Shake, Rattle & Roll X
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Shake, Rattle & Roll X is a Filipino horror film which was released in December 2008. It is the tenth installment of the Shake, Rattle & Roll
Shake, Rattle & Roll (Filipino film series)
Shake, Rattle & Roll is a Filipino horror film series dating back to 1984. It is currently produced by Regal Films. Most of the series are official entries for the Metro Manila Film Festival with the exception of the sixth installment which premiered in January 1997...

 film series. It is also distributed by Regal Films. It is an official entry of the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival
2008 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 34th Annual 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival is considered quite historical because it included for the first time an animated film as one of its official entries...

.

Emergency

Shake Rattle & Roll X opens the curtains of the first episode: Emergency. JC De Vera and Roxanne Guinoo head the cast as Jay and Dr. Sarah respectively. Here, they will face the wrath of the aswangs which will be led by the cast of Cinemalaya Best Actress Mylene Dizon and Gawad Urian awardee Wendell Ramos. Also with them are Janus Del Prado, Eri Neeman, Denise Laurel, John Lapus and Mr. Cris Daluz.

The full moon looms high one windy night. Jay (JC De Vera
JC de Vera
John Carlo de Vera, better known by his screen name J.C. de Vera , is a Filipino actor and model.-Biography and career:...

) and Dennis (Janus Del Prado) were traveling along a dark highway. They accidentally ran over a pregnant woman (Mylene Dizon
Mylene Dizon
Mylene Lilibeth Dizon is a Filipina actress and model. She is a member of ABS-CBN's elite circle of homegrown talents properly named Star Magic, being an alumna of Batch 2...

) crossing the street. They saw that she has a miscarriage and they immediately carried her to the hospital.

The mysterious woman was not the only patient that night. There was a gay named Julius (John Lapus
John Lapus
Jonathan Anthony Lapus is a Filipino actor, host and comedian.-Biography:...

) who was complaining about fever, an English-speaking man named Eric (Eri Neeman) who keeps whining about the hospital's defective apparatus and a "tortured" and badly injured man who immediately recognized the woman. He attempted to swipe her with his whip, but, it only lead to his death.

Dr. Sarah (Roxanne Guinoo
Roxanne Guinoo
Roxanne Guinoo-Yap is a Filipina actress. She is currently under contract with ABS-CBN.-Career:In 2004, Guinoo joined the popular reality search Star Circle Teen Quest via ABS-CBN and made it to the Top 5 finalist or much known as the "Magic Circle of 5", along with co-questors Hero Angeles,...

) took charge for the ultrasound of the woman. During the examination, a very eerie sound wailed through the air. They discovered that the infant died while inside the woman's womb. Meanwhile, Sarah went to the bathroom where it was revealed that she was pregnant.

The woman then was transferred into an isolated room. The hospital's head doctor became skeptical about the true nature of the woman. They speculated that she might not be human, He decided to promote this idea, a thing that enraged Sarah.

Back into the isolated room, the woman had a dream of a man beating her with a magic whip: it was the same man who attempted her life as mentioned earlier. She gave a very shrill cry; a scream that gave evidence she was not human but an aswang
Aswang
An Aswang is a mythical creature in Philippine folklore. The aswang is an inherently evil vampire-like creature and is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories, the details of which vary greatly...

 (vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...

 in Filipino mythology). Together with her husband (Wendell Ramos
Wendell Ramos
Wendell Xavier Ramos, known as Wendell Ramos is a Filipino actor and model who is currently signed to Associated Broadcasting Company.-Biography and career:...

), who was also an aswang, along with their race, they seek vengeance on humans, ready to invade the hospital. The hospital tenants brace themselves for the incoming attack.

Jay became aware of the events happening outside. He, Sarah and the others immediately evacuate to the upper floors as the aswangs relentlessly break in, killing patients including Julius and Erick. The others hid in the stock room while Jay rescued a young girl from the Aswang Wife.

Dennis, who had been separated from the team, discovered that dextrose can kill the aswangs. He was proven wrong: holy water
Holy water
Holy water is water that, in Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Oriental Orthodoxy, and some other churches, has been sanctified by a priest for the purpose of baptism, the blessing of persons, places, and objects; or as a means of repelling evil.The use for baptism and...

 can. They formulated a plan: Jay and Sarah will ward the beasts off while Father Miguel (Cris Daluz) and Dennis will bless the water tank with holy water.

Sarah and Jay were trapped in a locked corridor, with the beasts in pursuit. They used the defibrillator to electrify the beasts. At that moment, Father Miguel and Dennis reached the tank, and Sarah jokingly revealed to Jay that she was pregnant.

At this point, The aswangs morphs into more powerful creatures and launched their final attack. The two confronted the aswangs, while Father Miguel blesses the water in the tank turning it into holy water, they use this to kill off their aswang pursuers.

Overview

After tasting the tense of the first episode, Director Topel Lee brings us the second spine-chilling episode: the Class Picture. For the first time, the cast will be led by the famous loveteam of the generation: Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson. With them is Ms. Jean Garcia who will play the antagonist, Sis. Maria Belonia. Along with them are Eda Nolan, Nina Jose, Prince Stefan, Charles Christianson, IC Mendoza, Andrea Torres, Stef Prescott and Erich Gonzales.

Plot

Supposedly the most horrible weekend of their lives, Joy (Kim Chiu
Kim Chiu
Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu , better known as simply Kim Chiu, is a Chinese Filipino actress,singer and model. She lived in Cebu City before she went to Manila for Pinoy Big Brother...

), Lui (Gerald Anderson
Gerald Anderson
Gerald Anderson is a Filipino American actor who was a former housemate on the first season edition of the Philippine reality television show Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition...

) and their friends were assigned to prepare an exhibit in exchange for their organization's suspension. On their first night, one of them disappeared without a trace: Nicole (Niña Jose
Niña Jose
Mary Clare "Niña" Jose is a young actress, student, and 11th placer Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition. She is currently a contract actress on ABS-CBN.She has appeared on the cover of FHM Philippines magazine.-Television:-Movies:...

).

As the night deepens, as told by Joy, she picked a mysterious class picture nicknamed "Rubi 1898" in the stock room. What they did not know that this picture was cursed.

The second incident of this picture being involved was when Blue (Eda Nolan
Eda Nolan
Eda Nolan is a Filipina Actress.She is best known for her role as Junniper, the shy, 'promdi' girl, in ABS-CBN's sitcom Let's Go and Go Kada Go....

) and Pinky (IC Mendoza
IC Mendoza
IC Mendoza is a Filipino television personality.He is the grandson of television personality Inday Badiday and son of entertainment columnist Dolly Anne Carvajal. His father Ed Mendoza was a former basketball who`s now a pastor in New York...

) dumped the trash. Blue took a look at the nun
Nun
A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...

 in the picture: it suddenly smiled. Suddenly, she was unknowingly captured by someone or something and she, too, vanished.

Joy discovered something in a classroom building: "No me mires fijamente" (Do not stare). The gang researched the yearbooks for information and found that the "Rubi" was a section and was supervised by Sister Maria Belonia (Jean Garcia
Jean García
Jessica Maitim is a Filipina television and film actress, better known as Jean Garcia who hails from Angeles City, Pampanga.-Biography:...

). The mystery to solve goes as this: Three students, namely Crisel, Sabel, and Adela were the missing students of Rubi section. In vengeance, Belonia must seek three students from them: Nicole, who found the picture in the first place, Blue, who scanned a look at it, and Joy, who accidentally looked at the nun.Then Joy was captured by Sr. Maria Belonia.

The chase began. It was revealed that Sister Belonia tortures students for being disobedient. For this, the trio (Crisel, Sabel, and Adela) wrote a letter to their mother superior; for her actions, Belonia was fired and kicked out of San Selino (this later explains why she utter the words often). In return, she committed suicide and swore that she will complete her picture.

Lui and Greg (Prince Stefan
Prince Stefan
Stephan Andrei Anlocotan, who is better known by his screen name Prince Stefan , is a Filipino actor of Arabian-Filipino descent. He appeared on StarStruck: The Next Level, and on several GMA Network shows including the telefantasya Mga Mata ni Anghelita and SOP Rules...

) chased Joy who was now clad in an old school uniform. The final confrontation took place in the auditorium. Belonia reappeared and was ready to take Joy; Lui tried to tear the picture but it proved impervious.

Surprisingly, the ghosts of Crisel, Sabel and Adela reappeared too and tore the picture apart, vanishing Belonia from the living world. Seeing the problem is gone, they finished the exhibit, but were suspended for unexplainable loss of their classmates, a fact that made their school status parallel to Sis. Belonia, Crisel, Sabel, and Adela.

Overview

Shake Rattle & Roll X concludes in this episode brought to you by Director Michael Tuviera: Nieves. Named after its protagonist, Nieves, it tells about the life story of an engkanto slayer named Nieves. For her debut Shake Rattle & Roll, Marian Rivera plays as the cool but fierce engkantolarya. Her trainees, Junie and Kaysee, will be played by child actor Robert "Buboy" Villar and Jennica Garcia, daughter of Jean Garcia. Along with them are Desiree Del Valle, Mart Escudero, Marco Alcaraz, Iwa Moto, Luis Alandy, Ms. Malou Crisologo, Mike "Pekto" Nacua and Diana Zubiri who plays as the antagontist, Acacia.

Plot

Nieves (Nye-ves) (Marian Rivera
Marian Rivera
Marian Rivera is a Filipina actress and occasional singer-dancer. Her first TV role came in 2005 via TAPE Inc.'s afternoon drama, Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako in the lead that was aired in GMA Network. In 2007 she was cast for the title role in the Philippine remake of MariMar...

) is a happy-go-lucky but a fierce Engkantolarya (Engkanto
Engkanto
Engkanto are environmental spirits that have the ability to appear in human form. They are often associated with the spirits of ancestors in the Philippines. They are also characterized as forest spirits or elves...

 slayer). While on a walk at the forest one day, she was pursued by an engkanto, Hagnaya (Marco Alcaraz
Marco Alcaraz
Marco Alcaraz is a Filipino actor, commercial model, and former varsity basketball player at San Sebastian College-Recoletos. His first movie was Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita with Dennis Trillo.-Television:...

). Saying that she has got no crush on him, she vanished the poor engkanto away.

It was revealed that Nieves lives with her husband Adonis (Mike Nacua), a handsome man, and an engkanto heartthrob. But one stormy night, the young man was intentionally kidnapped by an engkanto. With this, Nieves formally resigned her job.

Meanwhile, a family from Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

 spends their vacation in a new house bounded by a large tree. Celso (Mart Escudero
Mart Escudero
Mart Enrico Cruz Escudero, who is better known by his screen name Mart Escudero , is a Filipino actor. He was previously billed as "Martin Escudero" in Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat. He almost resembles Prince Stefan, who is his batchmate and one of his close friends from the same reality show.-Early...

), however, was hypnotized and was forced to cut the tree thus creating a new problem for his family.

Junie (Robert Villar
Robert Villar
Robert Villar, Jr. August 16, 1999, better known simply as Robert "Buboy" Villar, is a Philippine actor. His first Television appearance is when he auditioned in ABS-CBN'S Little Big Star,He is also a member of the youngest boy band in the Philippines, the Mak and the Dudes. Villar's breakthrough...

), Celso's little nephew, went to see Nieves along with a young girl named Kaysee (Jennica Garcia
Jennica Garcia
Jennica Alexis Maitim Garcia is a Filipina actress and the daughter of Jean Garcia.She has a GMA Network Artist contract.-Biography:...

) after gaining information from Aling Tasing (Malou Crisologo). However, Nieves reluctantly welcomes them, but after seeing a begging Junie, she offered them to be trained as soon as possible.

Kaysee and Junie trekked back to Nieves's home when they were welcomed by the townsfolk, complaining about the new attacks of dwarves, elves, kapres, etc. The engkantolarya, still reluctant to resume her job, finally agreed to continue her post.

Junie's parents (Luis Alandy
Luis Alandy
Adrian Louis Alandy , better known as Luis Alandy is a Filipino actor and model. Alandy started his career as a model. He first appeared in a print magazine and was soon discovered to do acting...

 and Desiree Del Valle
Desiree del Valle
Desirée Lois del Valle Dunham, better known by her screen name Desiree del Valle , is a Filipina actress born from American father and Filipina mother...

) seek help from Nieves when something happened wrong again: Celso fell ill once more, this time, his illness worsened. Nieves explained why the young man fell ill: he cut the tree in the backyard, which was the home of Hagnaya and his wife, Wai Lana (Iwa Moto
Iwa Moto
Aileen Iwamoto popularly known by her screen name Iwa Moto, is a Filipino Japanese actress, model and teen star. She was one of the Final Four in the 2nd season of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search show of GMA Network in the Philippines and finished as first runner up...

). It was also revealed that the voice that entranced Celso was the engkanto queen herself, Acacia (Diana Zubiri
Diana Zubiri
Rosemarie Joy Garcia , better known by her screen name Diana Zubiri, is a Filipina actress.She was discovered by Seiko Films when she was 15 years of age soon after applying for work in Japan. She then started on sexy roles on various films by Seiko...

).

Nieves negotiated with Wai Lana and Hagnaya personally, explaining that Celso did not mean to cut down the tree and offered them that she will help find their new home. On the contrary, Kaysee, who went with a walk with Junie one day, revealed herself as Acacia.

Sensing danger, Junie ran to Nieves and told her what he saw. The engkanto slayer was given a special suit blessed by the good engkantos. As they speak, Acacia ensnared the townsfolk to her lair.

Nieves confronted Acacia while Junie healed the townsfolk from entrancement. As the two ladies fight, it was revealed that Acacia had Adonis held hostage in a hill. In anger, the engkanto queen tortured the engkantolarya mercilessly. Enraged, the young slayer threw a repellent in the air while Junie hit it with his sling-stone, killing Acacia in the process.

With Adonis back, Nieves and the townsfolk rejoiced.

Cast

Emergency
  • Roxanne Guinoo
    Roxanne Guinoo
    Roxanne Guinoo-Yap is a Filipina actress. She is currently under contract with ABS-CBN.-Career:In 2004, Guinoo joined the popular reality search Star Circle Teen Quest via ABS-CBN and made it to the Top 5 finalist or much known as the "Magic Circle of 5", along with co-questors Hero Angeles,...

     as Dr. Sarah
  • JC De Vera
    JC de Vera
    John Carlo de Vera, better known by his screen name J.C. de Vera , is a Filipino actor and model.-Biography and career:...

     as Jay
  • Mylene Dizon
    Mylene Dizon
    Mylene Lilibeth Dizon is a Filipina actress and model. She is a member of ABS-CBN's elite circle of homegrown talents properly named Star Magic, being an alumna of Batch 2...

     as Aswang Wife
  • Wendell Ramos
    Wendell Ramos
    Wendell Xavier Ramos, known as Wendell Ramos is a Filipino actor and model who is currently signed to Associated Broadcasting Company.-Biography and career:...

     as Aswang Husband
  • Janus Del Prado
    Janus Del Prado
    Janus Del Prado born as John Mark Patrick Steve Jimenez Del Prado on September 8, 1984, is a Filipino actor and comedian.-Career:His first career started when he is in the "gag-variety" show for kids in the Philippines, Ang TV in 1992 with John Prats, Patrick Garcia, Kaye Abad and many others...

     as Dennis
  • Denise Laurel
    Denise Laurel
    Denise Maria Sanz Laurel is a Filipina actress and singer. Laurel is a member of ABS CBN's circle of homegrown talents, Star Magic.- Biography :...

     as Emily
  • John Lapus
    John Lapus
    Jonathan Anthony Lapus is a Filipino actor, host and comedian.-Biography:...

     as Julius
  • Eri Neeman as Erick
  • Cris Daluz as Father


Class Picture
  • Kim Chiu
    Kim Chiu
    Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu , better known as simply Kim Chiu, is a Chinese Filipino actress,singer and model. She lived in Cebu City before she went to Manila for Pinoy Big Brother...

     as Joy
  • Gerald Anderson
    Gerald Anderson
    Gerald Anderson is a Filipino American actor who was a former housemate on the first season edition of the Philippine reality television show Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition...

     as Lui
  • Niña Jose
    Niña Jose
    Mary Clare "Niña" Jose is a young actress, student, and 11th placer Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition. She is currently a contract actress on ABS-CBN.She has appeared on the cover of FHM Philippines magazine.-Television:-Movies:...

     as Nicole
  • Eda Nolan
    Eda Nolan
    Eda Nolan is a Filipina Actress.She is best known for her role as Junniper, the shy, 'promdi' girl, in ABS-CBN's sitcom Let's Go and Go Kada Go....

     as Blue
  • Erich Gonzales
    Erich Gonzales
    Erika Chryselle Gonzales Gancayco known as Erich Gonzales, is a Filipina actress and one of ABS-CBN's Star Magic artists.-Biography:...

     as Anna
  • IC Mendoza
    IC Mendoza
    IC Mendoza is a Filipino television personality.He is the grandson of television personality Inday Badiday and son of entertainment columnist Dolly Anne Carvajal. His father Ed Mendoza was a former basketball who`s now a pastor in New York...

     as Pinky
  • Stef Prescott
    Stef Prescott
    Stefany Marisa Quintos Prescott, who is better known by her screen name Stef Prescott is a Filipina actress. She was an avenger from StarStruck: The Next Level and was known to be the most controversial of the batch because of her attitude...

     as Pam
  • Prince Stefan
    Prince Stefan
    Stephan Andrei Anlocotan, who is better known by his screen name Prince Stefan , is a Filipino actor of Arabian-Filipino descent. He appeared on StarStruck: The Next Level, and on several GMA Network shows including the telefantasya Mga Mata ni Anghelita and SOP Rules...

     as Greg
  • Charles Christianson as Tupak
  • Andrea Torres as Issa
  • Jean Garcia
    Jean García
    Jessica Maitim is a Filipina television and film actress, better known as Jean Garcia who hails from Angeles City, Pampanga.-Biography:...

     as Sr.Maria Belonia


with special participation of
  • Joy Velasco as Crisel
  • Ysa Villar as Sabel
  • Czarina Gonzales as Adela

Nieves
  • Marian Rivera
    Marian Rivera
    Marian Rivera is a Filipina actress and occasional singer-dancer. Her first TV role came in 2005 via TAPE Inc.'s afternoon drama, Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako in the lead that was aired in GMA Network. In 2007 she was cast for the title role in the Philippine remake of MariMar...

     as Nieves/Engkanto Slayer
  • Diana Zubiri
    Diana Zubiri
    Rosemarie Joy Garcia , better known by her screen name Diana Zubiri, is a Filipina actress.She was discovered by Seiko Films when she was 15 years of age soon after applying for work in Japan. She then started on sexy roles on various films by Seiko...

      as Acacia
  • Robert "Buboy" Villar as Junie
  • Jennica Garcia
    Jennica Garcia
    Jennica Alexis Maitim Garcia is a Filipina actress and the daughter of Jean Garcia.She has a GMA Network Artist contract.-Biography:...

     as Kaysee/Acacia
  • Mart Escudero
    Mart Escudero
    Mart Enrico Cruz Escudero, who is better known by his screen name Mart Escudero , is a Filipino actor. He was previously billed as "Martin Escudero" in Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat. He almost resembles Prince Stefan, who is his batchmate and one of his close friends from the same reality show.-Early...

     as Celso
  • Mike "Pekto" Nacua as Adonis
  • Marco Alcaraz
    Marco Alcaraz
    Marco Alcaraz is a Filipino actor, commercial model, and former varsity basketball player at San Sebastian College-Recoletos. His first movie was Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita with Dennis Trillo.-Television:...

     as Hagnaya
  • Iwa Moto
    Iwa Moto
    Aileen Iwamoto popularly known by her screen name Iwa Moto, is a Filipino Japanese actress, model and teen star. She was one of the Final Four in the 2nd season of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search show of GMA Network in the Philippines and finished as first runner up...

     as Wai Lana
  • Luis Alandy
    Luis Alandy
    Adrian Louis Alandy , better known as Luis Alandy is a Filipino actor and model. Alandy started his career as a model. He first appeared in a print magazine and was soon discovered to do acting...

     as Dario
  • Desiree Del Valle
    Desiree del Valle
    Desirée Lois del Valle Dunham, better known by her screen name Desiree del Valle , is a Filipina actress born from American father and Filipina mother...

     as Mae Ann
  • Malou Crisologo as Aling Tasing

Emergency

  • Erick (English speaking man being strangled by the Aswang Husband after being seen hiding from the post)
  • Julius (He was strangled to death by being swallowed at the prey of Aswang Wife)
  • Other patients
  • Aswangs(poured by Holy Water)

Class Picture

  • Nicole (She was stoned to die in taking her to a dark place, having her forehead sliced by a ghost. It was the spirit of a demented nun who was responsible for killing her in the process)
  • Blue (After she looked at the picture which she didn't know that it was cursed and the nun in that picture smiled, she made a run to someplace in school. Before she was killed, she was claded with school uniform and collapsed due to fear. Finally she woke up and found herself in a dark classroom, with her body stuck in a sticky chair. She tried to let go from that chair but it was too late. The ghost of a demented nun appeared; cutting her arms and killing Blue in the process)
  • Sis.Belonia(killed after Crisel, Sabel and Adela tore the picture)
  • Crisel (Killed by Sis. Belonia)
  • Sabel(Killed by Sis. Belonia)
  • Adela (Killed by Sis. Belonia)
  • 2 security guards (killed by Sis. Belonia)
  • Tupak (killed by Sis. Belonia)
  • Pam (killed by Sis. Belonia)
  • Manang (killed by Sis. Belonia)

Critical

Shake, Rattle and Roll X was viewed as a "mixed bag of stories that range in quality from poor to somewhat okay." The first story, "Emergency" lacked narrative, and had unnecessary character details that affected the pace. "Class Picture" was viewed as having strong Asian horror elements although its script failed to keep pace with the direction. The last entry, "Nieves" is described to be entertaining due to its solid script, carefully blended mythology with humor and an unforgettable performance from Marian Rivera. What made it unique was its use of comedy, which made it comparable to Buffy The Vampire Slayer.http://guides.clickthecity.com/movies/?p=4258http://www.pep.ph/guide/3148/PEP-REVIEW:-Shake,-Rattle-&-Roll-X

Box-office



Robert Villar
Robert Villar
Robert Villar, Jr. August 16, 1999, better known simply as Robert "Buboy" Villar, is a Philippine actor. His first Television appearance is when he auditioned in ABS-CBN'S Little Big Star,He is also a member of the youngest boy band in the Philippines, the Mak and the Dudes. Villar's breakthrough...

was awarded for Best Child Performer for playng the role Junie in this movie.
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