Lukaret is an Indie movie starred by the award winning actress Glydel Mercado. It is a different role that she is going to play Glydel said.
The story of Lukaret is set in the remote town of Sta. Lucia. Glydel plays Marlina, a 40ish yet still alluring spinster, runs a small carinderia that sells various dishes made of "lamang loob" or internal oragns.She keeps herself well dressed all the time for she expects her boyfriend to appear any day to take her hand for marriage. But that day never materializes. And so she waits...
Until she meets Daniel, an 18-year old orphan who recently moved into town to live with his uncle Peding, an aging funeral shop owner.His uncle passes on his skills in building cheap coffins which he learns very quickly. In the meantime, Marlina and Daniel become good friends. She develops a strong liking for him.
Soon his uncle dies and Daniel inherits his funeral shop. Unfortunately. the town is so small that there's hardly any need for his newly acquired funeral business. When Daniel tells Marina of his plan to move his business somewhere else, she convinces him to be a little bit more patient. She says the need for his coffins will pick up soon.
And as she has predicted, deaths in the town has grown, albeit gruesome. Daniel's funeral business jumps back on its feet. But the local townsfolk are afraid a serial killer or an "aswang" is on the loose as the cause of deaths are strikingly similar.What makes the murders scary is the way the victims had been left to die, with their inner organs missing. The town lands on the national tabloids as local fumbling cops try to solve the murders.