It doesn't Shake, it doesn't Rattle, but it Rattles a Little. SRR 13

Misfortune to horror enthusiast, and rooters for the franchise, SRR13 will truly disappoint to people who know the genre. Shake, Rattle and Roll 13 is obviously the thirteenth installment of the film series, which by research I've learned that is supposed to end the franchise and salvage the previous others. Well, it didn't. Only meaning we have to see more.

In the Shake, Rattle and Roll 13 movie, three stories, as the film usually works, will be presented to supposedly scare the shits out of people. 'Tis the year to look forward to "fierce" and "terrifying" clips from the film: A pack of white creatures drooling black blood, an old bitch haunting two best friends and an aquaphobic Eugene Domingo.

In the episode "Tamawo", Zanjoe Marudo's character finds a thing--an interestingly gorily disgusting thing--that belongs to the Tamawos/Tamawus, a white-skin, black-fluid-drool, shape-shifting creature. This episode wasn't scary really; the Tamawos were almost laughable noticing the creature's make-up and costumes which looked like a group of dancers joining a barangay dance contest in a fiesta. This is a huge thumbs down to the film.

The second episode: "Parola", which stars Kathryn Bernardo and Louise Delos Reyes who decides to enter a lighthouse that they were forbid to enter to. This was the best episode in this year's SRR; in fact my favorite among the three. Director Jerrold Tarog effectively collided supernatural and real-life in this episode. The technicality of the visual effects, it having nothing special complements the atmosphere of the episode.

The last episode: "Rain, Rain Go Away" concludes the aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy. This episode is interesting, starring Eugene Domingo, who acts smoothly from shifting an enthusiastic at 40's lady to a scared-the-shit-out-of-her person. She managed to convince the audience that the vulnerability of her character is enough to make us care for her. I like the fact that they put a little realism to the film adding the element of the recent Typhoon incident. I don't love anything else about this episode.

This film is nothing special really. Didn't keep up with the previous installments. But at least: we don't get to see a killer Christmas tree, a titanically overflowing aquarium, a children's party turned scarefest, or more relieving, Nieves the "enkantularya". 2 stars!