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Horror • 2026 • 148 min

Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins is a Filipino horror anthology film, the seventeenth in the long-running series produced by Regal Entertainment. It presents three interconnected stories tracing the origins of evil across eras: a haunting in 1775, a Halloween rampage in 2025, and a monstrous apocalypse in 2050. Directed by Joey De Guzman, Ian Loreños, and Shugo Praico, it stars Carla Abellana, Loisa Andalio, and Janice de Belen.
Carla Abellana • Loisa Andalio • Janice De Belen
Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins is a Filipino horror anthology film, the seventeenth in the long-running series produced by Regal Entertainment. It presents three interconnected stories tracing the origins of evil across eras: a haunting in 1775, a Halloween rampage in 2025, and a monstrous apocalypse in 2050. Directed by Joey De Guzman, Ian Loreños, and Shugo Praico, it stars Carla Abellana, Loisa Andalio, and Janice de Belen.
Carla Abellana • Loisa Andalio • Janice De Belen
The anthology traces supernatural evil back to Spanish colonial religious structures in the Philippines, framing colonialism and associated religious control as the root of ongoing societal horrors. This core ideological context establishes a left-leaning perspective through its emphasis on historical oppression.
The film's all-Filipino cast highlights Asian representation in horror storytelling. Segments subtly explore colonial legacies through religious horror in a nunnery setting and incorporate queer comedic elements amid modern social cruelty, though these themes remain peripheral to the supernatural scares.
Across its anthology segments, group alliances and sisterhoods function as surrogate family units in survival against evil, with religious bonds in the historical tale underscoring unity but without endorsing or questioning traditional family structures like marriage or parenting roles. The lack of central focus on biological families or domestic norms results in a neutral depiction overall.
The film depicts nuns in a colonial convent as victims of an evil entity that exploits their repressed desires and guilt, framing Christianity as a repressive force enabling horror through religious trauma and isolation. No positive aspects of faith counter this portrayal, emphasizing institutional vulnerability to supernatural evil.
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No transsexual characters or themes are depicted across the anthology's segments. The 2025 story follows siblings Faye and Sky amid a chaotic Halloween party attack by killers, with no exploration of gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film's segments feature original characters across historical and futuristic settings, with no adaptations of prior canon, myths, or historical figures involving gender changes. Recurring entity Malum remains consistently male, and aswangs align with folklore without specific swaps.
Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins features three original anthology segments rooted in Filipino folklore, with all characters newly created and portrayed by Filipino actors matching the cultural context, resulting in no race swaps.
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