Surviving Evil is a horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Terence Daw and stars Billy Zane

Billy Zane

William George "Billy" Zane, Jr. is an American actor, producer and director. He is probably best known for his roles as Caledon Hockley in Titanic, The Phantom from The Phantom, John Wheeler in Twin Peaks and Mr...

, Christina Cole

Christina Cole

Christina Cole is an English actress known for portraying Cassie Hughes in the Sky One supernatural television series Hex.-Background:...

 and Natalie Mendoza

Natalie Mendoza

Natalie Jackson Mendoza is a Hong Kong-born Australian-British-Filipina classical theatre-trained actress and musician. She is best known for her role as one of the main characters, Jackie Clunes in the British TV drama Hotel Babylon and as tough girl Juno in the acclaimed horror thriller The...

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Plot

A team of documentary film makers arrive at a remote Philippine

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 island to shoot a survival special, but the island they have chosen is inhabited by the Aswang

Aswang

An Aswang is a mythical creature in Philippine folklore. The aswang is an inherently evil vampire-like creature and is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories, the details of which vary greatly...

, a shape-shifting creature with an insatiable appetite for human flesh.

Cast

• Billy Zane
  Billy Zane
  William George "Billy" Zane, Jr. is an American actor, producer and director. He is probably best known for his roles as Caledon Hockley in Titanic, The Phantom from The Phantom, John Wheeler in Twin Peaks and Mr...
  
   as Seb
• Natalie Mendoza
  Natalie Mendoza
  Natalie Jackson Mendoza is a Hong Kong-born Australian-British-Filipina classical theatre-trained actress and musician. She is best known for her role as one of the main characters, Jackie Clunes in the British TV drama Hotel Babylon and as tough girl Juno in the acclaimed horror thriller The...
  
   as Chill
• Joel Torre as Joey
• Colin Moss as Dex
• Christina Cole
  Christina Cole
  Christina Cole is an English actress known for portraying Cassie Hughes in the Sky One supernatural television series Hex.-Background:...
  
   as Phoebe
• Louise Barnes as Rachel

Release

The film premiered on 10 July 2009 and was part of the 2009 Shriekfest

Shriekfest

Shriekfest Horror Film Festival is a film festival specializing in the horror genre. It is the longest running horror festival in Los Angeles.-History:...

 in Los Angeles. It was released in the UK in Cinemas on 2 October 2009 and of DVD on 5 October 2009.

Soundtrack

The score was composed by Colin Baldry and Tom Kane, the O.S.T. featured songs from Jean-Raphael Dedieu and Natalie Mendoza

Natalie Mendoza

Natalie Jackson Mendoza is a Hong Kong-born Australian-British-Filipina classical theatre-trained actress and musician. She is best known for her role as one of the main characters, Jackie Clunes in the British TV drama Hotel Babylon and as tough girl Juno in the acclaimed horror thriller The...

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