Review of Aswang

Aswang (1994)
3/10
A unique idea spoiled
13 July 2007
Warning: Spoilers
This film started with a great idea, something most people haven't heard of, and did a reasonable job with setup and creepy suspense. Then it decomposed into nonsense, like too many horror films. The straight-laced, serious Peter starts singing, mocking, carrying on and generally goofing around. Cupid is seen to be very strong, but both she and Peter stand there doing nothing as Kat escapes again (though not for long). Why the repeated near-escape-then-recapture scenes? Why yet another can't-quite-reach-the-tool-they-left-just-out-of-arm's-reach setup?

Too bad they didn't have a decent writer; the base concept is chilling.
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