Aswang (1994) [Mondo Macabro]
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | Cover + DVD Scan | 01:22:37 | 6,32 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1/2.0 @ 448 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Horror | Mondo Macabro
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | Cover + DVD Scan | 01:22:37 | 6,32 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1/2.0 @ 448 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Horror | Mondo Macabro
Directors: Wrye Martin, Barry Poltermann
Stars: Norman Moses, Tina Ona Paukstelis, John Kishline
"They're coming to feed on the unborn…"
It seemed like the perfect solution to an unwanted pregnancy. marry the heir to a wealthy estate, deceive his dying mother, give them the baby when it's born. But things are never as easy as they seem… when your new family has a taste for the blood of the unborn.
The Filipino legend of the Aswang is transplanted to the northwoods of America in this stylish horror movie. A sensation at the Sundance Film Festival midnight screening in 1994, Aswang slipped into distribution limbo and became a legendary lost film. Now, 10 years later, it's back to give you even more sleepless nights…
So our story places a young girl, Katrina, in a very precarious situation. Apparently, Katrina has decided to become a surragate mother for the Nulls, a rich family that owns a ton of land which used to be a very profitable orchard. In some strange twist of fate that goes unexplained, Peter Null decides to bring Katrina to meet his mother, the proprietor of the estate in which he is to inherit. Posing as Peter's real wife, Katrina, now very pregnant, is to have the baby at the estate, which will be delivered by the family's Phillipino slave/midwife, Cupid. Unbeknownst to Katrina, the Null family has a very dark secret, which begins with Peter's warning of Katrina not to contact his sister Claire, who lives in a dirty ol' shack behind the family mansion. He claims that she is "touched" and can become hostile at any moment.
All the while we're being introduced to the wacky Null clan, we're also taken on a voyeuristic journey of Dr. Harper, who seems to be finding a plethora of baby cadavers, wrapped in a mysterious web. He just so happens to be renting the cabin down the road from the Null estate, and his snooping has the Nulls a bit concerned. So what do Aswang (spoiler) do when they are threatened? They send out crazy Claire to "Null"ify the good Dr. with her 60 foot long oral penetrator apparatus. In a bloody scene we see the good doctor have his throat pierced by the lengthy organ. He is then coccooned by Claire and his skin begins to melt under the webbing in a very graphic and disturbing way. Think of the chocolate lining on yer christmas cocoa, and how it separates when you take little sips. Yes, that would be the good Doctor's demise.
Anyways, at the night's end, Katrina is asleep in her bed while Peter and Cupid prepae mother for her feeding. What? You haven't caught on by now?! The only reason why Peter has brought the pregnant Katrina to the estate is to have his mommy feed on Katrina's unborn baby. So in a scene that makes me want to burn my copy of "The Miracle of Life", Ma Null sits in the attic, dispatches her creepy oral snake, and slips Katrina the high hard one in an effort to snack on her fetus. Mmmmmmmmmmm……….
Besides the grossouts mentioned in this synopsis, there are plenty of other gore spots that are wholeheartedly worthy of notice. Katrina's epic handcuff escape, her encounter with Claire, an oh yes, Ma Null's unfortunate tongue-in-pussy demise. This movie should not be watched while eating tomato soup or haggus, the latter you deserve what you get.
The acting was actually pretty decent, with Tina Paukstelis putting in a solid effort as Katrina. Peter Null (Moses) reminded me too much of Corbin Bernsen from Major League, so his act got tired after a while. What really impressed me however, was the amount of special features crammed onto this tiny B flick. You had your standard audio commentary and scene selection, but Aswang goes the full nine yards with the theatrical trailer, "lost" scenes, original audition tapes, the fundraising trailer and a gallery of movie stills and poster pics. All in all, I'd say that Mondo Macabre put out a solid release with a movie that should have been released a long, long time ago. Eat your heart (or uterus) out, Wes Craven.
A young unwed expectant mother is given an offer that she cannot turn down. She only has to act as the wife of an aristocrat and upon delivery of “his” child she inherits a great deal of money. It’s obvious that she is in no position financially or otherwise to turn it down and so she agrees. Peter Null, acting as the husband, takes his new “wife” Katrina to the family manor located in the middle of “no-where’s-ville.”
Things are certainly strange at the sprawling mid-western estate and our heroine, while strapped for cash, is no dummy and notices odd goings-ons almost immediately. Her pretend sister-in-law is housed out back in a rancid and dilapidated shack and the mother insists that Katrina drink large amounts of wine as she herself sits at the dining room table huffing and wheezing constantly from an oxygen tank. Make-believe hubby becomes increasingly more and more peculiar in his behavior and so we’re off to weird-world from here on out.
Poor Katrina has found herself in a house of hell, and this hell is headed up by a family of Aswangs. The Aswang is a Filipino vampire-like creature that feeds exclusively on the unborn. Not only are its dietary needs quite different from the vampires of yore but it also does not possess the obligatory fangs; rather an incredibly long and slithering tongue. This tongue can easily find its way into the folds of a pregnant woman’s vagina to dine upon her fetus. The unflinching display of this unusual activity is nothing shy of disgusting if not altogether disorienting. Not only does Katrina have this shit to deal with but also her chainsaw wielding sister-in-law who makes no qualms whatsoever about trying to cut her brother’s new bride to ribbons.
Is there a happy ending for Katrina? Afraid not as “Aswang” wallows in very few of horror’s tried and tested cliche’s. The film’s conclusion is a dark and depressing one. Even if Sally Hardesty did slip into catatonia she still got away from Leatherface, but Katrina has no such luck here and her child is born somehow hosting the god-forsaken Aswang gene.
“Aswang” is one of the most unique movies to come down the pike in some time, though it does harbor shades of “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Evil Dead.” That aside it is completely loaded to the teeth with nerve-wracking suspense, an atmosphere of sheer dread, stomach turning gore and just a dash of black humor. “Aswang” is a very effective and nightmarish film that deserves far more attention than it has garnered over the past 11 years.
Special Features:
- 30 minute "making of" feature
- 2 Audio commentaries - directors & cast and crew
- Brand new transfer from the original negative, 16-9 anamorphic enhanced
- Brand new 5:1 surround soundtrack remix
- 3 trailers
- Unfilmed scene reading
- Huge gallery of rare posters and stills
- Audition tapes
- Nullberry Cooler easter egg!
Huge Thanks to jplazer81
No More Mirrors, Please.
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