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	Aswang - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project
		An Aswang (or Asuwang) is a ghoul in Filipino folklore.
		Aswang, at times is also a generic term applied to all types of mythological creatures, ghosts, manananggals, witches, shape-shifters, lycanths and monsters.
		With respect to Aswang, Capiz(a region in the Western Visayas) is the subject or focus of many Aswang, and other types of mythylogical and folkloric ghosts(multo), goblins, ghouls, manannagal, witches(mangkukulam), giant horse men(tikbalang) and other monster stories, especially for tabloids.
	www.blackvault.com /wiki/index.php/Aswang (721 words)

	Aswang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An Aswang (or Asuwang) is a ghoul in Filipino folklore.
		Aswang, at times, is also a generic term applied to all types of mythological creatures, ghosts, manananggals, witches, shapeshifters, lycanths and monsters.
		Aswangs have an ageless appearance and a quiet, shy and elusive manner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aswang (882 words)

	Monsters At Play: Aswang Review
		The Aswang (pronounced os-wong) is a mythical Filipino vampire of sorts, said to feed on the unborn fetus of unsuspecting pregnant women as they sleep.
		The Aswang uses its flexible tongue (which looks to be able to stretch out many, many feet) to grab its victim and ultimately wrap them in a cocoon like creation after feeding.
		Aswang has a great retro vibe, harking back to some of the true greats of the 70's and 80's pulling its influences from titles like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Evil Dead.
	www.monstersatplay.com /review/dvd/a/aswang.php (1046 words)

	Aswang
		The term that arouses the greatest dread in Philippine folk communities is the aswang.
		Thus when the folk use aswang, they mean one or any combination of the five.
		The self-segmenter can lengthen her thread-like tongue to reach a victim sleeping on the floor while she crouches on the roof.
	library.thinkquest.org /27661/docs/aswang.htm (328 words)

	Atrocities Cinema.com...DVD Review...Aswang - Director's Cut
		Aswang (ah'-swahng), n, - In Philipino legend, a vampire like creature who feeds on the life essence of unborn foetuses.
		I say "tolerant" because the themes and images in "Aswang" are just offensive enough to turn off even jaded horror film viewers, and honestly, the plot is so contrived that only the more gullible viewers will be enthralled by it in any way.
		Aswang is aka "The Unearthed" and "Aswang: The Unearthed"
	www.atrocitiescinema.com /DVD/aswang.html (1044 words)

	Aswang Director's Cut DVD
		Had Katrina (Tina Ona Paukstelis) known the legend of the Aswang, perhaps she wouldn't have agreed to give birth on behalf of a rich couple who claim not to be able to have a child of their own to become heir to the family fortune.
		The story of the Aswang is a great concept for a movie and hats off to the writers for exploiting the legend.
		The actors all deliver sterling performances for complete unknowns, even the hungover bartender who plays the lawyer at the start of the movie, as he shuffles the 'contract' (actually the script, as he was so bad at remembering his lines) around his desk.
	www.horrortalk.com /reviews/Aswang/aswang.html (1090 words)

	07 : aswang of las vegas >> page three (Site not responding. Last check: )
		No big deal to the first world, except that 80% of the world’s people lived and died in what seemed an alien world to the nations of fully stocked freezers and green gray suburbias that stretched as far as the eye could see.
		Western doctors hadn’t even coined the term "aswangosis" and the aswang were free to fly around and do what they pleased.
		Aswangs gradually filled Old Amerika’s ranks of nurse practitioners, bus boys, maids, nannies, and factory and migrant field workers, quietly earning their keep.
	www.magandamagazine.org /07/aswang03.html (449 words)

	Unexplained Mysteries :: Boy survives 'aswang' attack
		The "aswang," a creature that eats human flesh, may be brushed off as a creature of Filipino folklore and a product of the imagination in the olden days, but for a 16-year-old boy in Tantangan, South Cotabato, it is real.
		"Aswang talaga ang nakita ko," Tata said, adding that the big fl dog about three feet-high was about to bite the neck of his younger brother when he saw it.
		He said the "aswang" fled and was lost in the dark.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /viewnews.php?id=23111 (311 words)

	The Aswang - TGS HiddenMysteries Reptilian Agenda (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When I inquired as to exactly what an "aswang" was, my wife told me that there are certain families in the Philippines, notably in the central Visayan islands, who are not human beings but entities of an evil nature, having the power to literally shape-shift into something resembling a large bat or bird.
		I learned from my wife's mother that she herself was once a victim of an aswang attack, but fortunately woke up during the assault and cut of the proboscis of the entity with a sharf knife that she habitually kept under her pillow.
		During my time in the Philippines I found out that the phenomenon of the aswang is taken very seriously by many people there, and is almost universally accepted as a fact by the inhabitants of some of the central Philippine islands where most of the aswang families reside.
	www.reptilianagenda.com /exp/e100301a.shtml (864 words)

	ASWANG!!!! - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		Like the guy that was walking around at night and walked into an aswang party (were they were chopping up people to eat -devil)and so that they eat him as well he asked to buy an arm???...
		From Iloilo a guest of family of aswang were planning to kill him when he overheard them, so he switched watches with his roomate thier kid.
		Meron akong lolo na "dinagit" daw ng aswang.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=29222 (348 words)

	Amazon.com: Aswang: DVD: Barry Poltermann,Wrye Martin,Norman Moses,Tina Ona Paukstelis,John Kishline,Flora Coker,Victor ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Aswang is a truly unique and deliciously revolting horror movie that is able to stand on its own merits pertaining to the Philippine folklore.
		Frank Anderson is credited with the Aswang story and scenes of his influence is evident, if you're familiar with the Aswang M.O. When the doctor is walking in the woods and hears the heavy sporadic breathing, that is an experience I've heard confirmed by people in the provinces of the Philippines.
		There is a series of aswang movies made in the Philippines that you might be able to find on the net, and there is at least one other American indie low budget Filipino vampyre(sic) short film made in 2003.
	www.amazon.com /Aswang-Barry-Poltermann/dp/B0000A2ZQF (1975 words)

	Nursing the aswang’s wing
		David is the Dugo Capiznon, Inc. (DCI) group that organized the Aswang Festival and Goliath represents the Catholic Church and the sectors clamoring against the holding of such a festival for a thousand and one (unreasonable) reasons.
		These three things were the changing of the name of the festival, the disallowance of aswang-costume-clad participants to join in the grand parade, and the cancellation of the body painting contest (which according to the church is a violation of the belief that the ‘body is the temple of the Holy Spirit’).
		The Aswang is just a myth; the DCI seeks to make it that way through a masquerade festival, and at the same time showcase the wonders and products of Roxas City and Capiz.
	www.thenewstoday.info /20051010/nursing.the.aswang.html (1070 words)

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		There was a quick blur of claws, fangs, and hair as the Aswang wheeled around toward Shanks and catapulted through the air at him.
		The Aswang gave out a loud shrill, just as Roberts was about to whack off its tail,and swung wildly at the air, knocking the detective to the ground again.
		These puny humans were beating the Aswang, and for the first time in its life, it was the one who was frightened.
	www.lulu.com /items/volume_1/114000/114328/3/preview/Aswang_preview.doc (488 words)

	The Wily Filipino: Language and Aswang.
		But one of the coolest things* about the film is that the mother, the son and the maid speak in Tagalog to each other throughout the movie, and their speech (at least the version I saw) isn't subtitled.
		Tagalog here, particularly when seen in the context of the genre, functions to intensify the fear of the unknown; something bad is going to happen to the protagonist -- perhaps even discussed openly -- but both she and the non-Tagalog-speaking audience is deliberately left in the dark.
		I think it would be interesting to expand on the mythology of the aswang, write about their origins, whether they were true loners or part of a coven, pack or organization.
	www.thewilyfilipino.com /blog/archives/000468.html (755 words)

	Aswang
		It is that of an Aswang, a kind of Filipino vampire that sustains itself by sucking the life out of foetuses.
		Aswang sports some reasonable gore and effects work, even if the inherent gross-out value of the Aswang as an idea perhaps proves more squirm-inducing than anything shown for the hardened splatter fan.
		There is a hint that he is a Vietnam veteran or ex-military type who knows something of the aswang and may even be a vampire-hunter type, but the ease with which he is dispatched runs counter to this.
	www.kinocite.co.uk /15/1526.php (948 words)

	DVD Savant Review: Aswang & The Living Corpse
		Aswang feels a lot like an Antipodean movie - presumably, in part, because its finer details concerning American colonials returned from the Philippines have been convincingly brought to life by unfamiliar faces - but it was actually filmed and produced in Wisconsin, USA.
		An aswang is a Filipino vampire which uses an extremely long but powerful tongue to seek out sleeping victims while it crouches on their rooftop.
		The aswang is presented here as a somewhat vulnerable creature that can be hurt if its victim should awaken and retaliate while its tongue is fully extended but, when in attack mode, the aswang can use its tongue with the kind of lethal accuracy associated with Ridley Scott's Alien.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s1093asw.html (1947 words)

	Aswang: A Journey Into Myth
		Maria learns of a mysterious folklore – the girl was possibly a Mangkukulam (a witch who cannot die until she passes on her power) or an Aswang (a Filipino ghoul who is drawn out only to feed).
		Through a series of interactions with the local people, Maria explores the roots of the Aswang myth, and is privileged to see the rituals of a Babaylan (a modern day Aswang).
		“Aswang: A Journey into Myth” is a DocuMovie not only about Filipino Folklore, it is also about the artist’s process and how myth is perpetuated through their work.
	www.aswangmovie.com (418 words)

	Aswang - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		there are a variety of type of aswangs, some call them differently by their type some from the regions they came from.
		aswangs are also classified of whatever innards tehy eat, most are known to eat liver and other parts.
		Anybody have info on aswang? or aswang heritage or families? We just recently found out that we might be descendants, and when we ask our parents about it, they freak out and don't like to talk about it.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=12383 (1063 words)

	Feature: A delightful fright
		One analysis surmised that this supernatural phenomenon was a probable brainchild of the "dirty tricks department" of whoever was the administration candidate (Fidel Ramos in '92, De Venecia in '98).
		According to Lynch, folks are afraid of the aswang "because of its craving for human flesh and blood." Despite the ostracism faced by people who are suspected of being aswangs, many still choose to learn to become one because they "can get anything they want.
		He divided the aswang into two kinds: the walking one, who "walks on the ground or in the air," and the flying, more popular kind whose "upper part (including the internal organs) separates and takes to the air, looking for prey.
	www.thepinoy.com /sites/archipelago/html/lolarga_delightful_fright.html (925 words)

	Aswang
		An Aswang (pronounced closer to ‘Oz-Wong’, rather than ‘Ass Wang’ which is how I was saying it before I saw the movie) is a kind of Filipino vampire that eats unborn babies.
		Shortly after, we find Dr. Harper attacked by a giant elongated tongue, and from here on in Kat is in way over her head as the skeletons in the Null family closet are brought to the forefront.
		There is also a trailer for the final version of Aswang and one for the retitled version of the film, The Unearthing.
	www.dvdmaniacs.net /Reviews/A-D/aswang.html (914 words)

	And You Call Yourself a Scientist! - Aswang (1994)
		The creature is an Aswang, a Filipino vampire that feeds upon unborn babies, most of which die, while some become Aswang themselves.
		It also appears to be their last effort, which is a shame, because although it never quite fulfils its potential, the film has enough in it to suggest that its creators might have had a real future in the horror field.
		Aswang contains various references to other films, including, not surprisingly, Rosemary’s Baby (1968), but also The Shining (1980) and Blue Velvet (1986); however, a credit listing for "fake shemps" suggests that, like many indie films, its real inspiration was The Evil Dead (1982).
	twtd.bluemountains.net.au /Rick/liz_aswang.htm (913 words)

	Aswang Festival in Roxas City - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
		FOR the third time, the controversial but culturally important Aswang Festival was held in Roxas City, Capiz, toward the end of October, in keeping with the spirit of All Souls’ Day, celebrated in the west as Halloween.
		During the Spanish era, she said, those who rebelled against the Spaniards were labeled aswang (based on the legend of “Agurang and Aswang” representing good and evil), so people would get scared of them and not follow them.
		Guidote-Alvarez tried to bridge the communication gap between local church officials and the organizers of the festival by talking to the Monsignor about the real intent of the group in staging the event, which was the opposite of what the church feared.
	showbizandstyle.inquirer.net /lifestyle/lifestyle/view_article.php?article_id=30897 (1123 words)

	The Claveria Heritage > Features > Aswang: Introduction
		As the following stories clearly show, the aswang is not a witch.
		In Buhi, what we call an aswang does not go flying in the air, riding a broomstick or casting spells on people she hates or putting a hex on animals.
		She likes to go under the houses of very sick people to make their illness worse.
	members.tripod.com /~buhiclaveria/aswang.htm (160 words)

	DVD Authority \| DVD Review of "Aswang (Director's Cut)" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But when some secrets begin to spill out about the family, Katrina realizes she is in for more than she expected...
		If you consider what the filmmakers worked with, Aswang is almost a tiny little miracle at times.
		So while Aswang looks rough here, it is not this transfer that is to blame, but the source materials.
	www.dvdauthority.com /reviews.asp?reviewID=3489 (950 words)

	Aswang Festival in retrospect
		It was so packed that if you looked at the crowd from a distance, you would even think that they were not moving anymore because there was no room left for them to really dance themselves to the max.
		The wonderful thing about this festival was its effective achievement of the objective that people should not be afraid or ashamed of the aswang because it is merely a subject of myth and an inevitable element of Capiznon History.
		The organizers believe that a post festival IEC campaign should be done based on the data and facts acquired during the symposia to educate people of the true standing of the aswang in Capiznon myth and history so as to dispel any fear and wrong misconceptions about the myth.
	www.thenewstoday.info /20051107/aswang.festival.in.restrospect.html (1021 words)

	Television Without Pity » Freakylinks » Subject: Me And My Shadow
		As all the people exit the dance floor, they finally see Sam standing in the middle with the Aswang tendrils rising out of his shadow.
		As they watch, the Aswang leaves his shadow entirely and then starts circling back around towards him.
		Derek yells at her to get up as the Aswang creeps along the floor.
	www.televisionwithoutpity.com /articles/content/a3901/index-7.html (461 words)

	Unrated Magazine - Cinema of the extreme: Film review of Aswang (aka The Unearthing)
		With an obscure title like ASWANG, and a front cover dictionary quote referring to the aswang, or ’oswong’ (as it is pronounced), as a “Filipino vampire” that “feeds on the unborn”, one expects this latest release from Mondo Macabro to be of Asian origin.
		The film’s imagery remains grotesque throughout, with several scenes involving the aswang attempting to feed on Katrina’s foetus, whilst she lies sleeping, particularly unnerving.
		Weird, scary, thought provoking, and with visuals that remain with you long after an initial viewing, ASWANG is one of those rarities; a ‘sleeper’ that is guaranteed to induce nightmares.
	www.unrated.co.uk /reviews/review_148.htm (797 words)

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