Philippines Synopsis
“The Jungle is Alive!”
A mad scientist's DNA experiment on the bones of a mysterious jungle creature brings the carnivorous beast to life, and only his former assistant Ash Mattley and CIA operative Claire Sommers can stop it.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with DNA. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Horror + Thriller in Philippines
14 Philippines titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding DNA itself).
Position in Catalog
The 38th Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).
Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).
Audience Engagement
45 audience reviews — more than 87% of Philippines films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 77th percentile among Philippines films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on DNA, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gene manipulation · 2
- genetic experiment · 2
- dna · 1
- hospital · 23
- scientist · 20
- jungle · 19
- mutant · 15
- mad scientist · 12
- self sacrifice · 8
- alien · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #141 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (3rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.1 points below the Philippines average of 6.2/10.
Among Philippines Horror productions specifically: #24 of 27 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Philippines |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Philippines, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Interlight |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | March 7, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0118912 |