Waste of time and money! We saw this on its first day and up to now, I'm still disappointed. I even felt cheated! Super frustrating. It should have been titled 'Tragic Movie'.
.i thought they were gonna do a movie about the film center tragedy. insider stories etc..bland acting by most of the cast.flashbacks galore.
Tragic Theater feels like it was cobbled together from several different scripts. Late in the game, at a crucial moment in the film, there is a sudden lengthy flashback that focuses on an earlier exploit of the bishop played by Christopher de Leon, who up to this point was barely in the movie. The film interrupts its own story, taking the audience out of the present in order to flesh out the backstory of a tertiary character. The film goes on like this, never really knowing where to place its focus, and struggling to make it feel like the characters are in any imminent danger.
I wish they tackled the history of the theater more. It is more interesting the exorcism itself. The dialogue seems unnatural. And the supporting actors are very weak. I don't have qualms about the main actors, but the supporting actors are young Viva talents who got the role for the sake of having a project. Who wears heavy makeup and fake eyelashes during an exorcism? Honestly. I never got scared or screamed (although I cringed at the rat scene because I hate rats) but instead yawned, stretched, and wished the movie would end so I could go home
