Shake, Rattle & Roll XV

Shake, Rattle & Roll XV
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Directed by	Dondon S. Santos (segment "Ahas") Jerrold Tarog (segment "Ulam") Perci Intalan (segment "Flight 666")
Screenplay by	Rody Vera (segment "Ahas") Zig Marasigan (segment "Ulam") Jerrold Tarog (segment "Ulam") Evie Macapugay (segment "Flight 666") Renei Dimla (segment "Flight 666") Perci Intalan (segment "Flight 666")
Produced by	Lily Y. Monteverde Roselle Monteverde
Starring	Erich Gonzales JC de Vera Dennis Trillo Carla Abellana Lovi Poe Matteo Guidicelli John Lapus
Cinematography	Manuel Teehankee (segment "Ahas") Mackie Galvez (segment "Ulam") Mo Zee (segment "Flight 666")
Edited by	Ludwig Peralta (segment "Ahas") Jerrold Tarog (segment "Ulam") Benjamin Tolentino (segments "Ulam" & "Flight 666")
Music by	Francis Concio (segment "Ahas") Michael Abadam (segment "Ahas") Jerrold Tarog (segment "Ulam") Von de Guzman (segment "Flight 666")
Production company	Regal Entertainment
Release date	December 25, 2014 (2014-12-25)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

Shake, Rattle & Roll XV is a 2014 Filipino horror anthology film directed by Dondon Santos, Jerrold Tarog, and Perci Intalan, and the fifteenth installment of the Shake, Rattle & Roll film series, following the fourteenth film in 2012. The film stars an ensemble cast including Erich Gonzales, JC de Vera, Carla Abellana, Dennis Trillo, Lovi Poe, Matteo Guidicelli, and John Lapus. The film was produced by Regal Entertainment, and is an official entry in the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival. The sixteenth installment, Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme, was released in 2023 after a 9-year hiatus.

The film has three segments: a couple encounters a female human-snake hybrid in a mall, a husband and wife eat meals infested with pests that turn them into monsters, and airplane passengers are attacked by a tiyanak.

It is the first Filipino full-length film to be shot inside a real airplane, which served as the setting for the third segment, "Flight 666". Regal Entertainment has claimed that Shake, Rattle & Roll XV was the most expensive installment in the film series, though the studio has not revealed the numerical figure.

Plot

"Ahas"

The episode is a retelling of the urban legend about the human-snake hybrid said to live underneath Robinsons Galleria.

Troy's wife Adela is locked at Alegria Mall's department store dressing room and is killed by a snake creature. Troy suddenly wakes up after a nightmare about his wife’s death.

Fashion designer Iggy Moda is planning to organize an event culminating Alegria Mall's Silver Anniversary. To make the mall's anniversary very special, Iggy conceptualizes fashion collection and mall's new logo, but at the same time, thinks of reviving rumors about Alegria Mall's alleged half-human half-snake lurking somewhere deep in the mall which has been the reason of the disappearances of some shoppers. Sarah, the half-human half snake, looks out in the vent and sees Troy, in whom she fall in love and becomes obsessed. Along with the mall's 25th anniversary is Sandra Alegria's 25th birthday. Coming back from the United States, she welcomes the new members as part of the mall company's board of officers and as the head of the company. Sandra also denies the rumors circulating between her and her alleged twin snake sister.

A shoplifter steals clothes and items from the department store by wearing multiple shirts. A saleswoman picks up on her behavior and takes her to a dressing room, which she secretly locks. After she finishes putting them on in the dressing room, she hears trembling sounds and feels movement, and discovers a chamber. She is then killed by Sarah. After Sarah kills the shoplifter, she tells her evil self that she met someone named Troy, but her evil self insists that she will never be loved because of her appearance. Troy strolls around the mall while still grieving and finding answers to his wife's disappearance until he finds himself in front of the department store where he last saw his wife. He tries to open the dressing room door where his wife last went to, but is stopped by the same saleslady who had locked the shoplifter inside.

Meanwhile, security guards and staff members check the premises as the mall closes. Janitor Mang Banjo takes his cleaning rounds to Sarah's chamber and nervously cleans the mess carefully and silently. Sarah calls him as he tries to retreat to the elevator. Mang Banjo carefully communicates with Sarah to avoid angering her, but Sarah becomes furious when she notices that he continues to avoid eye contact. Sarah turns the janitor around in front of her to make him face her, and he rushes to the lift. However, Sarah escapes with him, and the old man realizes that it was a trick. Mang Banjo immediately calls the twins' father Alberto, who then prepares a handgun to meet Sarah. Meanwhile, Jake sees Sarah in the dark in the department store wearing a dress, and recognizes her at first as Sandra. He runs away as he sees Sarah transform into a snake with arms, and is killed when Sarah catches up to him.

Alberto talks to Sandra about Sarah's escape from her chamber. Then he later tells her that he just wanted to have good luck; a witch doctor had handed him a vial containing medicine which could bring good luck to his mall business. He tricks their christian mother, Lourdes, into drinking the medicine concealed in wine, which results in her giving birth to Sarah and Sandra. Lourdes believes Sarah to be a curse (due to Christianity considers snakes as evil and messengers of the Devil himself) and wishes her killed, but Alberto keeps Sarah under the mall's basement, due to his belief that she can bring good luck to the family and the business. Sarah was fed at first with animals, until she tasted human blood when a construction worker accidentally fell into the chamber. Sandra remembers visiting Sarah ever since their childhood until they said their goodbyes to each other. Alberto then plans to kill Sarah once and for all. Meanwhile, Troy returns to his house and gets a knife, plotting revenge to kill Sarah before returning to the mall.

Back at the mall, Iggy officially unveils his masterpiece, a statue resembling the alleged half-human half-snake as part of the anniversary. Alberto arrives and orders Iggy to remove the image, fearing that it will ruin the mall's reputation. Alberto, Sandra, and Mang Banjo hurriedly return to the chamber, hoping to stop Sarah from her evil plans. Sarah shows up and is glad, believing that Alberto returned to introduce her to everyone, especially Troy. Meanwhile, Troy separately enters the dressing room and finds the secret chamber. Meanwhile, Alberto argues with Sarah and that he despises her, and then Sandra steps into Sarah's view and the two briefly reunite. Alberto and Sandra continue to argue with her, telling her that she had caused chaos and that she needs to stop. Sarah becomes enraged when she realizes that she is not planned to be a part of the mall anniversary, and claims that Alberto became greedy. Alberto draws his gun and tries in vain to shoot Sarah as she transforms fully into a snake, and is captured when Sarah binds him by her tail. He is then thrown by Sarah and dies after hitting his head on a bathtub rim.

Taking advantage of the commotion, Troy stabs Sarah in the back of her lower snake body, enraging her. Sandra, Troy, and Mang Banjo hurriedly escape the chamber; the trio then warns Iggy and the board members to leave the mall before they seek shelter in a hardware store to find more weapons. At the store, Sandra learns from Troy that Sarah killed his wife. They return to the mall and Sandra goes alone to find Sarah, and tries to bargain with her to figure out a new life together. Troy attempts to sneak-attack Sarah with his knife, but she knocks him down and then swallows him whole. While in her snake stomach, Troy kills Sarah from inside and then cuts his way out using his knife, leaving Sandra heartbroken and guilty.

"Ulam"

A cold couple, Henry and Aimee, along with their daughter Julie and their dog Tiny, move into Henry's deceased grandparents Amah Choleng and Angkong Cesar's old mansion, where they are warmly welcomed by the family's longtime caretaker Lina. The mansion had been left mostly abandoned after most of Henry's relatives migrated, leaving Henry as the only one expected to take care of the ancestral house.

Aimee immediately feels uncomfortable with the mansion and its eerie atmosphere, insisting that they should simply remain in their small apartment. That evening, Lina prepares dinner for the family and insists on cooking a separate meal for Julie. Aimee refuses, explaining that Julie has several allergies and had nearly died from an allergic reaction in the past. However, Aimee discovers a lizard in the food prepared by Lina, shocking the family. Lina apologizes and claims that it was only an accident, but the incident makes Aimee suspicious of her. Later that night, Aimee suddenly feels ill and experiences a disturbing transformation into a lizard-like creature before losing consciousness.

The following morning, Aimee assumes that what happened was only a nightmare. Henry leaves for work and later fetches Julie from her new school, while Julie tells her father that she wants to return to their old apartment because she also finds the mansion frightening. While Henry and Julie are away, Aimee continues exploring the mansion and is surprised by the arrival of her friend Iggy Moda, who is revealed to have survived Sarah's attack at Alegria Mall. Iggy asks about the mansion and Henry's family history, prompting Aimee to explain that most of Henry's relatives had migrated abroad, leaving him responsible for the ancestral house.

Aimee also retells about Amah Choleng, who was a very strict Chinese woman and deeply devoted to traditional Chinese superstitions. It is revealed that Amah Choleng hated Aimee and strongly opposed her relationship with Henry because of their Chinese zodiac signs. Henry was born in the Year of the Dog while Aimee was born in the Year of the Dragon, which Amah Choleng believed is a curse. When Aimee became pregnant, Amah Choleng forced Henry to choose between his family and his wife. Henry chose Aimee and left the mansion, refusing to return again. Their daughter Julie was later born in the Year of the Rat.

Meanwhile, Lina's small house beside the mansion was shown, where strange remains and pieces of meat are seen among the ingredients she uses for her meals. Aimee becomes increasingly unwilling to eat Lina's cooking, while Henry becomes unusually fond of it. Tiny suddenly goes missing, worrying Julie. When Julie asks for another recipe prepared by Lina, Aimee angrily refuses because of her concerns about her daughter's allergies. This causes another argument between Aimee and Henry, with Henry criticizing Aimee for being too strict with Julie. Aimee becomes upset and reminds Henry of their family's financial problems, questioning who would pay their bills if something happened to either of them. Their argument is overheard by Julie, who becomes sad and decides to search for Tiny herself.

That night, Henry awakens feeling weak and discovers that he transformed into a dog-like creature. Like Aimee, he gradually loses control of himself before eventually returning to normal. Believing that it was only a nightmare, Henry eats the breakfast prepared by Lina and begins developing an even stronger craving for her cooking. At school, Julie brings food prepared by Lina for her lunch. Some bullies steal her meal, only for one of them to suddenly vomit after eating it, revealing remains resembling a rat. The incident frightens Julie and saves her from eating the food herself.

The incident causes another argument between Henry and Aimee. Aimee becomes angry after Henry fails to answer her calls concerning what happened to Julie at school. Their argument escalates into a physical fight, during which Henry begins seeing Aimee as a lizard-like creature, while Aimee sees Henry as Amah Choleng. Aimee's condition rapidly worsens, forcing Henry to take her to the hospital.

At the hospital, doctors find nothing physically wrong with Aimee and recommend that she undergo an MRI and further examination. Iggy remains concerned about the couple's worsening relationship, but Henry becomes offended and insists that everything is fine.

As the effects of Lina's food become stronger, Henry begins seeing Julie as her Amah Choleng, while Aimee experiences terrifying visions of Amah Choleng attacking her. Aimee becomes increasingly violent inside the hospital and attacks doctors and patients before escaping. Henry takes Julie back to the mansion, where his craving for Lina's cooking becomes uncontrollable and he begins acting aggressively toward his daughter.

While preparing another meal, Lina is shown preparing the remains from Tiny. It is revealed that she had killed the dog and was using its meat as an ingredient in her cooking. Meanwhile, Julie discovers a strange human-like creature hidden inside one of the mansion's rooms. The creature chases her through the house, and Lina orders it to capture Julie while Henry continues eating the food without realizing what is happening around him.

Iggy rushes back to the mansion to inform Henry about Aimee's violent incident at the hospital. Lina attempts to prevent him from entering, but Iggy becomes suspicious and searches the house. He eventually discovers Henry's condition and realizes that Lina may be responsible for everything that has happened to the family. Before he can confront her, the strange human-like creature attacks him.

Lina's past is then revealed. Years earlier, Lina was secretly the mistress and true lover of Angkong Cesar. Their relationship enraged Amah Choleng, who considered Lina a disgrace to the family. Lina eventually became pregnant with Cesar's child. In a fit of rage and jealousy, Amah Choleng poisoned Lina, causing the unborn child to become severely mutated. The creature living inside the mansion is revealed to be Lina's mutated son, whom she raised in secret for years.

Lina's hatred toward the family never disappeared. After Amah Choleng and Angkong Cesar died and their descendants scattered, Lina remained behind and waited for an opportunity to take revenge. When Henry returned to the mansion with Aimee and Julie, Lina began carrying out her plan. She used her strange cooking to infect the family, exploiting their Chinese zodiac signs and gradually turning them against one another. Her intention was not only to kill them, but to make the descendants of Amah Choleng and Angkong Cesar suffer the same loss and misery that she had endured.

Aimee, still suffering from the effects of the food, manages to escape and returns to the mansion. Lina confronts her and declares that her revenge is finally complete. Henry and Aimee, both nearly consumed by their altered states, turn against each other and begin a bloody fight in front of Julie. Lina watches happily as the couple continues fighting.

However, when Lina's mutated son suddenly attacks Julie, Henry and Aimee regain their sanity. Realizing that their daughter is in danger, they stop fighting and turn against the creature instead. Henry manages to kill Lina's mutated son, devastating Lina. Enraged by the death of her son, Lina attacks Henry and kills him.

The mansion is left in silence as Aimee and Lina grieve over their loved ones, while the consequences of Lina's revenge finally come to an end.

"Flight 666"

Dave boards Manila Air Flight 666, traveling from Manila to Zamboanga. On board are two vloggers and rockstars band Eli and Gino, who are flying to their home province for a concert; their fans, best friends Adam and Lovely coincidentally board the flight. Also among the passengers are celebrity vlogger and television show host Tim, socialite father and son Macoy and Macky, baggage handling supervisor Carlos, and Jane, who is pregnant, along with her grandmother Juling. In the first class cabin are socialite Connie and married couple Brandon and Miranda. Passengers are welcomed by flight attendant Bryan and are accommodated by co-flight attendants Pamela and Karen. Karen suddenly bumps into Dave, her ex-boyfriend, and apologizes for their past, but Dave ignores her.

While the plane takes off, Juling insists Jane to pretend that she fell in love with a foreigner as soon as they arrive home, which later turns out that she fell in love with a creature and is the father of their baby "tiyanak". After the plane reaches its cruising altitude, Carlos instigates a hijacking, interrogating the crew in the flight deck in protest over the airline laying off employees as part of cost-cutting strategy and demands the airline wire money to compensate for the affected parties. Connie overhears the chaos and hides in one of the lavatories only to find the couple doing a mile high club, whom she urges to calm down and stop their acts out of fear of being killed. Meanwhile, Jane gives birth to her baby creature and suddenly passes out along with the baby. The plane suddenly goes into a short turbulence and faints almost everyone on board, except for Juling, who dies. Unknown to them, the creature lurks out and scratches some of the passengers. Karen later overhears a conversation between Carlos and Pamela, which she realizes Pamela helps in making Carlos' plans succeed.

In the lavatory, Miranda fights with Connie until the tiyanak comes out of nowhere and kills Brandon, Connie, Miranda and the rest of the passengers on board one by one, including Pamela, Eli, Macoy and Macky and another passenger. The remaining passengers seek safety, except for Adam. Capt. Robert Francisco tasks Bryan and Officer Charlie to check on the situation on board. Meanwhile, Adam is strangled by the creature's umbilical cord while Carlos fights the creature with a gun and is killed by it. The creature attacks the flight deck and strangles the pilot. Karen, Bryan, Dave and the remaining passengers make a plan to safety as Tim and Bryan fly the plane after losing the pilots. Gino and Lovely discovers a bomb planted underneath the seats by Carlos which is ready to detonate. Karen finds the child on the floor and picks it up, while Dave throws it away from her before it transforms again into a tiyanak. Karen, Dave, Gino and Lovely run out to safety, but the creature traps Karen and Dave. Coincidentally, Iggy wakes up and is attacked by the creature.

After the flight lands safely, the creature attacks again and kills Lovely. Karen, Dave, Gino, Tim and Bryan escape the plane as it explodes, killing the creature. As the survivors tell their story to the authorities, Karen and Dave walk away together as the father of the creature vengefully appears behind them in the distance. In the mid-credit scene, Iggy is shown to have survived the explosion.

Cast

• John Lapus as Iggy Moda

Ahas

• Erich Gonzales as Sandra/Sarah
• JC de Vera as Troy
• Ariel Rivera as Alberto
• Lou Veloso as Badjo
• Alice Dixson as Lourdes
• Giselle Canlas as Jinny
• Melai Cantiveros as Julie
• Jason Francisco as Jake
• Yassi Benitez as Secretary
• Angie Ferro† as Albularyo
• Mosang as Saleslady 1
• Anne Monique Villanueva as Saleslady 2
• Paolo Gumabao as Model 1
• Ma. Bencelle Banzon as Model 2
• Kirst Viray as Model 3
• Janelle Tee as Model 4
• Solenn Heussaff as Adela

Ulam

• Dennis Trillo as Henry
• Carla Abellana as Aimee
• Chanda Romero as Aling Lina
  • Anna Luna as young Lina
• Perla Bautista as Amah Choleng
  • Cris Villonco as young Amah
• Kryshee Grengia as Julie
• Virgilio Que as Angkong Cesar
  • Richard Quan as young Angkong
• Yogo Singh as Paolo
• Rhederlee Orjaliza as Tabloid-Reading Mom
• Iana Marie Abrogena as Nurse at Reception
• Brenda Porcadilla as Midwife

Flight 666

• Lovi Poe as Karen
• Matteo Guidicelli as Dave
• Daniel Matsunaga as Bryan
• Bernard Palanca as Carlos
• Kiray Celis as Lovely
• IC Mendoza as Adam
• Kim Atienza as Tim
• Nathalie Hart as Pamela
• Lui Manansala as Lola Juling
• Ria Garcia as Jane
• Khalil Ramos as Gino
• Yael Yuzon as Eli
• Bentong† as Macoy
• Betong Sumaya as Macky
• Rolando Inocencio as Capt. Robert Francisco
• Joy Viado† as Connie
• John Spainhour as Brandon
• Arlene Muhlach as Miranda
• Sue Prado† as Norma
• Ken Alfonso as First Officer Charlie
• Rocky Salumbides as Maligno/Tiyanak's father

Production

Maja Salvador was originally chosen for the lead role in the "Ahas" segment, until she was replaced by Erich Gonzales. The snake-skin costume for the character of Gonzales measures 20 feet long and takes about five hours to fully apply the costume's prosthetics onto her. Almost the whole segment of "Flight 666" was shot on board a retired Philippine Airlines Airbus A330 parked at Villamor Airbase. Lovi Poe, the leading actress of the segment, stated that they filmed it while the plane was flying.

Release

Box office

Shake, Rattle & Roll XV opened at 6th place in the box office out of the eight films in the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival.

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Award-Giving Body	Category	Recipient	Result
40th Metro Manila Film Festival	Best Float	Shake, Rattle & Roll XV	Nominated
	Best Sound Recording	Lamberto Casas Jr. ("Ulam" episode)	Nominated
	Best Musical Score	Von De Guzman ("Flight 666" episode)	Nominated
	Best Child Performer	Kryshee Grengia ("Ulam" episode)	Nominated
	Best Make Up Artist	"Ulam" episode	Nominated
	Best Visual Effects	Imaginary Friends ("Ahas" episode)	Nominated
	Best Editor	Benjamin Tolentino ("Flight 666" episode)	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Chanda Romero ("Ulam" episode)	Nominated
	Best Director	Jerrold Tarog ("Ulam" episode)	Nominated
	Best Actress	Erich Gonzales ("Ahas" episode), Carla Abellana ("Ulam" episode)	Nominated

See also

• Shake, Rattle & Roll (film series)
• List of ghost films

External links

• Shake, Rattle & Roll XV at IMDb