Tenement 2 (T2)

T2 or Tenement 2 is a 2009 pinoy horror movie that talks about a place in a building of Manila, Philippines where mysteries eventually happened. This movie talks about Claire (Maricel Soriano), an orphan volunteer who tried to help an orphaned little girl Angeli (Mika dela Cruz) because she claimed that somebody would like to take her away with them.

At first Claire is hesitant about the girl’s condition and she didn’t believe the little girl's claims because she thought that it’s just a part of her hallucinations and imaginations. Later, she concluded that it’s really true and these groups of mysterious people or the so called engkanto (enchanted beings) would like to get and take Angeli away. Some of them even pretended to be humans that are willing to help Claire and Angeli that made them confused of who really these people are and what are their motives for taking Angeli with them.

The revelations of the story behind the little girl has been cleared up in the later part when Claire discovered from an old woman Rita (Tetchie Agbayani) in the building that the Angeli should be taken by these strange people before she will reach 9 years old and another revealing discovery when Claire knew that the little girl’s mother is a family of enchanted beings or the engkantos who exists in another world and planning to take her back. Also, Rita’s daughter was taken by these enchanted beings and she would like to get her daughter back from them.

The story ended in the T2 floor where it looks like just a natural part of the old building but inside it is a paradise of engkantos. Rita helped Claire in fighting with them and destroying the place, the little girl decided not to go back with her mother who is a member of the enchanted beings and she chose go with Claire who already helped her from the start.

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Shake, Rattle & Roll is a Filipino horror film series which started way back in 1984. Currently it is produced by Regal Films. Most of the series are always noted as official entries for the Metro Manila Film Festival with the exception of the sixth installment which premiered in January 1997. The title is solely based on the song of the same name. This horror film franchise which is currently owned by Regal Films is known to be the only film series in the Philippines with the most movie installments. The first installment was released under the defunct Athena Productions while all the succeeding series are produced by Regal Entertainment. As of 2010, there are twelve installments of the movie series (with the latest being premiered in December 2010). - Wikipedia

The theme of the movie is mostly horror, thriller and suspense. It is divided into 3 parts for the 3 words in the title. That made the sequence still up until now. Way back in the 80's the movie features ancient scary creatures, beings and monsters. As the years passed some of the featured stories are evolving from old concepts to the modern ideas today.

As to this date the movie never misses a year that it became an entry in Manila Film Festival. The success of the movie is still evolving as new stars are featured in every sequence of the movie. Until now the movie still never misses to scare everyone in the movie house and theaters.

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The movie is a pack of horror and comedy which makes it more interesting to watch. It talks about a morgue assistant who works in a hospital and assigned to the morgue to deliver cadavers. He has a love interest with a nurse and no matter how hard he try the nurse never liked him, that's because she also has an affair with a doctor inside the hospital.

Despaired feelings brought him to discover techniques to make that girl fall in love with him as a result his friend suggested that whispering your likes to dead people can make it come true. At first he failed because he can't find the right cadaver to whisper so he drink liquors desperately.

One night on the street she encountered an old woman and advised him to drink moderately, after few minutes the old woman was bumped by a car and dead on the spot so he take the chances of whispering to her and suddenly the surroundings is filled with strong winds and everything floats in seconds.

After that, on the next day he noticed that girls in the hospital cheers to him but the ghost of the old woman hunts him and delivers horrible effect to the persons around him. Later he discovered that the old woman was a retired witch and searching for her grand daughter to help her because in her witch days she was paid to curse a girl with rivalry in love and the discover that the rival of her client was her grand daughter.

So with the help of his friend they trace the old woman's grand daughter and save her from the curse with the use of holy water.

Interesting movie to watch and with lessons to learn as you go along watching the movie.

White Lady

White Lady is a 2006 pinoy horror movie that talks about Christina (Angelica Panganiban), who is in revenge as a white lady after being killed by her known friends in school. After her death many have experienced of a white lady sightings in school.

Many said that she is just around and finding her way for revenge. In school, a new student Pearl (Pauleen Luna) from the province came to study in the city. Her story has a resemblance with Christina’s which at first day of school meet new friends or pretending friends around and make friends with her. They even invited her in parties and gatherings since Pearl is known in the school as smart and talented. She always sings an Ilocano lullaby which Christina also did before she was killed.

Nearby her place she met an old woman named Lola Tasya (Boots Anson-Roa) who is Christina’s grandmother and she always says that after Christina’s friends make stupid things to her, she never get out of the house and always stays inside her room. This feeling is how her grandmother thinks even if Christina is already dead. Pearl’s known friends started to do foolish things that made her their enemy and always pretended that they are friends with her. She also met Robbie (J.C. de Vera) who is Christina’s ex-boyfriend and the one who’s responsible of her death. Pearl fell in love with him and they started to spend their days together. Some of Robbie’s friends died one by one because of the white lady’s revenge and everyone gets frightened and afraid that this will also happened to them knowing that they are all guilty.

Beyond that, things seems smooth with the two of them since Robbie always defended Pearl against his friends but when Robbie saw that Pearl is getting close with Jonathan (Gian Carlos), he get jealous and treated Pearl like what he did to Christina. He take Pearl in the back of the school in the utility room and attempted to burn her like what he did with Christina and now to Pearl together with Jonathan but they survived. The white lady also spends her time to avenge them all. On Robbie’s way home the white lady showed to her and tried to escape while on his way to a tower but the ghost of Christina showed him over and over again and pushed him to fall off the tower. This ends the revenge of the white lady and the ghost of Christina in peace.

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A nice and shocking horror movie of how revenge can be worth more than 10,000 times dangerous than what is originally done from her. White Lady is one of the most common horror characters of all time in Filipino folklore stories.

Wag Kang Lilingon (2006)

Wag Kang Lilingon is a 2006 twin-bill pinoy horror movie that is starred by Anne Curtis and Kristine Hermosa that literally means “don’t look back”.

The opening part of the story "Uyayi" (a lullaby), Nina (Anne Curtis) had grown up after being adapted by nuns and changed her name to Melissa, a young nurse with a bright future ahead of her. She met also her boyfriend James (Marvin Agustin) in the hospital and together they try to uncover the killer behind the rising number of deaths among the patients in the hospital. There are strange things that are happening inside the hospital as she also saw herself the haunting and ghost apparitions. Not just the patients are the victims but also some doctors inside the hospital. Later the story reveals Melissa to be a psycho killer affected by her past and now follows the 3AM crime that happened to them long time ago when she was still young. She became insane and now she also killed her boyfriend and takes him to her dream house as she introduced him to her to the ghost of her elder sister Angel and her mother Aling Rosing. 

The first part of the story “Salamin” (mirror), Kristine plays Angel, a beautiful young family breadwinner whose only aspiration is to see her family live a better life. So, when her father left her and her mother Aling Rosing (Cherry Pie Picache) and younger sister Nina (Celine Lim) for another woman, Angel decided to move into a new place. The house was old and affordable so she decided to get it for them. After few days living in the house they notice strange things and apparitions of someone whom they suspected died on that house before them. Little by little they didn’t know the danger that lies ahead. As she discovers an old mirror, she makes a wish at the stroke of midnight by the candlelight-to know her future with someone but nothing appeared. Still after few days some kind of ghosts also attacked them appearing everywhere then gone of nowhere.

The creepy incidents happened anytime whether day or night so they were very worried of what really had happened to the people living that house before. The next day they confronted the caretaker of the house that’s Mang Nestor and Red (Baron Geisler), his son but they claimed that it’s too late to get it because they have already spent it instead Angel and her family should proceed in living the house. Aside from that, Angel’s boyfriend also cheated on her so she feel desperate and out of trust that time. They didn’t know that the reason why there are dead ghost people showing them is just to warn them about the danger that lies ahead from the father and son who was also responsible in the deaths of the old house occupants.

The next day Angel took her family to her psychic friend and asks her if they can stay with her as Angel should go back to the house to get something but before she came to the house, her boyfriend who came to ask apology to her was already killed by the father and son caretaker. Inside the house she discovered that the father and son was responsible for the deaths inside so she try to escape and later her mother and younger sister came to help her. After the struggle Angel and her mother was stabbed after she defended themselves from the father and son who later died from the struggle. The only survivor from that incident is Nina whom earlier dreamed that someday she will succeed and have their own house.

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Wag Kang Lilingon is a nice pinoy horror movie that will send shock to viewers. The story was also similar to some Hollywood psycho killer movies that attitude originated from the young age and conquers the present day.

Bangis

This movie is an adaptation of Arnold's Predator which group of soldiers are out in the jungle to rescue a military superior from the rebel kidnappers. The base camp of the enemies are in the far side of the jungle and before any military troops who want to follow them will pass in many subcamps of the bandits. The will of saving the superior take the soldiers to the risk where they encounter some of the enemies in the woods. After they passed the enemies' camps they discovered that the next camp is out of living beings, they found dead people and even children and elders. They found a girl who hid in the barrel of water, she is very scared and tormented as she appeared to them. While on the way she tried to escape from the soldiers but still they got her back. As they found the camp where the Major is kept they bravely rescue him. They got him successfully, but along the way lies the beast which came out from nowhere whose responsible for the deaths in the prevoius camp they've passed. As how Predator look like this monster is very similar, shooting lasers and cutting people's body. They fight the monster and as they escaped few of the soldiers vanished as they were taken below the ground or up in the woods by the ferrocious beast. The captain let the major and the rest, with the girl to escape while he is left to fight the monster but the others refuse to left him. They help to fight the monster, the captain cut branches of the trees and put it in the hole buried on the ground. As the monster face them, he luckily put himself near the hole and the captain uses a long sharp pole to throw him down, the monster fell down the hole and exploded with explosives they put below. This movie is full of suspense as you watched it.

Pa Siyam

Pa Siyam is a traditional Filipino nine-day prayer after the burial session of the dead. After the death of their mother, the sons and daughters gathered for the nine-day prayer and as they go along investigating who killed their mother. Some are blaming themselves and caused conflict within the family.

Before the end of the nine days, some strange incident happened. The ghost of their mother is noticed in some unexplained situations and it seems that she has something to say to her sons and daughters.

In the final night they discovered writings in the wall of their names, all of them. After that they call the spirit of their mother and ask who killed her but when the ghost showed up she blames her sons and daughters because she died in too much sorrow while they are away in other places without thinking about her condition.

The story ended when their mother take her younger daughter's life. Their retarded youngest sister commited suicide hanging herself above her bed. As they have blamed by their mother, she take their youngest sister with her. She's with her mother in heaven now as an exchange of their long time absence in the sight of their mother.

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This horror movie is a family-oriented story that actually happens to some families once they left their parents for their career in far places. The movie brought a shaking and scary revelations as you watch it.