Mentorque Productions has dropped the official trailer for the much-awaited horror film "Mallari" starring Piolo Pascual.

"Mallari" is a partly fictional, partly true-to-life account inspired by the true story of Fr Juan Severino Mallari, a parish priest in the 1800s who killed 57 people before being caught, thereby becoming the first and only recorded Filipino serial killer ever, antedating Jack The Ripper by more than 60 years.

Who is doing the killing in present time? Why did Severino killed for his mother? What damning curse did Johnrey have to hide by disappearing? Where did he hide? What will Jonathan do to save his girlfriend Agnes? This decision that will cost Jonathan his soul is the devastating finale of "Mallari."

Shot in various historic locations in the Philippines including a village built purposely for the movie, almost four years in the planning, with three timelines that combine audiences’ love for retro horror with the immediate relatability of current terrors, "Mallari" is expected to be a masterpiece so rarely made in the Philippines, a potential classic, and a sensation once it shows this Christmas, 2023.