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Huwag Mong Buhayin ang Bangkay

Philippines 1989
produced by
Seiko Films
directed by Mario Gia Samonte
starring Jestoni Alarcon, Charito Solis, Ricky Davao, Rita Avila, Pinky Suarez, Romnick Sarmenta, Jennifer Sevilla, Jojo Alejar, Ruben Rustia, Eddie Infante, Nonong de Andres, Jose Mari Gonzales, Alma Lerma, Michael Locsin, Robert Ortega, Pong Pong
written by Mauro Gia Samonte, music by Vehnee Saturno

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Robertito (Jestoni Alercon) is a famous concert pianist who is loved by pretty much everybody, including his fiancée Helen (Pinky Suarez), his secretary Julie (Rita Avila), but most of all his mother Aurora (Charito Solis). Only his brother Gabriel (Ricky Davao) can't join the others in their everybody loves Robertito-routine, being jealous of all the attention his brother gets - so at the first possible opportunity he seduces Helen ... and wouldn't you know it, the two of them actually fall in love - much to the dismay of Robertito of course, who tries to take his own life in the process, but is given a new will to live when Julie confesses her love to him. Life could be so happy now ... when Julie's fiancé Jessie (Jojo Alejar) shows up - an event that leaves Robertito once again shattered, and he soon dies in a carcrash.

Now that should be the end of this, but Robertito's mother just can't let go of him and has his body snatched from the morgue to keep at home. Everybody thinks the woman is mad keeping a corpse around the house, but when Gabriel confronts her and tries to talk sense into her, she comes to all the wrong conclusions: Instead of giving up the corpse she visits a black magician who returns life to Robertito. Thing is of course, he is no longer the mild-mannered pianist we all knew but a brutal zombie killing everyone in his way - especially Helen.

It all culminates in a finale on a graveyard, where the assembled protagonists fight Roberttito and a bunch of his zombie friends. In the end, he is staked by a crucifix, but it is only when he pulls out the crucifix and accidently kills his mother doing so that he really dies. In dying he becomes mild-mannered Robertito once more, uttering his mum's name with his last breath.

 

One can't deny it, all of the above sounds like a quite interesting trash horror movie, but that's the problem of the film, it only sounds good in writing, on film, its rather feeble story is stretched to almost two hours of running time and filled up with way too many unnecessary soap opera sequences. Actually, the actual plot (that being Robertito being killed and brought back to life) doesn't even start until halfway through, at which point the film has already pretty much bored its audience to death. I'll give the movie as much, at least the zombie attacks and the finale are fun in a trashy and predictable sort of way, but that's too little to save the film as a whole.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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