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Jerrold Tarog

Jerrold Tarog

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Biography

Jerrold Viacrucis Tarog is a Filipino film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and composer. He is best known for directing Heneral Luna (2015), Bliss (2017), Goyo: The Boy General (2018), and the upcoming film Darna. His first feature film was the independently produced Confessional (2007), followed by Mangatyanan (2009) and Sana Dati (2013). He has also directed segments in three installments of the Shake, Rattle & Roll horror anthology series.

Known For

Quezon
8.5

A historical drama focusing on Manuel L. Quezon years after the Philippine Revolution during the American occupation. When his fight for independence from the United States is put to the test, Quezon finds himself playing the brutal game of politics to outmaneuver his rivals — including Leonard Wood, Sergio Osmeña, and Joven Hernando. In Quezon’s relentless quest for power, he ultimately faces off with Emilio Aguinaldo in the 1935 presidential elections, using charm and favoritism as both weapons and currency, in a campaign that ultimately changes the face of Philippine politics and history.

Quezon

2025
The Healing
6.8

A community rushes to a faith healer after learning that one of them was miraculously healed from a deadly disease by the same person. They are torn apart afterwards as the healing brings them a terrible curse that wreaks harm and death.

The Healing

2012
The Masseur
5.9

Iliac works in a massage parlor where the gay clients are given more than a shoulder kneading and back rub. When Iliac's father dies he must reconcile his job as a sex worker with the rest of his family.

The Masseur

2005
The Blood Trail
5.0

Laya is a young professional photographer who has drifted away from her family. Her father has fallen ill, but she hasn’t once come to visit him at the hospital. Her mother, who left their family when Laya was a child, returns to urge Laya to make amends with her father, but Laya’s pain goes deeper than her mother suspects. Laya is sent to the provinces to document a ritual of a disappearing indigenous tribe, and there, she inadvertently comes face to face with her own demons as she observes the relationships of the last remaining members of this dying culture.

The Blood Trail

2009
Goyo: The Boy General
7.0

With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.

Goyo: The Boy General

2018
Pagpag: Nine Lives
7.0

The movie follows a group of teenagers that are terrorized by an evil spirit. The film revolves around the traditional Filipino belief that one should never go home directly after visiting a wake since it risks bringing evil spirits or the deceased to one's home.

Pagpag: Nine Lives

2013
Heneral Luna
7.8

A Filipino general who believes he can turn the tide of battle in the Philippine-American war. But little does he know that he faces a greatest threat to the country's revolution against the invading Americans.

Heneral Luna

2015
Emir
3.2

"Emir" is all about Amelia (Frenscheska Farr). Amelia hails from Ilocos and she is forced to find work abroad to provide for her family. Amelia leaves her family and everything she loves behind. Amelia applies as a nanny and is lucky enough to be the caretaker of the Sheik's pregnant wife. Later on, Amelia is given appointed nanny of the Sheik's first born son Ahmed. Through the years, Amelia will not only see Ahmed grow to a boy but she will also learn more about life's trials and tribulations, struggles of lonely worker in a foreign country.

Emir

2010
Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme
3.8

A series of vignettes include: a neglected and gadget addicted 6 year old who befriends a malevolent entity from a defunct children’s show, causing deadly events at home; a group of influencers gathering for a collab in a luxurious mansion; and a bunch of thrill-seekers who go on a trip to watch a meteor shower.

Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme

2023
I'm Drunk, I Love You
7.3

Days before graduation, two college best friends go on one last road trip where they settle how they really feel for each other.

I'm Drunk, I Love You

2017
Lupe: A Seaman's Wife
5.5

Lupe and Manolo are a young couple whose marriage life is about to undergo a drastic change when Manolo leaves for another country.

Lupe: A Seaman's Wife

2003
Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion
6.0

The first part follows four cousins who gathered together to receive their own 5 million peso inheritance from their dead uncle, and the responsibility of taking care of his comic book creations. The second part follows an army special unit trying to survive from a horde of zombies. The third and last part follows a couple who became survivors when the aliens invaded Earth.

Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion

2012
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Peping wakes up to find out that Gima, their goat, is missing. His family make a living out of the milk provided the goat. He hides the truth from his grandmother. His father is also arriving the next day so he needs to find Gima before its too late. Together with his younger sister, Lita, the two go on a seemingly impossible search for the goat in the landscape of the island of Sabtang, in Batanes. A series of frustrating episodes mark the day, tension and desperation growing as natural and human forces conspire to frustrate them at every turn. The odyssey teaches the boy about the true meaning of life- where kindness and cruelty can be found in close proximity.

The Goat

2007
Bliss
5.1

After she gets into a film-production accident that leaves her crippled, successful actress Jane Ciego slowly transitions into madness after experiencing horrors and torture in her own home.

Bliss

2017
Buy Now, Die Later
5.0

Story about five people who wanted something so badly that they’ll do anything, even to deal with the devil. As they finally get what they want, no one has mentioned that their dream will cost them their lives.

Buy Now, Die Later

2015
Aswang
4.5

In this movie, the abuwak race is being threatened by extinction. The only way they can grow in numbers again is through the rare ability that only the soon-to-be queen of the abuwaks, Hasmin (Lovi Poe) possesses.

Aswang

2011
Bendor
10.0

Blondie (Vivian Velez) is personified as three things: a hardworking businesswoman, a wife who’s been cheated on, and a mother of three. She is a 50-something woman with poor eyesight who works as an upfront candle vendor outside Quiapo church and sells Cytotec, an abortion pill, on the side.

Bendor

2013
Senior Year
7.8

A high school movie featuring a mix of real students and professional actors that deals with the experience of finding one's identity.

Senior Year

2010
Shake, Rattle & Roll 13
4.3

An old man Lando (Ronnie Lazaro) has buried something under his house. When he is finished, he encounters a group of white people. The chieftain (Manu Respall) demands Lando to give back something that belongs to them which he refuses. Angered, he and his tribesmen savagely killed him.

Shake, Rattle & Roll 13

2011
Foster Child
7.0

Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption.

Foster Child

2007