My family is not a big fan of the pinoy scary movies that Cinema One dishes out during Undas. The cable channel shows modern movies like Shake, Rattle and Roll 8, Text and Feng Shui, which, to be honest, are quite boring and bland.
I hated how the newest Shake, Rattle and Roll (SRR) turned out, even with the ‘new’ CGIs, special effects and with their ‘all-star’ cast. It just wasn’t the same as seeing Manilyn Reynes do her stuff around aswangs and other creepy monsters.
I could still remember a couple of SRRs she did but forgot the numbers because she did so many of them. One was with Edu Manzano as her prof but he turned out to be a monster and another was with Ana Roces belonging to a clan of aswangs who wanted Manilyn for their yearly sacrifice or something. Oh, and that story about the wating, the monster who lives in trees, and Undin, the green and slimy marine creature who resided in the toilet bowl, were just really scary.
Other awesome SRR stories are: (1) Juday as a child ghost who died in Ruffa’s closet because her older brother, Aljon Jimenez, locked her there by accident, (2) Kris Aquino in that story about the creepy Yaya and (3) Joey Marquez and that evil mangkukulam lady doctor. Well, at least these are what I could still remember.
Aside from the SRR series, Impaktita, Patayin sa sindak si Barbara (the original version) and Halimaw sa Banga are my all time favorite Pinoy horror flicks. Gosh, I’d cry everytime Halimaw sa Banga would come up on t.v. especially when the halimaw would just grab anyone near the banga. Because at that time, we still had two huge earthen jugs inside the house and I would imagine that we had our own halimaw in our own banga.
Aside from the great storylines, the previous SRRs and other classic pinoy horror flicks had an awesome line-up of stars like Herbert Bautista, who did the first SRR, Manilyn Reynes (of course) and Jean Garcia (Impaktita). Even with crappy special effects, these flicks did so well as oppose to great (?) CGIs but lack-luster performances and stupid storylines like Text (you could tell, I hate this movie to the bone).
And I just miss MGB’s Undas Specials.
10 Comments
November 3, 2008 at 3:41 am
i agree- the Magandang Gabi Bayan Undas features give me nightmares til Valentines! i remember best their story on the Loakan Drive ghost in Baguio and… and… basta. Those were the days…
How about Verum Est? You remember that show with Tony Velazquez over at ABS-CBN Saturday afternoons I think?
November 3, 2008 at 3:44 am
oh, and why the detour to law pala? you’re not going to med right away? hindi pa ba kita paaabangan? hehe
November 4, 2008 at 10:10 am
wow may ka tropa pala ako sa MGB Undas specials. Kakamiss talaga, lalo na pag nag i ispesyal epeks si Kabayan, yung biglang nawawala at lilitaw tas sa sementeryo pa ang setting which made it creepier and scarrier.
I used to watch this with the rest of the family with matching kumot para pag nakakatakot na ang eksena magtatalukbong.Hehehe.Kids stuff.
November 4, 2008 at 1:45 pm
sir ian:
i’ve always wanted to go into law but come college and a biology course later, i had to reconsider since (to my belief) the cool and smart dudes convene in med schools more often than they do in law. haha. =)
i dont like verum est (totoo kaya?). korny haha.
domjullian:
the MGB undas specials was also a family affair in my house. tsktsktsk. sayang talaga.
November 4, 2008 at 11:24 pm
no matter what you say my family and friends ponds of watching MS.MANILYN REYNES in a HORROR FLICKS!!! we’re a little bit frustrated coz in the next sequel of SRR ate mane is not in the cast but instead she’s doing a comedy/sexy film where in she portray “LESBIAN” love interest nya si JEN MERCADO(sino un???) sa one night only!!! another manilyn reynes we watch in this movie and i think magaling sya dito!!! i can’t imagine Ms.MANE doing a GAY ROLE!!! anyways,puede pa din naman daw ang teenagers dito!!! meron atang CUTE LOVE SCENE sila ate MANE dito!!! i hope she can bring home the acting award for this!!!!
November 5, 2008 at 3:51 pm
I agree, MGB used to scare the hell out of me!
Have you watched “Sigaw”? It is a movie you will never forget. Hanggang sa pagtulog ko yata dala-dala ko. Well, maybe it’s just me, but it was different. Filipino horror movie.
November 5, 2008 at 4:08 pm
“Halimaw sa Banga” is the sh*t, I have to agree.
MGB once featured UPLB several years ago. It featured, among others, Baker Hall. I had no idea back then I’d soon be attending my PE classes right smack in that prehistoric edifice. Good thing I haven’t experienced anything that would’ve scared the living sh*t out of my arse.
November 6, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Man, I thought you stopped blogging all-together and fell off the face of the earth!
It’s great to read the new entries.
November 7, 2008 at 6:21 am
anthony:
you gotta love manilyn reynes.
inkblots:
i think i’ve heard of that movie before. gotta check that one out. thanks! =)
splice:
i saw that episode! at that time i was a freshie and i didn’t know squat about baker hall being haunted or st. therese chapel harboring a black lady! gosh, and we used to have evening exams for math 11 at the math building during that time too.
moopare:
hehe…been pretty busy with reviews these days. i’ll be taking two this december. and that’s a make or break situation between law and med.
thanks for dropping by! =)
November 13, 2008 at 11:28 pm
hey!!! i wonder that movie of ATE MANILYN REYNES, i think she can portray a serious role like HOMOS???cge mga friendship magkitakita na lang tau sa sinehan!!! let’s stop watching that horror shake sequel muna!!!TIGNAN NAMAN NATIN dito c ATE MANE as “TIBO” is she sucking some puzzzy here??? joke lang po??? baka kasi may mga bta e!!! no wonder about her acting talent!!! pero bakit kaya seldom ang ACTING AWARDS FOR HER??? cguro well, nababayaran ang award sa hirap ba naman ng life ngayon!!! sana she can bring home the acting award!!!