Those fun, freaky ladies

Thanks to Cinema One's YouTube channel, I finally got to watch Antoinette Jadaone's 2011 film, "Six Degrees from Lilia Cuntapay." Lilia was "discovered" in 1990 when Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes were working on the unforgettable "Aswang" episode of "Shake, Rattle and Roll 2." Something about her made her stand out. She had an absolutely unique look, sometimes otherworldly, and very witchy with her long white hair and missing teeth. The late great director Gallaga described it as a pagan, pre-Christian quality.

From then on, she was typecast and there was no looking back. She built a career on that look and we've all seen her somewhere. Even if people may not know her name, they would most certainly know the face.