Hell hath no fury, like a Filipina scorned!

The Rad Revival House returns to the Philippines for acclaimed Filipino director Lino Brocka's brutally-realistic socio-political melodrama INSIANG. Host Professor Cesare Augusto explores another of his native country's cinematic feature, with dark and shocking results.

Hilda Koronel stars as the titular Insiang, a young woman living in the slums of Tondo, Manila as she undergoes a regular series of emotional, psychological, and physical abuse at the hands of her cruel mother Tonya (Mona Lisa). Things go from bad to horrific when Tonya's sadistic boyfriend Dado (Ruel Vernal) sets his ugly, perverted sights on Insiang. After being raped by Dado, Insiang concocts a series of vengeance-dripped mind games that is nearly Shakespearian in its outcome!

A Rad Revival House first!

We proudly welcome our inaugural Special Guest Speaker, Mr. Hayden Craddolph of the sharp and innovative filmmaker nonprofit organization, Haydenfilms Institute, as he and host Cesare Augusto explore the brilliant and criminally-underseen 1981 thriller BLOW OUT!

Directed by legendary filmmaker Brian DePalma and film icon John Travolta, BLOW OUT is a murder mystery unlike any other; it is full assault on the visual and audio-based senses.

While capturing background noises for a seedy horror movie shoot, brooding sound effects specialist Jack Terry (a never-better Travolta) witnesses a car crash in a Philadelphia park at the dead night. He also unwittingly records noises that point the crash was anything but accidental. After saving the sole survivor of the crash, a spirited escort named Sally (the great Nancy Allen), Jack discovers a political conspiracy of deadly proportions. Both Jack and Sally find themselves the target of ruthless assassin Burke (a truly scary John Lithgow).

Both Cesare and Hayden analyze why among Brian DePalma's movies, this is his most special. Together, they explore the fabulous use of sound, camera angles, the gritty Philadelphia setting, and John Travolta's against-type casting away from his usual big-screen adventures.