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Pridyider
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRico Maria Ilarde
Screenplay by
  • Rico Maria Ilarde
  • Rona Lean Sales
Story byRico Maria Ilarde
Based onPridyider
by Ishmael Bernal
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMackie Galvez
Edited byLawrence S. Ang
Music byTeresa Barrozo
Production
company
Release date
  • September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English
Box officeUS$117,479.00[1]

Pridyider (lit.'Fridge') is a 2012 Filipino supernatural horror film directed by Rico Maria Ilarde, starring Janice de Belen, JM de Guzman and Andi Eigenmann. The film was released nationwide last September 19, 2012, under Regal Films.[2][3]

It is a remake of the episode of the same name from the 1984 film Shake, Rattle & Roll, which spawned a film series. Janice de Belen was the only cast member from the original episode who is part of the cast.[2] Co-star Joel Torre was also a part of the original film but was cast in another episode, Baso.

Plot

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Tina arrives from abroad in her former home which she inherited from her parents,[4] when she receives the news of her mother's suicide and her father's disappearance. The refrigerator starts taking lives, starting with Tina's friend's pet cat. Her manager tries to give her another chance, until the refrigerator takes him alive, despite Tina trying to rescue him from the tentacles. When she and her boyfriend try to open the refrigerator, they are sprayed with blood.

The refrigerator is later revealed to be cursed by a demon who her mother made a deal with to sate her vengeance on her husband, according to a former detective turned hunter who was obsessed with the case involving her parents. Tina's mother killed the women who she suspects to be her husband's mistresses, chopping them up and feeding their corpses on the refrigerator, until the police saw her corpse in the refrigerator. The detective was blinded when he tried to open the refrigerator. They also consult with the priest, giving them instructions to defeat the demon. Her father appears as a grotesque faced man, when he accidentally doused with boiling oil while he was cooking and he fell upon the floor, following the cauldron.

When they prepare an explosive formula to destroy the refrigerator, Tina's father sacrifices himself as bait as the refrigerator drags him. The couple push the refrigerator, Tina descends to the hole, revealing the demon's victims, some dead, others barely conscious. She lights the bomb, but her mother appears holding a cleaver and fights her own daughter, but her father, barely conscious, holds his wife and asks Tina to leave. The bomb goes off, destroying the hellhole and the refrigerator and saving the couple.

Cast

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Main cast

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Supporting cast

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Rating

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The rating of this film is rated PG-13 for some horror, strong violence, action, suspense and thriller.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Philippines Box Office- September 26-30, 2012 Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 10, 2012
  2. ^ a b "Regal resurrects possessed 'Pridyider'". Malaya. Archived from the original on August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  3. ^ "Trailer: Pridyider (2012)". Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  4. ^ "Pridyider – Poster and Trailer and Plot". Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  5. ^ "Andi Eigenmann heats up 'Pridyider'". Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
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