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Kaila Estrada is the OG 'Anak ni Janice' for her Halloween costume

Published Oct 31, 2023 3:21 pm

Kaila Estrada dressed up as one of her mom's iconic characters for Halloween, and we are here for it!

In case you forgot, Kaila's mom Janice de Belen played a woman who takes in an abandoned child that turns out to be a monster baby in the 1988 Filipino horror movie, Tiyanak.

On Instagram, the Linlang star posted a photo of her together with a doll that looks like the fictional movie character. 

"It’s that time of the year again," she captioned her post while noting that she posted it every year during the Halloween season.

Fans and other friends from the industry immediately drew fun at the image saying that she is the original "Anak ni Janice."

"Hahahahaha!!! Yan yung OG!!!" said Iza Calzado.

"This will never get old," the internet personality Ai dela Cruz wrote.

Other social media followers recalled their experience while watching the said movie.

"Tiyanak! Bring back memories, the horror movie that made me cry and my colleagues ended up laughing at me," one user commented.

"I'm having ptsd now looking at this pic… kaya ayaw ko maligo magisa nung bata. Why?!," another one wrote.

Some even suggested a remake movie of Tiyanak with Kaila as the lead star.

"Yey, sana may part 2 yan at ikaw [ang] gaganap na nagkatawang tao [na] anak ni Janice na Tyanak," one user said.

Tiyanak is a 1988 Filipino horror film directed by Peque Gallaga and Lorenzo A. Reyes based on the mythical creature of the same name. It stars Janice de Belen, Lotlot de Leon, Ramon Christopher, Mary Walter, Chuckie Dreyfus, Carmina Villaroel, Rudolph Yaptinchay, and Smokey Manaloto.

The tagline "Oh no, ang anak ni Janice!" is the catchphrase of the blockbuster horror movie, and was used in the promo trailer.

In 1991, Janice also starred in a horror-comedy movie, Oh my God... Anak ni Janice together with the late comedians Rene Requiestas and Mahal.