Dormitoryo
| Dormitoryo | |
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| Also known as | The Dormitory |
| Genre |
Horror Suspense thriller Whodunit |
| Created by | GMA Entertainment TV Group |
| Developed by | Robert Villela |
| Written by | Jules Dan Katanyag Borj Danao John Kenneth de Leon Liberty Trinidad Ma. Acy Ramos |
| Directed by | Jun Lana |
| Creative director(s) | Jun Lana |
| Starring |
Lauren Young Enzo Pineda Joyce Ching |
| Theme music composer | Tata Betita |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) | English, Filipino, Tagalog |
| No. of episodes | 14 episodes |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mona Coles Mayuga |
| Location(s) | Tagaytay City |
| Cinematography | Mackie Galvez |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i NTSC |
| Original release | September 22 – December 22, 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Dormitoryo or The Dormitory (international title) is a Filipino teen drama-suspense thriller television series created and directed by Jun Lana and produced by GMA Network. It premiered on September 22, 2013, Sundays at 2:00 p.m. timeslot, and on September 29, 2013 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series was topbilled by Lauren Young. Also in the cast were Joyce Ching, Enzo Pineda, Ruru Madrid and Wynwyn Marquez.
Set in the fictional Holy Spirit Manor, the series follows the life of Hazel Mendoza (played by Young), an inquisitive college student and her quest to know the truth behind the death of Maika Benitez (played by Marquez).
The show explores several relevant issues faced by the youth, including bullying, peer pressure, dysfunctional relationships, rivalry, infidelity, vague sense of morality and even crime. The series is slated to run for only one season, comprising thirteen episodes.
Hazel Mendoza is a freshman Mass Communication student at Branwood College and resident at the Holy Spirit Manor — the same dormitory where her half-sister Maika died. she developed friendship with the other dormers but made a rivalry between the Popular Girls, Burn helps him in discovering the dark secrets of branwood College as she begins to piece together the truth about Maika's tragic demise.
A "flashback" scene is shown where the troubled teenager Maika Benitez was seen pushed in the bridge, which forces the 17-year-old Hazel Benitez to enter the Holy Spirit Manor and change her last name to Mendoza to secretly find out who killed her sister who committed the crime. Mrs. Rona informed her that the room next to her was locked because of many suspicious occurrences, and that dormers often see a ghost in the room. She then begins to know the Good Guys and the Bad Guys of the Campus, in the process of finding the truth, Hazel crosses paths with Burn Chavez, Maika's alleged "secret lover". Burn eventually develops feelings for Hazel—making her the main target of the Mean girls' clique led by Airiz. Hazel saw that Charlie took pictures of Maika before she died wearing the watch Hazel gave her but Burn hides the watch in his house. Hazel begins to realize that Maika was the Queen Bee of her clique before and Hazel plans to join the Sorority and soon passed the initiation rights of the Sorority.
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