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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Camila and Fabio die along with other people whom Alice has killed. Luis is forced to kill his mother [[BigBad Alice]] to stop her from her killing Vito and Emma. But on the bright side, Camila (who's now a ghost) finally finds peace and stops her revenge after she managed to reunite with her lost daughter Vida for a short time when she discovered that Vida is currently Emma, whom Camila adopted and used for her revenge plan. Luis is able to reunite with his father Juan, who's currently in prison for his crimes. Emma/Vida finally gets a chance to start a relationship with Elias and spend time with her biological father Vito (along with her new stepmother Tessa) and stops her rivalry with Luna to become sisters. And finally, the Dela Torre and Dela Cuestra families are no longer against each other and are now at peace]].


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the GrandFinale, [[spoiler: Camila's ghost starts to [[TearsOfRemorse tearfully regret]] of how she spends her time mistreating Emma and focusing on vengeance when Vito reveals that Emma is their lost daughter Vida]].


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* RedHerring: At first we are led to believe that [[spoiler: Luna is Camila and Vito's lost daughter Vida when Emma and Camila discover that Luna is adopted. It later revealed that Luna isn't Vida, but rather Emma herself]].
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* GenreShift: The show starts off as GothicHorror, but when [[spoiler: it is revealed that Camilla is actually alive and Emma works for her]], it becomes a horror-drama with a pinch of romance and action. Later, when [[spoiler: Camila is killed by Alice and becomes a ghost for real]]. It becomes [[spoiler:supernatural]] horror.

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* GenreShift: The show starts off as GothicHorror, but when [[spoiler: it is revealed that Camilla is actually alive and Emma works for her]], it becomes a horror-drama drama-thriller with a pinch of romance and action. Later, when [[spoiler: Camila is killed by Alice and becomes a ghost for real]]. It becomes [[spoiler:supernatural]] horror.

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* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler: Alice starts out as a HiddenVillain who's behind the FrameUp of Camila and using her lover Luciano to get rid of Camila. She later becomes a masked SerialKiller once Luciano is killed and a main villain throughout the series after her identity is revealed.]]



* OverarchingVillain: [[spoiler: Alice starts out as a HiddenVillain who's behind the FrameUp of Camila and using her lover Luciano to get rid of Camila. She later becomes a masked SerialKiller once Luciano is killed and a main villain throughout the series after her identity is revealed.]]
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* GenreShift: The show starts off as GothicHorror, but when [[spoiler: it is revealed that Camilla is actually alive and Emma works for her]], it becomes a horror-drama with a pinch of romance and action. Later, when [[spoiler: Camila is killed by Alice and becomes a ghost for real]]. It becomes [[spoiler:supernatural]] horror.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Alice appears to be a nice and supporting family member of the Del Torre family but turns out to be ''anything but nice'', as she is revealed to be The Killer Groom and is behind the FrameUp of Camila. .]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Alice appears to be a nice and supporting family member of the Del Torre family but turns out to be ''anything but nice'', as she is revealed to be The Killer Groom and is behind the FrameUp of Camila. .]]
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%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Alice is this '''big time'''.]] (ZCE. Need more explanation of how is it a trope )

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%%* * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Alice appears to be a nice and supporting family member of the Del Torre family but turns out to be ''anything but nice'', as she is this '''big time'''.]] (ZCE. Need more explanation revealed to be The Killer Groom and is behind the FrameUp of how is it a trope )Camila. .]]



%%* OverarchingVillain: [[spoiler:Surprise! It's Alice.]]

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%%* * OverarchingVillain: [[spoiler:Surprise! It's Alice.[[spoiler: Alice starts out as a HiddenVillain who's behind the FrameUp of Camila and using her lover Luciano to get rid of Camila. She later becomes a masked SerialKiller once Luciano is killed and a main villain throughout the series after her identity is revealed.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Alice is this '''big time'''.]]

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* %%* OverarchingVillain: [[spoiler:Surprise! It's Alice.]]

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NaiveEverygirl Emma Bonaobra (Janella Salvador) moves from bustling Manila to Las Espadas, inexplicably drawn to the sleepy and superstitious town. While working as a mortuary cosmetologist at a funeral home, she learns her purpose in Las Espadas the hard way: she gets violently possessed by the ghost of Camila dela Torre (Maja Salvador). Camila, who was dubbed The Killer Bride after being framed for the murder of her brother-in-law on her wedding day, vowed to make her tormentors pay as she died in a fire.

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NaiveEverygirl Emma Bonaobra (Janella Salvador) moves from bustling Manila to Las Espadas, inexplicably drawn to the sleepy and superstitious town. While working as a mortuary cosmetologist at a funeral home, she learns her purpose in Las Espadas the hard way: she gets violently possessed by the ghost of Camila dela Torre (Maja Salvador). Camila, who was dubbed The Dubbed the Killer Bride after being framed for the murder of her brother-in-law on her wedding day, Camila vowed to make her tormentors pay as she died in a prison fire.



* OverarchingVillain: [[Alice turns out to be this for the series.]]

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* OverarchingVillain: [[Alice turns out to be this for the series.[[spoiler:Surprise! It's Alice.]]


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* SpreeKiller: [[spoiler:The killer groom is this, murdering multiple people with ties to Camila in just ''days''.]]

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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: On her wedding day, Camila wakes up with a knife in her hand and her wedding dress stained with The Major's blood. This is a FrameUp which kicks off the whole plot.
* BookEnds: The story starts with Emma [[spoiler:falsely claiming to be]] possessed by the ghost of Camila Dela Torre. [[spoiler:In the final few episodes, Emma actually ''is'' being possessed by Camila.]]
* ConsistentClothingStyle: Emma wears off-shoulders tops or dresses with different colors and patterns most of the time (except for special occasions) even after [[spoiler: Camila reveals herself and her scheme to the public]]. [[spoiler:Camila]] starts wearing long sleeve dresses or blouses with pearl necklaces for the second half of the show after [[spoiler:revealing to the public that she's still alive]] .
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted]]. Camila possesses Emma many years after her apparent death.[[spoiler: Or so it seems, but it's revealed that it was an act.]] Later near the end, [[spoiler:Emma gets possessed by Camila for real.]]

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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: On her wedding day, Camila wakes up with a knife in her hand and her wedding dress stained with The Major's Javier's blood. This is a FrameUp which kicks off the whole plot.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Alice is this '''big time'''.]]
* BookEnds: The story starts with Emma [[spoiler:falsely claiming to be]] possessed by the ghost of Camila Dela dela Torre. [[spoiler:In the final few episodes, Emma actually ''is'' being possessed by Camila.]]
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:''Alice'' of all people is this to both Luciano and Juan Felipe. Even so, she has nothing to do with Juan Felipe's abuse of her.
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* ConsistentClothingStyle: Emma wears off-shoulders tops or dresses with different colors and patterns most of the time (except for special occasions) even after [[spoiler: Camila reveals herself and her scheme to the public]]. [[spoiler:Camila]] starts wearing long sleeve dresses or blouses with pearl necklaces for the second half of the show after [[spoiler:revealing to the public that she's still alive]] .
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted]]. Camila possesses Emma many years after her apparent death.[[spoiler: Or [[spoiler:Or so it seems, but it's revealed that it was seems. It's all an act.]] Later near However, in the end, series' last episodes, [[spoiler:Emma gets possessed by Camila for real.]]



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: TheStinger of the show's first week is that [[spoiler:none of the supernatural stuff going on is actually happening, and has been orchestrated by Camila, who is very much alive and vengeful.]] [[spoiler:But then, in the final weeks, Iking begins to see the ghost of Belinda Dela Torre, a Dela Torre ancestor who was raped by a Dela Cuesta. Belinda's ghost is implied to be real.]] [[spoiler:Ultimately confirmed: ghosts are real.]]
* RealAfterAll: Near the end, after [[spoiler:Camila is killed by Alice]] it seems like [[spoiler:Camila isn't dead and pulling the same trick as before by pretending to be a ghost.]] But it turns out that [[spoiler:Camila is really dead and becoming a ghost for real.]]

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: TheStinger The final scenes of the show's first week is "Face of Fear" reveal that [[spoiler:none of the supernatural stuff going on is actually happening, and has been happening. It was all orchestrated from behind the scenes by Camila, who is very much ''very much'' alive and vengeful.]] [[spoiler:But then, [[spoiler:However, in the final weeks, Iking begins to see the ghost of Belinda Dela dela Torre, a Dela Torre ancestor who was supposedly raped by a Dela Armando dela Cuesta. Belinda's ghost is implied to be real.]] [[spoiler:Ultimately confirmed: ghosts are indeed real.]]
* OverarchingVillain: [[Alice turns out to be this for the series.]]
* RealAfterAll: Near the end, after After [[spoiler:Camila is killed by Alice]] Alice]], it seems like [[spoiler:Camila isn't dead and pulling the same trick as before by pretending to be a ghost.]] But it turns out that [[spoiler:Camila is really dead and becoming has become an actual ghost.]]
* VengefulGhost: Camila becomes this after she and Vida died in
a ghost for real.prison fire. [[spoiler:However, it's faked the first time around with Emma's help, but after Alice murders Camila, she truly does become this trope.]]
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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: On her wedding day, Camila wakes up with a knife in her hand and her wedding dress stained with The Major's blood. This is a FrameUp which kicks off the whole plot.


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* ConsistentClothingStyle: Emma wears off-shoulders tops or dresses with different colors and patterns most of the time (except for special occasions) even after [[spoiler: Camila reveals herself and her scheme to the public]]. [[spoiler:Camila]] starts wearing long sleeve dresses or blouses with pearl necklaces for the second half of the show after [[spoiler:revealing to the public that she's still alive]] .

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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted]]. Camila possesses Emma many years after her apparent death.[[spoiler: Or so it seems, but it's revealed that it was an act.]] Later near the end, [[spoiler:Emma gets possessed by Camila for real.]]




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* RealAfterAll: Near the end, after [[spoiler:Camila is killed by Alice]] it seems like [[spoiler:Camila isn't dead and pulling the same trick as before by pretending to be a ghost.]] But it turns out that [[spoiler:Camila is really dead and becoming a ghost for real.]]

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* ProudBeauty: Tati is [[StatuesqueStunner gorgeous]] and knows it.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: [[spoiler:Tatiana]] was [[RapeAsBackstory raped as a teenager]] by [[spoiler:Justino, alias J]], who recalls her beauty as an underage girl with such fondness.

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* ProudBeauty: Tati is [[StatuesqueStunner gorgeous]] and knows it.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: [[spoiler:Tatiana]] was [[RapeAsBackstory raped as a teenager]] by [[spoiler:Justino, alias J]], who recalls her beauty as an underage girl with such fondness.
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The plot draws inspiration from José Rizal's 1891 novel ''Literature/ElFilibusterismo''.



%% (moving later to character sheet) * DamselOutOfDistress: Emma, surprisingly, is able to kick the shit out of a creep who won't take no for an answer at a nightclub. [[spoiler:Of course, she's actually been trained by a world-beaten Camila how to fight and such, so it's not that surprising.]]
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* OldMoney: Banana plantation-old, with strongly implied Filipino-Spanish ancestry to boot.
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* GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog. Once corrected, they find it ostentatious, which is apt, given Camila's fancy background.

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* GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog. Once corrected, they find it ostentatious, which is apt, given Camila's fancy background. Albeit strangely, the common Spanish loan word ''hacienda'' is avoided all throughout the series, perhaps because of how infamous the term has become in the Philippines, following real-life ''mestizo'' clans' high-profile controversies connected to the word ''hacienda''.
* OldMoney: Banana plantation-old, with strongly implied Filipino-Spanish ancestry to boot.
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* BookEnds: The story starts with Emma [[spoiler:falsely claiming to be]] possessed by the ghost of Camila Dela Torre. [[spoiler:In the final few episodes, Emma actually ''is'' being possessed by Camila.]]



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: TheStinger of the show's first week is that [[spoiler:none of the supernatural stuff going on is actually happening, and has been orchestrated by Camila, who is very much alive and vengeful. But then, in the final weeks, Iking begins to see the ghost of Belinda Dela Torre, a Dela Torre ancestor who was raped by a Dela Cuesta. Belinda's ghost is implied to be real.]]

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: TheStinger of the show's first week is that [[spoiler:none of the supernatural stuff going on is actually happening, and has been orchestrated by Camila, who is very much alive and vengeful. But ]] [[spoiler:But then, in the final weeks, Iking begins to see the ghost of Belinda Dela Torre, a Dela Torre ancestor who was raped by a Dela Cuesta. Belinda's ghost is implied to be real.]] [[spoiler:Ultimately confirmed: ghosts are real.]]
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: TheStinger of the show's first week is that [[spoiler:none of the supernatural stuff going on is actually happening, and has been orchestrated by Camila, who is very much alive and vengeful. But then, in the final weeks, Iking begins to see the ghost of Belinda Dela Torre, a Dela Torre ancestor who was raped by a Dela Cuesta. This aspect may be real.]]

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: TheStinger of the show's first week is that [[spoiler:none of the supernatural stuff going on is actually happening, and has been orchestrated by Camila, who is very much alive and vengeful. But then, in the final weeks, Iking begins to see the ghost of Belinda Dela Torre, a Dela Torre ancestor who was raped by a Dela Cuesta. This aspect may Belinda's ghost is implied to be real.]]
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* DamselOutOfDistress: Emma, surprisingly, is able to kick the shit out of a creep who won't take no for an answer at a nightclub. [[spoiler:Of course, she's actually been trained by a world-beaten Camila how to fight and such, so it's not that surprising.]]

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%% (moving later to character sheet) * DamselOutOfDistress: Emma, surprisingly, is able to kick the shit out of a creep who won't take no for an answer at a nightclub. [[spoiler:Of course, she's actually been trained by a world-beaten Camila how to fight and such, so it's not that surprising.]]


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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: TheStinger of the show's first week is that [[spoiler:none of the supernatural stuff going on is actually happening, and has been orchestrated by Camila, who is very much alive and vengeful. But then, in the final weeks, Iking begins to see the ghost of Belinda Dela Torre, a Dela Torre ancestor who was raped by a Dela Cuesta. This aspect may be real.]]
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* ProudBeauty: Tati is [[StatuesqueStunner gorgeous]] and knows it.

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* ProudBeauty: Tati is [[StatuesqueStunner gorgeous]] and knows it.it.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: [[spoiler:Tatiana]] was [[RapeAsBackstory raped as a teenager]] by [[spoiler:Justino, alias J]], who recalls her beauty as an underage girl with such fondness.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite functioning as an obnoxious HateSink for most of the story, Luciano is really not wrong when he points out that Guada trying to one-up her social rival at an auction for a little turtle sculpture is stupid. Guada heeds her son's advice and stops nearly wasting money on it.
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* GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog. Once corrected, they find it ostentatious, which is apt, given Camila's fancy background.

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* GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog. Once corrected, they find it ostentatious, which is apt, given Camila's fancy background.background.
* ProudBeauty: Tati is [[StatuesqueStunner gorgeous]] and knows it.
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'''BEWARE OF SPOILERS.''' ''The Killer Bride'' is a heavily serialized show with a complex mystery at its heart.



* DamselOutOfDistress: Emma, surprisingly, is able to kick the shit out of a creep who won't take no for an answer at the club. [[spoiler:Of course, she's actually been trained by a world-beaten Camila how to fight and such, so it's not that surprising.]]

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* DamselOutOfDistress: Emma, surprisingly, is able to kick the shit out of a creep who won't take no for an answer at the club.a nightclub. [[spoiler:Of course, she's actually been trained by a world-beaten Camila how to fight and such, so it's not that surprising.]]
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* DamselOutOfDistress: Emma, surprisingly, is able to kick the shit out of a creep who won't take no for an answer at the club. [[spoiler:Of course, she's actually been trained by a world-beaten Camila how to fight and such, so it's not that surprising.]]
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* GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog. They also find it ostentatious, which is apt, given Camila's fancy background.

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* GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog. They also Once corrected, they find it ostentatious, which is apt, given Camila's fancy background.
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* GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog.

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* GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog. They also find it ostentatious, which is apt, given Camila's fancy background.
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** GratuitousSpanish: Camila names her daughter Vida, meaning "life" in Spanish. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] when her cellmates think she named her daughter ''bida'', which means "hero" in Tagalog.
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* TheBeautifulElite: The dela Torres and dela Cuestas are filthy rich OldMoney clans and their offspring are quite aristocratically good-looking. This is punctuated by the fact that the dela Torre sisters Alice and Tati are played by real-life beauty queens Ariella Arida and Lara Quigaman; the household matriarch Lola Guada is also played by a beauty queen, Aurora Sevilla.

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* TheBeautifulElite: The dela Torres and dela Cuestas are filthy rich OldMoney clans and their offspring clans. As such, the members of these families are quite aristocratically good-looking. beautiful. This is punctuated by the fact that the dela Torre sisters Alice and Tati are played by real-life beauty queens Ariella Arida and Lara Quigaman; the household matriarch Lola Guada is also played by a beauty queen, Aurora Sevilla.Sevilla.
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NaiveEverygirl Emma Bonaobra (Janella Salvador) moves from bustling Manila to Las Espadas, inexplicably drawn to the sleepy and superstitious town. While working as a mortuary cosmetologist at a funeral home, she learns her purpose in Las Espadas the hard way: she gets violently possessed by the ghost of Camila dela Torre (Maja Salvador). Camila, who was dubbed The Killer Bride after being framed for the murder of her brother-in-law on her wedding day, vowed to make her tormentors pay as she died in a fire.

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NaiveEverygirl Emma Bonaobra (Janella Salvador) moves from bustling Manila to Las Espadas, inexplicably drawn to the sleepy and superstitious town. While working as a mortuary cosmetologist at a funeral home, she learns her purpose in Las Espadas the hard way: she gets violently possessed by the ghost of Camila dela Torre (Maja Salvador). Camila, who was dubbed The Killer Bride after being framed for the murder of her brother-in-law on her wedding day, vowed to make her tormentors pay as she died in a fire.fire.

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* TheBeautifulElite: The dela Torres and dela Cuestas are filthy rich OldMoney clans and their offspring are quite aristocratically good-looking. This is punctuated by the fact that the dela Torre sisters Alice and Tati are played by real-life beauty queens Ariella Arida and Lara Quigaman; the household matriarch Lola Guada is also played by a beauty queen, Aurora Sevilla.
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''The Killer Bride'' is a 2019 Philippine drama television series starring Maja Salvador in the title role, alongside Janella Salvador, Joshua Garcia, Geoff Eigenmann, and a generally pretty [[AllStarCast star-studded]] EnsembleCast. The series aired on ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida evening block and worldwide on The Filipino Channel from August 12, 2019 to January 17, 2020.

NaiveEverygirl Emma Bonaobra (Janella Salvador) moves from bustling Manila to Las Espadas, inexplicably drawn to the sleepy and superstitious town. While working as a mortuary cosmetologist at a funeral home, she learns her purpose in Las Espadas the hard way: she gets violently possessed by the ghost of Camila dela Torre (Maja Salvador). Camila, who was dubbed The Killer Bride after being framed for the murder of her brother-in-law on her wedding day, vowed to make her tormentors pay as she died in a fire.

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