Shake, Rattle & Roll (film)

Shake, Rattle & Roll is a 1984 Filipino horror anthology film directed by Emmanuel H. Borlaza, Ishmael Bernal, and Peque Gallaga. It is the first installment in the Shake, Rattle & Roll film series. Shake, Rattle & Roll was the only film in the series to be produced and distributed by Athena Productions, with the rest of the installments produced and distributed by Regal Films. The film was an entry of the 10th Metro Manila Film Festival, with Herbert Bautista winning Best Actor.

Plot

Baso

Paolo (Rey "PJ" Abellana), Girlie (Arlene Mulach) and Johnny (Joel Torre) decide to perform a spirit of the glass in an abandoned house. When they contact the spirits; namely Isabel, Ibarra and Juanito, the spirits break free from the glass and possess the teens.

In the Spanish era, Isabel is the daughter of Soledad and Antonio. She loves Juanito, a soldier who was battling against the Spaniards, but has to love her suitor Ibarra, a handsome and wealthy man and Juanito's companion. When Juanito began to leave for battle, Isabel awaits for his return. The next day, one of Juanito's companions report to Isabel that Juanito died from the battle with the Spaniards. Devastated by his loss, Isabel decide her engagement with Ibarra. After Isabel and Ibarra celebrate their marriage, they were attacked by Juanito, who was revealed to be alive and was mad when he discovered of her betrayal but Ibarra kills him. Before his last breath, he will have revenge on Ibarra and Isabel for their betrayal to him. Moments after his death, Ibarra commits suicide after being guilty of the death of Juanito, who haunts him and Isabel died from her sickness due to excessive depression. Their spirits haunts the abandoned house and began to reenact their past.

Back the present, Paolo and Johnny, who were still possessed by Ibarra and Juanito, began to fight each other but the caretaker Mang Castor saves them and Girlie by warding off the spirits from their bodies. The teens were back to normal but Johnny stabs Paolo with an axe, revealing he was repossessed by Juanito's spirit. With his last ounce of strength, Paolo grabs the gun and shoots Johnny as Juanito's spirit was exempted from his body. The boys died from their wounds, in front of the traumatized Girlie.

Pridyider

Lorna (Charito Solis) and her daughter Virgie (Janice de Belen) move to a new house with Dodong (William Martinez), the nephew of Lorna's husband. Their home includes an old refrigerator from the kitchen.

The next day, Lorna became suspicious on their refrigerator after she saw visions of body parts around her when she gather the food. Later when their housekeeper Nelia (Emily Loren) was taking her snack, the refrigerator attacks her. The fridge drags Nelia and slams her repeatedly before she collapses on the floor dead.

In the investigation by Detective Caloy Torres (Lito Gruet) about Nelia's death, the detective believes that Dodong was responsible for the incident but Lorna claims that he was innocent. After he left the house, Torres explains to Lorna about the incident and Dodong. He tells her that she must watch over Dodong and her daughter. Meanwhile, Virgie's boyfriend Max (Mon Alvir) was killed by the fridge when Lorna discovers his severed arm. Lorna contacts detective Torres to their home to arrest Dodong but discovers that he was also killed when the detective finds his severed head in the fridge.

Torres became suspicious on how the incident was related to the previous crime that happened in 1975. As he was researching in the previous newspapers about the crime, it is revealed that a serial killer murders his victims and hides their chopped body parts in the refrigerator. Discerned about the danger happening to Lorna and her daughter, Torres races to the house to save them. Meanwhile at the house, the refrigerator begins to consume Virgie when Torres and Lorna arrive and tried to save her but the fridge was able to consume Virgie further. Lorna manages to pull the plug off the fridge from the socket, neutralizing the refrigerator's power and saving her daughter from danger.

After Lorna comforts her daughter, Torres shows the family the newspapers about the crime that happened in the house.

This was revived a few decades later, as a solo film.

Manananggal

Douglas (Herbert Bautista), a teenager from a province, stays with his grandmother along with his young brothers when their parents were working in Davao. The next day after Douglas tried to serenade a young woman named Anita (Irma Alegre), he discovered his friend Kadyo was murdered in the forest.

A manananggal is said to live within the vicinity and is out to eat people. He is given the task by his grandmother to kill these creatures. Having to found a way to prevent it from rejoining the other half of its body, he must now survive the night to protect his family from the creature's ferocious attacks.

Cast

Baso

• Rey "PJ" Abellana as Paolo/Ibarra
• Joel Torre as Johnny/Juanito
• Arlene Muhlach as Girlie/Isabel

Pridyider

• Charito Solis as Lorna
• William Martinez as Dodong
• Janice de Belen as Virgie
• Emily Loren as Nelia
• Mon Alvir as Max
• Lito Gruet as Detective Caloy Torres

Manananggal

• Herbert Bautista as Douglas
• Irma Alegre as Anita
• Peewee Quijano as Gio

Awards

Sequels

Shake, Rattle & Roll follows five sequels. Each sequel brings returning actors from each film to reprise different characters.

References

External links

• Shake, Rattle & Roll at the Internet Movie Database