Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara

Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara is a 1995 Philippine psychological horror film directed by Chito S. Roño and written by Ricardo Lee. It is a remake of the 1974 horror film by Celso Ad. Castillo. Plot Being the loving older sister, Barbara has always been overly indulgent of her little sister Ruth's every whim. Years later, Barbara meets and instantly falls in love with Nick, who is mutually smitten with her. But the spoiled Ruth confesses to her Barbara that she too is in love with Nick and threatens to kill herself if he does not marry her. Barbara reluctantly and passively accommodates Ruth's demands and convinces Nick to court her younger sister instead. In a twisted act of devotion, Nick reluctantly agrees to marry Ruth,to prove his love for Barbara. After the wedding, Barbara then decides to start a new life abroad to move on and give Nick a chance to truly fall in love with Ruth. Some time later, Barbara is informed that her younger sister has killed herself, with her only daughter Karen as witness. Barbara immediately returns to the Philippines to mourn her sister and comfort her unstable niece. But strange events happen upon Barbara's return and she learns the reason surrounding Ruth's mysterious death. Throughout their marriage, Ruth felt that Nick never really loved her, but instead harbored feelings for Barbara. In a state of paranoid delusion, she suspects that Nick was having an affair and used his business trips to the United States as an excuse to rendezvous with Barbara. In a jealous rage, she commits suicide by stabbing herself with a large single piece of the broken mirror and haunts the household and everyone she deemed who have wronged her. Before dying at their home, she curses her husband Nick for his infidelity and wants to get back at him and his other woman while she strictly tells her daughter Karen not to cry and she's not going to die on her deathbed. It was later revealed that ever since Barbara left her for the US, she indulged herself of everything that can ease her helplessness which includes witchcraft and the occult. Through this she learns that even after death she can return to the world of the living on a limited time to haunt and exact revenge.