Aswang

Rating:
Summary: Treasonous, incredible!
Review: Couldn't get enough! Finally unrated! Uncut! (except by the editor)! This one is a real buying opportunity - the extras was like a low-budget film school. Thanks!

Rating:
Summary: Bad horror. Not in a good way.
Review: First, let me say that I love bad horror. I really, really love bad horror. But this film was awful. It wasn't quite over the top enough to make it entertainingly bad, the characters were too ridiculous to care about at all, and it was boring. There was no sense of threat at all in this film, given how absolutely ridiculous the aswangs are (again, not in a funny/entertaining way). Save your money.

Rating:
Summary: I'm appalled!!
Review: I'm absolutely appalled by this so called "art film". Give it five stars.

Rating:
Summary: What's So Extreme About This?
Review: Like those of many movies, the cover box for Aswang carries several boastful claims, such as "It will haunt your nightmares forever" or something to that effect, which is a clear exaggeration, but still attention getting. Also on the box is that Sundance audiences found the film shocking and that video stores refused to carry it for years, and seeing as Sundance films are more commonly about pressing social issues than baby-eating vampires (possibly the most relevant issue of all), and mainstream video stores are nauseatingly Puritanistic, this claim seems less far-fetched.
But even if you weren't expecting it to be quite as good as the cover promised (which I wasn't), it's still disappointingly boring and tame. Possibly the worst thing about it is that, though it was the first horror movie entered in the Sandance festival, it brings nothing new to the horror genre. In fact, most of it is so unoriginal that you can pick out the movies being ripped off. The man of the house has a Norman Bates-like relationship with his mother (even though she's not dead), the whole story is reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby, and the Aswang POV shots are right out of Evil Dead. Not even the sexually suggestive tongue scenes are anything we haven't seen in other low-budget indie films (Re-animator and Kalifornia come to mind).
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Last House on the Left are obvious influences, but Aswang lacks the performance quality and realism that made those classics. Also, the key to good horror is mood, and Aswang does a poor job establishing it.
Those wanting to be scared won't be. Those wanting splatter will be less than satisfied, and anybody looking for nudity had best look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you're the MST3K type, you'll have immeasuable fun with Aswang.

Rating:
Summary: One of the worst "Horror" Movies ever
Review: Man,this is not even B movie quality.The lamest plot and
acting ever seen.The "special" effects are a total joke, Ed Wood
have done a better job.The coveR says it was banned when it came
out back in '94 because of its shocking content.The only thing
shocking about this movie is the horrible acting and "plot",
now that is true HORROR.
Stay away from this one,even renting it is regrettable.
LESS THAN ZERO STARS

Rating:
Summary: official invitee to Sundance Film Festival?
Review: now days, a lot of movie makers and sellers try to do everything they can do to have this prestigious award name on their video box jacket. i, none other than other simple-minded horror movie audience, ask nothing more than just an average level quality horror. for average horror movie fan, how can it be more attractive than the ad saying "this very original horror movie, the best indie horror movie ever 'evil dead', the official sundance film selection, and even boasting that video store chains refused to carry the title due to its extremely violent content(all of above as advertised on its dvd case)?"

the script of the movie is so poorly constructed that i felt so sorry for the director or whoever was involved in the movie making for all the rotten tomatoes he must have had gotten during the Sundance Film Festival screening. it borrows bits and pieces of scary moments from other famous horror flicks and use them shamelessly as if the director assumed nobody is going to watch. especially at the scene, where the doctor walked in the middle of the night to go back to his cabin, and this hedious invisible creature chasing him is very obvious complete rip-off from 'evil dead'. the performance by those un-known actors is what made me scared the most. i can't really blame them for the poor work result like this because, everything seems so bad! but, their rather plain, boring, uncolorful, and VERY characterless performances were the real dull and were VERY convincing that the movie was cheap b-movie.

as just an average horror movie fan, i'm simply asking, where's the originality? where's the tension no matter the killer is killing you with big knife or through your mind? where's the normal acting performance if not amateurish? where's the music that carries with it? where's the tight script? (although we all know pretty much everyone will die in one moment or another, come on give us a break!) and where's the honesty? i want to ask because this movie promised all that!

for whoever is interested in this movie, before purchase, i strongly recommend rent it first and decide. see it for your eyes, and buy it.

Rating:
Summary: Like fun?!
Review: On a whim, I picked up this DVD from directors Wye Martin (who?) and Barry Polterman (who?). I haven't gotten that lucky since scoring a prom date with the head cheerleader! (I didn't actually score a prom date with her, I use that as an example of "luckiness".) Anyways, the movie is a good, old fashioned romp of the horror kind! Like many of the classics, you have extreme moodiness balanced against brief scenes of gore. Plus, vampires that eat unborn babies! What more could you want?! If you're in the mood for fresh horror fun, check out "Aswang". And then watch the documentary and extras - those directors were nutty, man! You get the feeling making the movie was quick and cheap, and that the group involved made friends and enemies. Quite a soap opera behind the scenes of a horror shoot. Somebody should make that into a reality show. (Don't use that, Hollywood big-wigs! It's mine.) Oh, and stellar performance from Tina (the lead whose last name I can't remember). Perfect pitch for horror heroine. Recommend!

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Summary: Better Than Hitchcock?
Review: This film would have been a lot funnier with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in the starring roles. But it does stand well on its own. It scared me. It scared my wife. And it scared the house full of kids (believing they were watching TOY STORY),that our six year old showed it to when we forgot to take it out of the DVD player. Angry parents? Let me tell you.
For horror fans who have become jaded by the run-of-mill teen scream films of late. ASWANG is a breath of fresh air. All the gore we've come to expect AND an actual storyline, too. Why no sequel??!!!!

Rating:
Summary: unique,creative,disturbing,spooky=GOOD HORROR
Review: this is a cool movie!when i picked it up in the store i really didn't know what i was geting my self into.you can read the back but you still dont know what your in for.i wont tell you any detail of the movie,dont want to ruin anything what i will tell you is as much as this movie may not seem original when the movie is all over you will understand that its truley very original.its sick its twisted its spooky scary and it works,it works good!!i really liked it and if your a true horror fan you will like it to.if your a bloody fan you wont be discruntled,ther's a decent amount of it.hurry up get this dvd its got cool interviews with director,cast and so on and it is geting harder and harder to find in stores.so curl up with your pillow chomp down some popcorn ladies find someone to sqeeze and eveyone ENJOY!!!!!!

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Summary: Change the Title...
Review: This movie was ok, if you are into low budget horrer films. If you are interested in REAL Aswangs, this movie doesn't even come close. It was obvious not a lot of research was done, if any. I know someone that killed one. The "UnEarthing" is a much better title for this movie.