Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara (film)

Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara
The original promotional poster.
Directed by	Chito S. Roño
Produced by	Charo Santos-Concio Malou Santos Lily Monteverde
Screenplay by	Ricardo Lee
Story by	Celso Castillo
Starring	Lorna Tolentino Dawn Zulueta Tonton Gutierrez Antoinette Taus Amy Austria Noni Buencamino Angie Ferro Anita Linda
Music by	Jessie Lasaten
Cinematography	Joe Batac
Edited by	Jess Navarro
Distributed by	Star Cinema
Release date	1995 (1995)
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog

Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara (literally Kill Barbara in Shock) is a 1995 Filipino horror-drama. It is the remake of the 1974 horror film Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara, directed by Chito S. Roño and released by Star Cinema.

The film also celebrated the 20th-year anniversary offering in which the film was originally released.

Being the loving older sister, Barbara (Lorna Tolentino) has always been overly indulgent of her little sister Ruth's every whim. Years later, Barbara meets and instantly falls in love with Nick (Tonton Gutierrez), who is mutually smitten with her. But the spoiled Ruth (Dawn Zulueta) confesses to her older sister that she too is in love with Nick and threatens to kill herself if he does not marry her. So with a heavy heart, Barbara once again 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 give Nick a chance to truly fall in love with Ruth and for Barbara to get over her feelings for him.

Her past comes back to haunt her (in more ways than one) when Barbara receives news that her younger sister has killed herself and was witnessed by Ruth's only daughter Karen (Antoinette Taus). 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 still harboured feelings for her sister. 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 and haunts the household and everyone she deemed who have wronged her. 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 spiritual medium sessions. Through this she learned that even after death she can return back to the world of the living on a limited time to haunt and exact revenge on anyone she wants.