Celso Adolfo Castillo (September 12, 1943 – November 26, 2012) was a Filipino film director and screenwriter renowned for his provocative storytelling and bold cinematic style. Often hailed as the "Messiah of Philippine Cinema". Castillo's work traversed genres, from action epics to psychological horror, leaving an indelible mark on the Filipino film industry.
Two teenage brothers are attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's murderous vigilantes.
Release Date2009-07-18
Charactersd Mayor Danilo Suarez
Vote Count4
On a remote island, a plane wreck leaves a woman alone with ten men who are willing to kill to fulfill their desires for her.
Release Date1984-08-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd
Vote Count2
The story of an indigenous Igorot woman who traverses the complex path of life to the playful line of destiny.
Release Date1979-09-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd
To support her paralytic father, Chato works as a utility girl for a burlesque star Virgie Nite. But when Virgie gets drunk on the night of her scheduled show, Chato pitches in for her. And she becomes an instant sensation. Enthused by the initial acceptance of the audience, she defies her father's admonitions and presents herself to the manager. And thus, becoming the new burlesque queen.
Release Date1977-12-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Attorney Adolfo
Vote Count7
Owners of an old dance studio's and veterans in vodaville. Failure to reach their dreams of becoming a famous dancing duo, poured all the desired gain sole son Sonny. Due to the inherited skills from parents, became a dance instructor in their studio.
Release Date1980-08-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd
Alicia is an unattractive woman who is transformed into a beauty by a plastic surgeon. She soon realizes that beauty is not all that matters in this world.
Release Date1992-07-15
Charactersd Recruiter
Vote Count1
Virgin People 3
Release Date2002-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Eliseo
Vote Count8
The serial tells the tragic love story of Vina, a single woman who wants to have a baby despite her advanced age. With the help of her best friend, she met Dave, the man she will eventually fall in love and have a child with. Unknown to Vina, Dave was her best friend's lover, and in the end, Vina would discover that her best friend and the man she loved plotted together to ruin her and her son's lives.
Release Date1993-02-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A strange but beautiful young woman washed ashore on an island becomes the desire of all men. Her presence causes jealousy, intrigue, and a series of deaths in the town.
Release Date1996-01-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
Release Date1972-12-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
The poster promises visions of Satan's altar, an underground black mass, blood rituals of the undead, the birth of Satan's messiah, a dead village of the damned, the assassination of the Prince of Darkness and a zombie attack. Why isn't this available for viewing again?
Release Date1974-01-13
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
THIS IS A SEX-DRAMA FROM THE DIRECTOR WHO STARTED THE "WET LOOK".
Release Date1987-07-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
When his mother and father are murdered by the evil Don Benito, farm boy and amateur gunsmith Daniel sets off on a quest to exact bloody justice.
Release Date1985-06-05
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
A 1997 adult drama starring Rita Magdalena and Eddie Gutierrez.
Release Date1997-04-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Taking place in a convent, we follow the story of Sister Sofia whose life takes a grave turn upon the arrival of, the troubled and haunted, Fatima. (Shown in the Sineng Pambansa National Film Festival) A masters' master tribute seeks to honor the memory of Celso Ad. Castillo with the showcase of the last film he directed.
Release Date2013-09-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
One stormy night, in a sea side village, a childless couple finds a mysterious beautiful woman in the beach without any consciousness. The next day, the girl wakes up and introduces herself as Isabel.
Release Date1974-10-26
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Emma (Myrna Castillo) could hope for salvation in Tony (Gil Guerrero), a creep and his offer of marriage, the film ends up not just a big joke but also an abomination worse than smut.
Release Date1982-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1986 directed by Celso Ad. Castillo and starred German Moreno and the All-Star Cast
Release Date1986-12-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Celso Ad. Castillo's film about villagers retelling the story of their hero and the revolt he waged in the countryside.
Release Date1979-12-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A blood-curdling motion picture about witchcraft, Satan's disciples, witches and warlocks to steal a beautiful maiden's soul.
Release Date1977-06-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count2
A story of an innocent young lass desperate to leave her homeland to escape her adoptive father's lustful desires.
Release Date1996-07-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
A Celso ad Castillo film.
Release Date1976-08-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Ramon Zamora trades in his usual cheap yuks for a more restrained and almost mythic performance in this uniquely Pinoy tale of death and retribution.
Release Date1974-04-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
In the era of American occupation in the Philippines, Fernando Poe Jr. stars as Teodoro Asedillo, a nationalistic school teacher who transforms into a revolutionary leader. Asedillo's unwavering belief in social justice and workers' rights leads him to challenge the oppressive system. Dismissed from his position as a police chief due to his principles, he forms the Anak Pawis movement, fighting for the rights of the oppressed.
Release Date1971-09-03
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
The World Is a Drop of Tear
Release Date1986-09-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Release Date1965-03-04
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Nympha begins and ends with a scene in the cemetery where a group of people are standing around a tomb under the rain. The movie as a whole is an exposition of the events in Nympha’s life that lead to this scene. Nympha is a young girl reared and morally sheltered by a hypocritically pious elder female relative. The girl’s blind piety, however, is ripped apart by her sudden awareness of the sexually-charged environment and by her own first love affair. Eventually, she goes from man to man, driven by her demonic desires. Her unwanted pregnancy finally leads to a gory, fatal abortion.
Release Date1971-02-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Sisters live in a remote island when a group of sideshow performers washes ashore.
Release Date1981-02-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A re-imagination of the Celso Ad Castillo classic, "Nympha" tells the story of an orphan woman named Nympha living in a backward province with a narrow minded aunt who is a religious fanatic.
Release Date2003-04-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
Three sisters live in a paradise where men are metaphorically and literally serpents of temptation.
Release Date1984-01-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count11
A women in the underbelly of the city of Manila where making a living is always difficult for the poor and material things do not guarantee happiness. This is a place for adultery as Pilar kept her trysts with her lovers, for prostitution as Elizabeth descends into degradation, for excitement as Chat, the lonely wife keeps up her relationship with hired killer Edu and rape and death for the young sampaguita vendor, Lala. Amidst all these some ray of hope as Rio accepts the affections of her Chinese master.
Release Date1986-01-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
"Pag-puti ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak" is a pulsating love story that recaptures the nostalgic fifties, the exciting era of mass hysteria, and the golden years of the rock and roll fever inflicted by screaming, wiggling hip-shaking foreign pop idols dominated by Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Pat Boone, Doris Day and the Platters. It is more than a love story. It is also a commentary - a satire rich with humor injected into a moral, psychological, sociological, and cultural aspect, outlook, and values of the said bygone era. It is a poignant rich-girl-meets poor boy love story of Julie Monserat and Candido Ventura - two love-struck starry eyed youths who fought for their right to love each other, here is a story that touches social conflict - the perennial clashes and discrimination between the rich and the poor.
Release Date1978-07-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
In his numerous incarnations, Pedro Penduko is an ordinary human being with no superpowers. He is, however, resourceful and quick-witted in battling evil forces. He is aided by a magical amulet.
Release Date1973-12-25
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count2
The thief"s comes only to steal , to kill and to destroy. Stay away from devil so that the devil will stay away from you. Always remember that the only powerful in this world is the god who made and create everything. Love god above all and place him in our hearts and we must make stronger and tightened our relation to god and respect .
Release Date2010-07-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Three human females born of snake eggs on a secluded island are integrated into a nearby village but are soon showing their true colors.
Release Date1984-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
A surreal melodrama about a deranged woman raising a child.
Release Date1997-02-21
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count4
Virgin People 2
Release Date1996-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Release Date1972-07-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Release Date2015-02-09
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Maligno was an ABS-CBN primetime horror-thriller which was the second installment of Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection. The show is adapted from the 1977 movie of the same name which starred Susan Roces who makes a guest appearance in the television program.
Release Date2008-04-28
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
This drama offers a rare chance to compare the styles of two major Filipino filmmakers. The first episode is about a chance encounter between a spirited ex-nun and a dispirited architect played by Nora Aunor and Christopher de Leon. The second episode from his own screenplay, tells the story of another chance encounter this time between Solly and Chris, two former lovers.
Release Date1979-05-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara was an ABS-CBN primetime mini-series adapted from the movie, Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara, originally starring Susan Roces in 1974 and later by Lorna Tolentino in 1995. It was supposed to be aired weekly in a mini-series format on January 12, 2008, but it was later placed in ABS-CBN's primetime Bida. This is the first installment of Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection.
Release Date2008-01-07
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Barbara loves her little sister Ruth deeply. When Ruth becomes devilishly manipulative by threatening to kill herself if her sister doesn't break up with her boyfriend Nick . The sisters end up engaging in black magic to get back at each other.
Release Date1995-07-12
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count5
Isla, a island maiden who has all the males, including her father, lusting after her. Her dream was to leave her primitive surroundings and find another life in the big city. However, it would not be easy. To be able to escape, she must use her body to pay off all the men who would help her.
Release Date1985-04-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
A young co-ed falls in love with her first-degree cousin, who stays with her family while studying in Manila. Their forbidden affair, which they keep secret from their family, is revealed when she becomes pregnant. For the scandalized family, abortion is the only solution left, which the two lovers resist.
Release Date1975-10-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Melissa is a young woman blessed with great fortune she has a blossoming career in fashion design, a slew of adoring friends, and a fiancé who is no less than the man of her dreams. Everything seems favorable until the night of her engagement party, for she is suddenly beset by visions of her dead sister, Magda. Soon, Melissa realizes that Magda's soul wishes to claim her life, believing that it was the life meant for Magda, had she not died. As Magda takes control of her body, Melissa sees her perfect life crumble.
Release Date2003-06-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Barbara has always been overly indulgent of her little sister, Ruth's every whim. Her past comes back to haunt her when Barbara receives news that her younger sister has killed herself and was witnessed by Ruth's only daughter Karen. Barbara immediately returns to the Philippines to mourn her sister and comfort her unstable niece. Upon Barbara's return, she learns the reason surrounding Ruth's mysterious death.
Release Date1974-08-16
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count4
Eroticism and passion characterize the romance between a filipino and an american woman.
Release Date1985-10-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
A woman who was running away from the pain of a broken love affair. A young man who was looking forward to a fun filled summer and his first sex experience.
Release Date1992-07-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job, and from influential politicos. Her daughter, however, decides to run away but is later spurned by her suitor and his offer of a respectable life. Even the timely arrival of a two-beat magician, Rey, who hastily proposes marriage, fails to prevent the escalating tension as the mother-daughter conflict takes its worst turn culminating in the characters' fiery destruction.
Release Date1985-12-25
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenstory
Vote Count3
This is a compeling story of 2 sisters both raped, assaulted and held captives during the Japanese occupation. A Makapili (Japanese informer) rounded up women of Sta. Monica forced and used them as "sex slaves" by Japanse soldiers
Release Date1994-09-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Filipino horror television movie from 1999.
Release Date1999-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
An adaptation of the same title serialized in Pilipino Komiks.
Release Date1972-02-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
THE FOLKS REGARD HIM AS THEIR HERO, BUT THE AUTHORITIES SEE HIM AS A MERE BANDIT.
Release Date1983-08-11
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Beginning at the break of dawn and ending the next morning, the story, set around a rugged city intersection, follows the path of a marked one-thousand-peso bill as it transfers from one character to another, returning to its originator in the end, blood-tainted. The money leads us to each of the five offbeat characters, all in desperate need of their soul's redemption: a disillusioned tabloid reporter planning to commit suicide in a motel, a nightclub dancer con prostitute who has avowed to give her kid sister a better life, a fallen henchman resurfacing to score big time, a chronic runaway teenage girl held captive as sex slave by a cop, and a long-suffering son bearing a sadomasochistic relationship with his brutish, half-paralyzed father who behaves like a mad dictator in his wheelchair.
Release Date2006-07-18
Vote Count1
A film with Diana Zubiri.
Release Date2002-04-03
Vote Count3
A documentary on the rise and fall and recent return of sexy movies in Philippine cinema. Featuring interviews from the sexy movie icons of the past and the rising sexy stars of the present.
Release Date2024-01-28
Vote Count3
