Wake Up, Maruja

Wake Up, Maruja

113 mins | Horror | Sept. 4, 1978

At the turn of the century, Maruja Isable Sevilla y Mira poisons herself when forced to marry a man she does not love. Several decades later, she is reincarnated as a young producer-actress, Nina Concepcion. Nina is hell-bent on filming the legend involving the couple of ill-starred lovers. However, wandering ghosts and possessions by entities in a haunted ancestral home keep Nina's cast busy. Events come to a height when the past collides with the present.

Wake Up, Maruja

113 mins | Horror | Sept. 4, 1978

Wake Up, Maruja
At the turn of the century, Maruja Isable Sevilla y Mira poisons herself when forced to marry a man she does not love. Several decades later, she is reincarnated as a young producer-actress, Nina Concepcion. Nina is hell-bent on filming the legend involving the couple of ill-starred lovers. However, wandering ghosts and possessions by entities in a haunted ancestral home keep Nina's cast busy. Events come to a height when the past collides with the present.
Producers FPJ Productions
Original title Gumising Ka... Maruja
Directors Lino Brocka
Writers Tony Perez

Cast

Susan Roces

as Nina Concepcion / Maruja Isabel Sevilla

Phillip Salvador

as Marco Lorenzo / Rodrigo de Velasquez

Mario O'Hara

as Freddie

Laurice Guillen

as Cristy

Mary Walter

as Señora Agida

Manny Ojeda

as Señor Juan Manuel

Fritz Ynfante

as Fritz

Peque Gallaga

as Attorney

Cora Magno

as Librada

Ronnie Lazaro

as Vergel

Joel Torre

as Joel

Linda Salopesa

as Elsa, the Medium