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. 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).
The last installment (thirteenth), set for a Christmas Day (or December 25) 2011 release, will be shown at the 37th Metro Manila Film Festival as one of many official entries at the event. – Wikipedia
Shake, Rattle, and Roll is showing some signs of ageing since Shake, Rattle, and Roll 10. Actually, I was never a fan of the franchise. Though masses of the Filipino people always come to the cinemas to watch this franchise every December, I was on my aunt’s house having the time of my life- but that’s another story altogether. Anyway, the story has one segment that is awful, but entertaining. Another is solid, if a little boring. And the last one is genuinely great, the strange outlier in quality that has always made this series at least an interesting proposition. As a whole, it still comes out as pretty uneven. Always the same. The stories are all still drawn from tired old wells, the editing is choppy, and the special effects are still a mistake. But I still believe in the promise of the series, and would continue to recommend that people support it.
I learned to fear Shake, Rattle, and Roll back when I was a kid… But now, the latest instalments of the series shrivelled my respect for the franchise. But, SRR is still a legend, having 13 instalments is not an easy task and a milestone to conquer.
There have been reports or rumours going around the movie industry that SRR is going to end with SRR 13 and not an instalment more. Luckily for the fans, during the contract signing of Victor Silayan in Regal, Mother Lily denied all rumours saying it’s the end of the Shake Rattle and Roll franchise.
More thrills and squeals for the diehard fans, more indifference coming from me. :)
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