First to feel the chill and be marked by Edong’s (Jake Cuenca) 14-year resentment is Alice (Janella Salvador).
Like a sign of things to come, before Edong’s shadowy ambush, Alice wakes from a dream that’s also a memory of the accident that killed her father (Geoff Eigenmann). Haunted by a fear of the dark, intensified by the tragedy, young Alice (Eliza Borromeo) asks her mother (Carlene Aguilar) where her fear began, only to learn it started when she got lost at just five years old.
Alice’s fear was also her mother’s regret, a reminder of what felt like her failure as a parent. The two embrace, and Alice promises to face the dark, hoping there’s even the smallest chance her father might come back.
Scott’s (Mark Neumann) previous phone call triggers Alice into panic until she starts grounding, clinging to the details of the room to remind herself she’s safe.
Unbeknownst to her, the fear already has a face. Outside, Edong lurks in the shadows, plotting his ambush, his presence betrayed only by the sudden bang of the door and the heavy thud of footsteps on the roof above Alice and her son’s room.
With a bit of courage, Alice opens the blinds and sees Edong’s silhouette. Hastily, she wakes her son, Seth (Rhys Stevens), and the two escape the room. Downstairs, Rose, their helper, grows tense, overcome by the same fear.
Just as Alice reaches for the phone to call the police, one of the glass walls shatters from a thrown rock, and her scream echoes through the house.
Moments later, Edong escapes from the house, hiding a bloodied hand.
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