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Alex Calleja takes a scary turn at MMFF
Manila Bulletin
|December 24, 2025
" I have always been a Shake, Rattle & Roll fan," stand-up comedian Alex Calleja tells me, eyes lighting up, while we were both waiting to step onstage as hosts for the Watsons Christmas event.
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“Never in my life did I imagine I’d be part of such an iconic movie franchise. And to be the husband of Manilyn Reynes and the father of Francine Diaz? That was an added treat. But having a death scene in Shake, Rattle and Roll, that’s my second proudest moment after my Netflix comedy special.Only Alex could say that with a straight face—and a grin that says he knows how surreal it all sounds. Alex is part of “Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins,” also known as Shake, Rattle & Roll 17, the seventeenth installment of the legendary Filipino horror anthology produced by Regal Entertainment. The film marks the franchise’s triumphant return to the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival, after sitting out the 2023 edition. Directed by Shugo Praico, Joey de Guzman, and Ian Loreños,
This story is from the December 24, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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