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Because I enjoy the regional texture of multiple voices speaking on one film, my thanks go out to Philippine critic Richard Bolisayfor allowing me to adapt key sections of his Lilok Pelikulareview of Yanggaw (Affliction, ), which has been programmed into SFIAAFF's retrospective "After Death: Horror Cinema From South East Asia." Richard is especially keen to director Richard Somes' nuanced characterization of the folkloric aswang, in contrast to its more clichéd depiction in low-budget Philippine horror films.

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In Philippine folklore, the aswangis generally used to describe different types of night creatures that feed on human innards and blood.

From the popular manananggaland mangkukulamto the werewolves and shapeshifters that vary according to one's regional background, the aswangis understandably a striking and enduring facet of local belief. Suffering from cultural amnesia while continuously striving to achieve Western standards of living, it could be argued that the as Joel Torre - Biography - IMDb LADIP