This Filipino vampire film codirected by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes tells the story of an aswang the traditional shapeshifting creature of local legend Here the vampire makes appearances as a giant snake a young woman Alma Moreno and a withered old hag Lilia Cuntapay The aswang has a lengthy cinematic history having been the subject of the first sound film ever produced in the Philippines 1932s Ang Aswang and migrating in somewhat altered form to films in Hong Kong India Japan and in 1994 to the United States Aiza Seguerra costars with Janice de Belen Aljon Jimenez John Estrada and Alma Moreno
