Maria Labo

Maria Labo is a 2015 Philippine supernatural horror film directed by Roi Vinzon. It is based on a Philippine urban legend about an Overseas Filipino worker believed to be an aswang known as "Maria Labo" who is said to have eaten her own children. Synopsis Maria is a loving and dutiful life wife to her husband, Ermin, a police officer with whom she has two children named Pablo and Rosalinda. Facing financial problems after Maria loses her job, and Ermin not being able to support the family on a policeman’s salary alone, Maria is convinced to become an Overseas Filipino Worker after learning that her high school friend Emily applied to become an overseas worker. Ermin is hesitant with his wife's plans initially but eventually relents. Maria then goes to Dubai to work as a domestic worker and caregiver. In Dubai, Maria befriends Nanay Leng, a fellow OFW. After buying groceries for her employer, Maria is raped on a van and is later found wandering. She is brought to hospital, where the doctor recommends that she be returned to the Philippines. While hospitalized, Nanay Leng passes a curse to Maria. The curse, by opening her mouth and letting an orange entity inside hop out from her stomach and into Maria’s, would eventually turn her into an aswang. In the process of transferring her power, Nanay Leng loses her immortality, and dies shortly after. In the Philippines, Maria is transferred to a hospital in her native Capiz, where doctors conclude that she has amnesia and take note of her aggressive behavior. Ermin brings her back to their home, but a hospital employee discourages him due to their findings and says that his spouse might not even recognize him. Ermin eventually convinces the hospital to take her back home saying that it might bring her memories back.