Spirit Warriors (2000)

Director
Chito S. Roño

Main cast
Vhong Navarro; Jhong Hilario; Danilo Barrios; Spencer Reyes; Joel Torre

Genres
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Description
In this eerie thriller from the Philippines, a group of high schoolers finds themselves contending with more than the usual teen angst issues. It seems they've run afoul of Ulanaya, a menacing, shape-shifting ghost bent on creating terror and pandemonium throughout the land. Can these adolescent, amateur ghost hunters summon the mettle to square off against -- and vanquish -- such a formidable otherworldly nemesis?


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