring]

[hissing softly]

[tattoo gun whirring]

[woman] I didn't know you were coming.

[Matias] Last minute.

[whirring stops]

[tattoo gun clatters]

How can you… stand this?

What?

Being around all this blood.

[sniffing]

[sniffing deeply]

Mmm.

It's nice. I like the smell.

[Matias] Is he all right?

Huh?

Just lightheaded.

It's better like that.

You really should learn to trust me.

He can't feel anything.

Just a little sting.

You don't even hide it.

Oh, that?

[softly] Relax.

Who would ever suspect that it's a coffin?

Are you still with that…

rich girl?

She's in the hospital right now.

She needs a blood transfusion.

You're the only one I know who keeps a stock.

What type?

A positive. Two units.

[exhales deeply]

You know, I really don't get why this girl means so much to you.

If she's old now, just let her die.

If you wanted to be with her,

you should've made her like us a long time ago.

I can't do that.

Why?

She has to want it.

She must say she wants immortality before I can give it to her.

Because I love her.

Okay.

You're getting old

and gooey-centered.

[scoffs]

Take your blood, old man.

Just go.

What do I get?

It's an emergency. This is not harvest time.

So, it's in advance?

I need a few days.

Then I'll return.

Go.

You weren't answering my calls, that's the reason why I came here.

What is it that you don't understand?

I'm on my third shift, and I am exhausted, so go.

That's just it with you.

You care more about your job than about me.

Are you crazy?

There are lives at stake here, of course this is important.

Really?

How important is it?

If it's so important, then what's this?

Why apply for a Canadian visa?

That's where you'll live?

And be a nurse there?

Isabelle, come on.

We both know your parents have been pushing you hard

to move to Canada and leave me here.

So what?

You're going to just go, huh?

-You've been snooping through my emails? -It's because I had to.

-Your life's a mess. -You're a shameless jerk! Get out of here.

-I never want to see you again. -You need to leave. Can't do this here.

-Go get security. -Call anyone you want. I'm not scared.

-Get out of here, Andrei. -Whatever. I'm still your fiancé.

-Stop causing so much trouble. -Ow!

Hey! Hey, get off me.

Hey, stop it.

[Andrei groaning]

Isabelle, I'm not leaving.

[Andrei groaning]

[loud thud]

[groaning]

[tense music playing]

[groaning]

[music continues]

[grunts softly]

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

[Lilia] Thank you, Matias.

[monitor beeping softly]

Sorry it took so long.

[Isabelle] You were just in time, sir.

There's a good chance now

that Ms. Lilia's condition might stabilize.

I'll explain to them why we needed to use it in an emergency like this.

Well, that's good.

[Isabelle] It is indeed.

Because I want to hear the rest of her story.

[pensive music playing]

[banging on door]

[footsteps approaching]

Don't be fooled by his looks.

This man's been a suspect in murders here in Baguio, dating back to 1976.

1976?

He was a kid then.

I have a feeling that he is older than it seems.

Do you think I'm right?

Ms. Pineda,

I just want to see justice served for all victims of this monster.

Ms. Pineda, be careful.

The old woman and that man,

they're not who you think.

Take care.

Call me anytime.

[pensive music continues]

And so, you've never seen this guy around here?

No, sir.

If you see him, you call me right away.

-Of course, sir. -Okay.

[man] I don't know.

Ms. Lilia hardly ever leaves her house.

I heard she's all alone in there.

-Oh, really? -So they say.

So we really don't know anything.

And you?

Uh, I… I just work here, really.

Mr. Matias?

It's Lorenzo.

Lorenzo.

Thank you for coming.

Oh, no problem, sir.

Take this to the Black Cat Tattoo Studio.

Do you know where that is?

Oh yes, I do. I've delivered to there before.

Okay then.

I was going to take it myself, but I'm visiting Lilia.

Yes, of course, you should be with Ms. Lilia.

Okay.

So, I'll just wait for payment, like last time?

No, this is a free one.

If Ami is sleeping, just give it to her staff.

They'll know what it's for.

Got it.

Look out for the police and for their dogs.

Right.

Sir, some police showed up at the café,

asking questions.

Questions?

About Ms. Lilia, and also about you, sir.

Me?

They were asking about a young guy often seen with Ms. Lilia.

I believe that's you, sir.

Thank you for letting me know.

Okay. I'll get going.

-Stay safe. -Yeah, you too.

[pensive music continues]

[music continues]

[fire crackling]

[gasping]

[groaning]

[ragged breathing]

[music intensifies]

[snarling]

[music fades out]

[Isabelle] The doctor advised that you should stay for one more night.

If your condition stabilizes, you can go home tomorrow.

Very good.

Matias will be here very soon.

Lola, would you mind continuing the story?

You'll be discharged tomorrow, and I'll be left hanging.

Of course, dear.

Where were we?

My dad and I went back to Baguio.

We tried to make everything the way it used to be.

Forget the anger

and leave the bitterness of the past behind.

Continue living on with the hope that the sun will shine again.

[mellow music playing]

Matias never left my side.

He's a genuine Baguio native.

This is his real home.

Our nights were filled with love.

We claimed Baguio as our own.

But with the darkness of the night,

came his secrets.

I never asked questions,

because I was afraid to know the truth.

But I thought about it all the time.

It's almost sunrise.

It's time to go.

I'm sad.

I know.

It's the price I pay.

Explain.

For this.

What's going to happen if you stay?

[music fades out]

I need to find the answers he's been keeping silent about.

[people talking indistinctly]

Even though I'm filled with fear,

I need to face the truth about who he is.

Why is he a creature of the night?

And why is it as if he exists between life and death?

[indistinct conversations]

[eerie music playing]

[eerie music continues]

[bats squeaking]

[music intensifies]

[coughing]

[music fades out]

[water dripping]

[voice echoes] You found it.

What did I find?

My resting place.

[faint whispering]

It's where warriors like me are buried.

-[mystical music playing] -[faint chanting]

[Matias] My name is Dulag,

and I was born in the mountains before these islands had names.

No outsider will ever claim our lands.

We will never allow anyone to conquer us.

We are ready to sacrifice our lives.

[man groans]

Let the blood spill in the name of freedom,

so that freedom may live on until our final breaths.

-[groans] -[men gasping]

[shots firing in distance]

[screaming]

[metal clanking]

[invader groaning]

[man yelling]

-[screaming] -[shot firing]

[invader grunting]

[grunting]

[thrilling music playing]

[both grunting]

[yelling]

[invader groaning]

[bone crunching]

[Matias grunting]

[Matias panting]

[Matias] We defeated the foreign invaders.

[gasps]

[panting]

But what I didn't know was…

behind the victory,

a monster will hunt me down and claim my life and soul.

[breathing heavily]

[Matias grunts]

[Matias groans]

[Matias yells]

[Matias grunts]

[Matias shrieks]

[choking]

[gasps]

[choking]

[in Spanish] You fought well, little warrior.

[Matias choking]

But not well enough.

[continues in Spanish]

[Matias in English] I could not understand what he was saying…

[in Spanish] Eternal life.

[Matias in English] …but I knew he wanted me to become like him.

-[fangs sinking] -[Matias screaming]

[flesh squelching]

[Matias groaning]

[gasping]

[whimpering]

[Matias gasping]

[in Spanish] Baptism of a curse.

[Matias in English] The monster drowned me with its filthy blood.

[choking]

Between life and death…

I'd rather choose death than let him take over who I am.

[wheezing, gurgling]

[Indigenous people singing]

[singing continues]

[animal squealing]

[Matias] I woke up completely parched.

[retching]

Since then, an unexplainable thirst wakes me every night,

that can only be quenched by blood.

[growling]

-[fangs sinking] -[screaming]

[Matias] I'm like a demon, only alive to devour people's souls.

[grunting]

[chanting]

-[loud crunching] -[screaming]

Dulag!

[screaming]

[growling]

[man yells]

[both grunting]

[man shrieks]

[Matias breathing hoarsely]

[screaming]

[screaming continues]

[Matias] I will never see the sunlight again.

When light comes, my suffering begins.

[flesh searing]

[screaming in pain]

Even though time has stopped for me,

and the years have not aged me,

the curse still remains.

At night,

I will become a monster,

a hunter of innocent souls.

[wailing]

The heavy burden of sin, I will carry for all eternity.

This is my curse.

To witness death, the very death I've longed for.

[wailing continues]

[Matias] I've spent a long time searching for people

who would understand me

and wouldn't fear me.

As the days passed…

I became a witness to the deaths of those I loved.

And I remained unchanged.

But it was easier to stay away from people.

So I couldn't get hurt.

For a moment, I felt some relief, but it was short-lived.

I still felt a sense of deep sorrow.

When I met you, it all changed.

Do you remember when we met?

In the field during the war?

You befriended a scruffy cat.

You were different.

With each passing day, my love for you grew deeper.

I knew then I wanted to spend eternity

alone with you.

You knew then?

Right from when we first met.

Lilia, you can become like me.

You will never grow old, and you will never grow weak either.

We can be together forever.

But…

Please.

I will need some time

to think on this.

[melancholic music playing]

[music fades out]

['60s ballad music playing on radio]

[tapping softly]

[in Tagalog] ♪ Is this ♪

♪ Where the path to heaven ends? ♪

[turns up volume]

♪ Unfathomable ♪

♪ No matter how many paths I traverse ♪

♪ Just like ♪

♪ The shape of our love ♪

♪ With its undefinable end ♪

♪ And beginning ♪

♪ Eternity ♪

♪ That is where ♪

♪ Our love is headed ♪

♪ Nothing can stop our love ♪

[tender music playing]

[ticking]

-[Juan coughing] -Oh please, Pa, just lie down.

[coughing]

[Lilia sighs]

What…

What I regret the most in all my life is…

that you had to take care of me for so long.

-Papa, I wanted it like that. -No. Lilia…

Please forgive me.

I wanted to make sure that when I'm gone,

you will be cared for.

[crying softly]

[tender music playing]

Okay then.

[old Lilia] I lost two people in my life.

Dad has passed on peacefully.

But Matias still keeps trying to come back into my life.

I don't know if I'm ready.

I need to fix myself first.

And when I'm strong enough,

I'll be ready to face whatever life throws at me.

Whether Matias is with me or not.

[footsteps approaching]

[knocking on door]

Anyone home?

[breathes deeply]

Anyone home?

[footsteps approaching]

Hello there.

What can I do for you?

Are you Lilia Reyes?

Why do you ask?

[chuckles softly] I wanted to ask if you made this.

[chuckles] Why is that?

Actually, I wanted to order one.

It's strong and… well-made.

[tender music continues]

And you know the rest.

Here, have a look.

Show it to him. How beautiful is it? Here, look.

Yeah.

[Matias] I don't know why Lilia keeps refusing the immortality

that I'm offering her.

Is it because she already has someone else?

[foreboding music playing]

I can't bear to lose her.

I will never allow anyone, not even death, to take her from me.

[man shrieking]

[knocking on door]

[Matias] I'm only here to protect her.

But the pain of failure feels like a monster

trying to break free from me.

As darkness spreads…

Hey, you there, give me your money.

…each night, I turn into a greedy predator…

-[grunts] -[fangs sink]

…looking for victims to feed my insatiable thirst,

endless, like my sorrow.

[man] Lilia!

[knocking on door]

[Matias] No matter how many lives taken,

regardless of how much blood is drained,

my thirst persists.

It doesn't stop.

Even if I wipe out an entire generation,

the pain and bitterness still won't go away.

Why am I being punished by fate?

Is this the curse of a heart that loved someone who would never want me?

[gasps]

[exhales deeply]

[Ami] What happened to you?

Is it because of that girl?

She doesn't want to see you anymore?

Matias.

There are plenty of girls out there.

There's no one else like her.

She's not the only one. There are many like her.

There are plenty of spoiled girls who think they can handle us.

But once they realize what our kind is capable of,

they want no involvement.

[sighs]

There are many like her, Matias.

There's a whole world out there.

You will never understand.

You haven't truly loved anyone.

You could be right.

Love is a weakness.

Just look at what it's done to you.

No, thanks.

[fire crackling]

Get your act together.

[lightning crackling]

[thunder rumbling]

Are you looking for S?

You'll do.

Did you hear me? Do you want some S?

-You have it? -Of course.

How much do you need?

You got cash on you?

It's too exposed here.

[man] All right, son. I'll be back soon, okay?

-Oh. -[man] Hey!

What's going on there?

Hey!

What are you two doing?

Turn your life around before it's too late.

It's people like you who are ruining Baguio.

Whatever it is you're doing, not here!

[Matias groans]

Hey, are you drunk or high?

[Matias gasps]

-Which is it, huh? -Mind your business.

[man] Hey, where are you going? Stop running!

I'm talking to you.

-Are you drunk or high? -I told you, get lost!

Hey, that's it.

-[metal clinking] -[man groans]

-[blood squirting] -[man shrieking]

[Matias growling]

[man yelping]

[groans]

Dad?

[muttering indistinctly]

[panting]

[yells] Dad!

[snarling softly]

[thunder rumbling]

Dad!

[somber music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

Dad!

[boy crying]

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

[thunder rumbling]

[crickets chirping]

[metal clanks]

I'm so glad we're finally home.

You didn't enjoy your stay at the hospital?

The nurses were very kind.

-Especially Isabelle. -Mmm.

[metal clanks]

Still, it's different

when you're at home.

[Matias] You're right.

-There were just too many people there. -[car approaching]

Doctors and nurses always running around.

I guess, I just missed my home.

-[engine stops] -[car door opens]

[pensive music playing]

Filomena Reyes?

[Lilia] Yes.

And you?

Have we met?

I finally found you.

I could never forget your face.

You've not aged.

You look exactly the same

as that night.

You're the police officer's son.

Now you remember.

Matias, who is this man?

That's what they call you.

Matias.

A lot of people say a monster killed my dad.

I saw what you did.

I saw exactly how you killed him.

You're going to prison, you monster.

I don't know who you are,

but this is my house,

and you're trespassing.

If you don't leave right now,

I'm calling the police.

I'll go.

I just wanted to see the face

of the man who killed my father.

You monster!

-[car door closes] -[engine starts]

We need to find someone to stay with you.

I can't protect you during the day.

It must be someone we can trust.

[music box tinkling]

[music fades out]

[keys jangling]

Are you Ms. Pineda from Baguio General?

Ms. Lilia told me to give you this.

[gentle music playing]

I heard that you have plans to go and work in Canada.

You should take that with you.

It's not easy moving countries.

Are you absolutely sure?

Yes, dear.

I'm old now.

I can't take that with me when I die, can I? [chuckles]

Come on then, let me show you my room.

[fire crackling]

Um, where's Matias?

Ah, he's resting.

He'll be out tonight.

Lola!

You were married?

[old Lilia] I was married,

but I didn't realize it would become a chain

-that would choke the life out of me. -Lilia.

Lilia!

There's no need to shout. I'm right here.

What are you saying?

I'm a burden?

That I don't do my part?

[sighs] I didn't say that at all.

And you're just perfect, right?

That's enough, Isagani.

Lilia, I'm still talking.

[shouts] Lilia!

[old Lilia] But the ghosts of my past are still there to haunt me.

[Isagani] I asked you nicely. Answer me.

[old Lilia] I thought time had erased them.

[Isagani] I'm not done talking to you.

Damn it!

I should've just listened to what people said.

That you're cursed and can't have kids.

I demand you let go of me.

Barren bitch! You can't have children.

-Let go of me right now. -Your curse has tainted me.

You passed your darkness onto me, witch!

[old Lilia] But even as time passed,

one thing remained…

[Isagani] You fooled me!

…he was always there to protect me.

-You really come from a family of demons. -No, please.

-I said, don't fight me. -[whimpering]

[Lilia groans]

Isagani…

-Please. -I will kill you.

[breath trembling]

Hmm?

But they will never know that I did it.

I'll tell everyone that you killed yourself.

Hmm?

Mmm?

[Lilia gasps]

Huh?

[Matias hisses softly]

[suspenseful music building]

[Matias snarling]

[Isagani shrieking]

Let go of me!

Who are you?

I said, let go of me!

[snarling]

[Isagani gasping]

[Isagani groaning]

[choking]

[Isagani groaning]

[Isagani screams]

[Isagani grunting]

[music fades out]

[mellow music playing]

[indistinct conversations]

[music continues]

[old Lilia] What is unconditional love?

That's how Matias feels about me.

And that's how I feel about him too.

Nothing can separate us.

Our fates are now intertwined.

As time passed,

we grew to understand each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Our love is the bond that unites two lives as one.

Together, we faced the passage of time,

and lived a normal life.

This is beautiful.

-Hang it up. -Yes, ma'am.

All right.

The nationwide curfew has been lifted,

so we can now open from 5:00 to 7:00pm.

Also, there's someone I'd like you to meet.

[tender music playing]

This is Matias.

He will help me run the café, okay?

[old Lilia] When I fell for Matias, I accepted and embraced all of him.

I trust him completely.

All of his weaknesses, and even the darker side of who he is.

Good evening.

[old Lilia] There are things that I can't deny.

I don't approve of killing.

So we tried to find a compromise.

I know he made that sacrifice because he loves me.

[Isabelle] Lola!

So, what happened next?

[chuckles]

Ah, see? I'm still here.

Recovering from a gunshot wound.

Life is full of surprises.

Why did you refuse the immortality he offered you?

Or were you exaggerating some parts of the story you told me?

And what exactly were you delivering to the city?

-[knocking on door] -[Isabelle gasps]

Ms. Reyes?

I'm sorry to bother you like this.

We weren't able to get a statement from you

when you were in the emergency room at the hospital after the incident.

Is now good?

-May I? -All right, come in then.

Ma'am, do you have any idea why your house is a favorite target for thieves?

[Lilia] I have no idea.

Who knows what goes on in the minds of those ruffians?

Well, the thing is, the police still don't know

what exactly happened to the thieves' bodies

that we found here that night.

It's like they were attacked by a wild animal.

Do you remember how many intruders came into your house

on the night of the incident?

[foreboding music playing]

[Lilia] Four, maybe?

[alarm blaring]

[Carreon] Where is the alarm?

[blaring continues]

[alarm stops]

[Carreon sighs]

Did you see anyone?

-If someone was here, they're gone. -Mmm.

[Carreon] Ma'am, I'll assign some officers to patrol the area.

You can't be here all alone.

[Lilia] I'm quite used to it.

Thank you for visiting, but I'm tired now.

I'd like to rest.

All right.

Thank you very much for your time.

[door shuts]

Lola, why did you tell him that you live here alone?

Didn't you say Matias is here?

[weakly] Isabelle, could you help me?

I'd really like to get some rest now.

Mmm, you do feel cold, Lola.

I'm just tired.

[car engine starting]

[Carreon] You harassed the old lady, then entered her house without consent.

You knew full well that was off limits for an investigator like you.

How are you planning to explain this to NAPOLCOM?

'Cause I can't.

I won't be able to explain it, especially if she files a complaint.

What if she finds out?

And she reports it to the media?

What will we do then, huh?

Tell me!

Sir, I just wanted to look inside the house.

[yells] Do you have a warrant?

You don't, right?

This is standard police procedure.

You know. Did you forget?

Tell me!

If I were you, I'd keep my mouth shut.

Give me your badge. That's an order!

Sir, should I take it I'm fired?

Yes. Is it not obvious?

-I feel bad for him. -[Carreon] Get out of here.

-[Carreon] Stay away from me for now. -Just as his retirement's approaching.

[door opens]

[Carreon yells] Jerson! Get Angua's gun and badge!

-[door shuts] -Yes, sir.

[crickets chirping]

[heart beating]

[moans softly]

[wheezing]

I'll be back very soon.

Please take care of Lilia.

I'll return soon.

Uh, she does have some temperature fluctuations,

but, as a rule, that's normal at her age.

[pensive music playing]

[whirring]

Who's Isabelle?

My ex.

[techno music playing]

Oh, sorry.

Did she die?

No, you idiot.

She broke it off.

I'm getting her name inked on my skin

so she won't leave me,

and she'll be with me always.

[chuckles] Damn! That's manipulative, man.

Just shut up and do your job.

Fucker.

[techno music playing]

Ow!

Eh, hey.

-Hey, I'm not done yet. -Stay there. Okay?

[tattoo artist] Yeah, it'll take around three hours.

Come on, man, we're almost done.

Cool it.

[client] How long will it take?

[paper rustling]

[suspenseful music playing]

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

[Lilia wheezing]

[Velcro ripping]

[Isabelle] Lola.

Your blood pressure is rather low.

I need to call the hospital right away.

No.

No hospitals.

Is Matias…

Is he here?

No, not yet.

[gasps] Oh, your hands are cold, Lola.

I know.

[fire crackling]

You know what, Isabelle?

It's just like eating cake.

The last of it is always the best.

Or when you drink coffee,

the very last drop is the sweetest.

You want more,

but you know the point at which enough is enough.

[indistinct chatter over police radio]

[metal clinking]

Here.

I'm sorry.

Uh, where can I make a report?

Huh?

What kind of report?

A drug deal.

You have evidence?

Yes, sir. I caught it on video.

-Look. -Okay.

[Jerson] Hmm.

[Andrei] There!

That's drug dealing. See? Marijuana wholesale.

Looks about a kilo.

Maybe more, but it's not wholesale.

It's still illegal.

Are they known to you?

The woman, she works at the Black Cat Tattoo.

I've had a run-in with this guy. He's an asshole.

I know that guy.

You know him?

Yeah, and I know where he lives.

He's my primary suspect.

Wow! The collector can be useful.

What do you want to do with this?

This video should be enough to get a warrant and conduct a raid.

House raid?

Yeah, the war on drugs.

We have to protect the city against drugs, don't we?

So, what do you say?

I'm not a cop.

But I'll go with you.

I'd really like to see that son of a bitch behind bars.

You can take the credit.

That's what I like to hear! Hmm.

Just for tonight.

[crickets chirping]

[heart beating faintly]

What's happening to her?

She's looking for you.

[weakly] Matias.

[Matias] Love.

My love.

[somber music playing]

[softly] Matias.

I'm here now.

I'm right here.

[Lilia] Mmm-hmm.

[Lilia groaning softly]

[muttering indistinctly]

[Matias's breath trembling]

I can feel your heartbeat.

It's getting weaker.

[Lilia moaning softly]

I'm dying, my darling.

I can still save you from this.

Matias.

Just say the word.

I can't accept it.

I don't want to lose you.

I loved my life.

I love you.

I've loved you all my life.

That's why you loved me too.

That's why…

our love is precious.

[Matias crying softly]

I am able to give you eternity.

I know.

[sirens blaring]

[shouting indistinctly]

[suspenseful music playing]

[inaudible]

[Angua over megaphone] You monster, come out of there.

You are now surrounded.

You will pay for all of your sins.

You should go.

[gasps]

I'll stay here.

With you, my love.

[Lilia breathing raggedly]

[gasping]

[labored breathing]

[snarling]

[Lilia gasps]

[Matias exclaims]

[breathing shakily]

[kissing]

[kissing]

[Matias exhales deeply]

[crying]

[stirring music playing]

[music fades out]

[unsettling music playing]

[Matias skin searing]

[groaning]

[dramatic music playing]

[skin searing]

[clock ticking]

[music continues]

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

[whooshing]

[choral music playing]

[music fades out]

[sentimental music playing]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[inaudible]

[birds chirping]

[music fades]

[engine idling]

[gentle music playing]

[phone vibrating]

[vibrating stops]

[Isabelle] I still don't know whether to believe Lilia's story.

What I know is that we create our own lives.

That we will never stop loving.

[Matias] Before you make a wish,

there's something I want to give you.

Do you remember?

Of course.

Eternal life, Lilia.

No death.

No pain.

We can be together for eternity.

That is the greatest gift I could ever give to you.

No, Matias.

You've already given me the greatest gift.

[music continues]

[music fades]

[Tagalog song playing]

[song ends]

[gentle instrumental music playing]

[music fades]