Ang mga kaibigan ni Mama Susan

2023 [TL]

Horror / Thriller

6
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 174 174

based on novel or book

Plot summary

Galo is a university student who writes on his journal the string of unsettling and mysterious experiences he has while living with his grandmother, Mama Susan.

Director

Chito S. Roño Photo
Chito S. Roño

Top cast

Angie Ferro Photo
Angie Ferro as Mama Susan
Joshua Garcia Photo
Joshua Garcia as Galo
Don Umali Photo
Don Umali as Galo's Father
Easy Ferrer Photo
Easy Ferrer as Kapatiran
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1.02 GB
1280*534
Tl 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
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1.89 GB
1920*800
Tl 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul_m_haakonsen 4 / 10

Uneventful and slow paced...

I had the opportunity to sit down and watch the 2023 Filipino horror movie "Ang Mga Kaibigan Ni Mama Susan" (aka "Mama Susan's Friends") here in 2025. Sure, I had never heard about the movie, and thus didn't know what I was in for. But it being a horror movie was essentially all the persuasion I needed to give the movie a chance.Writer Bob Ong put together a somewhat bland and mundane script. Running at nearly 2 hours, nothing much of any interest had happened at 60 minutes into the playtime, and it was getting a dull experience sitting through this, hoping something exciting or scary would happen.Given my limited exposure to the Filipino cinema then I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie. But I will say that the acting performances were good, just a shame that they didn't have a more thrilling and entertaining script to bring to life on the screen.Visually then the movie was okay. It was a fairly low-key special effects movie, but it worked out nicely enough, as the effects were done to emphasize the situations in the movie, and not to impress the audience visually.Maybe someone native to the Philippines would enjoy "Ang Mga Kaibigan Ni Mama Susan" more than I did.Given my love of Asian horror cinema, I have to say that director Chito S. Roño's 2023 movie "Ang Mga Kaibigan Ni Mama Susan" wasn't particularly noteworthy. There are far more entertaining and scary movies out there in the Asian cinema. And this was not even close to some of the more enjoyable of Filipino horror movies out there.Would I recommend you to sit down and watch "Ang Mga Kaibigan Ni Mama Susan"? No, not really. The movie just simply didn't have anything thrilling or scary to offer, aside from a rather slow paced narrative where nothing much happened.And running at 113 minutes, the movie could have seriously benefitted from a more round-handed trim in the editing room, to cut away some of the all the pointless fillers that prolonged the runtime of the movie.My rating of director Chito S. Roño's 2023 movie "Ang Mga Kaibigan Ni Mama Susan" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
Reviewed by eli_sab 3 / 10

Creepy, yes but no story

I do not know where they were going with this. Truly, I just. Ano??? ? Where to even begin? I'm at a loss for words because I literally have nothing to say. Was she dead? Was he dead? All along? So they really weren't blood relatives? Was she a member of the occult? Why does she have a ton of religious statues? Was he a blood sacrifice? What about those children? Those creepy island folk? And what was his grandma talking about??? That girl he impregnated. About him being a thief? Did that mean that his relatives sent him to that island because they were tired of his shenanigans? Why does he act like he doesn't know anything?WHY???
Reviewed by oneram-98126 10 / 10

CREEPY AS HELL

Possessions, Cults, Witchcraft and Cursed Objects are the subjects that mostly associated in real life giving it a more realistic edge compared to Vampires and Zombies. This movie is intended to creep you out not startle you. The movie is very good in maintaining its mystery and enigma which people who are used to the usual mainstream type of horror might not quite grasp it. The way the film revealing its story shows that they show more importance to making it more realistic than spoon feeding you so you can understand everything.The actors are very good and convincing, no over acting or cringe screams from victims. The behavior of the antagonist as well is very creepy perfect. They are not trying to look like bad guys, they are bad guys trying to act normally or they thought there is nothing wrong with them.
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