Enrique Gil and Jane De Leon are working together for the first time in the upcoming 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entry, Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital.

The film centers around some amateur ghost hunters who explore the infamous Xinglin Hospital. The hospital is now an abandoned building located in Taiwan’s West Central District and is considered by locals as one of the most haunted places in the country due to many unexplained events happening there.

The film, which was recently featured on Variety, stars Enrique Gil, Jane De Leon, Alexa Miro, Rob Gomez, MJ Lastimosa, Raf Pineda, and Ryan “Zarckaroo” Azurin. Enrique, who was last seen on the big screen in the comedy I Am Not Big Bird,  leads the group who will be playing as themselves as they explore the haunted hospital. This makes Raf’s take as a real-life tarot card reader and Zarckaroo’s as a content creator known for visiting spooky an interesting twist to the story.

Strange Frequencies is the Philippines’ very first “meta found footage horror film” and is Reality MM Studios’ entry to this year’s MMFF. Produced by Erik Matti with Dondon Monteverde in partnership with Enrique Gil, the movie opens on December 25.

The film is an adaptation of the Korean box office hit Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, which came out in 2018. It starred Wi Ha-joon (Squid Game), Park Ji-hyun (The Divine Fury), Oh Ah-yeon (Mr. Sunshine), Moon Ye-won (Legal High), Park Sung-hoon (The Glory, Queen of Tears), Yoo Je-yoon (Extreme Job), and Lee Seung-wook (Joseon Fist).

Directed by Jung Bum-shik, the Korean version was based on an actual psychiatric hospital located in Gwangju-si. The found footage film drew in $21 million at the box office and became the second biggest earner for a Korean horror film in the same year.