@article{intel:/content/journals/10.1386/ac.9.1.81_1, author = "Lim, Felicidad C.", title = "The Politics of Horror: The Aswang In Film", journal= "Asian Cinema", year = "1997", volume = "9", number = "1", pages = "81-98", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1386/ac.9.1.81_1", url = "https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ac.9.1.81_1", publisher = "Intellect", issn = "2049-6710", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "werebeast", keywords = "witch", keywords = "vampire", keywords = "horror", keywords = "contemporary Philippine cinema", keywords = "Philippines", keywords = "Aswang", abstract = "That monster of Philippine lower mythology, the aswang, is possessed of a career as varied as her aspect. The years have not withered her, nor custom stated her cruel variety. She is seductive: a vampire who craves blood; terrifying: a viscera-sucker who consumes internal organs; confounding: a werebeast who transforms into pig, dog, cat, and human; horrific: a witch who causes illness; disgusting: a ghoul who preys on corpses and laps up the phlegm of the sick (Ramos xvii-xxxii).", }