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Aswang
Aswang is an umbrella term for various shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore, such as vampires, ghouls, witches, viscera suckers, and werebeasts (usually dogs, cats, pigs). The aswang is the subject of a wide variety of myths, stories, arts, and films, as it is well known throughout the Philippines. Spanish colonists noted that the aswang was the most feared among the mythical creatures of the Philippines, even in the 16th century. Although with no specific motive other than harming others, their behavior can be interpreted as an inversion of the traditional Filipino's values. The aswang is especially popular in southern parts of Luzon, and some parts of Mindanao and Visayas, especially the Visayan province of Capiz. Historical Accounts "The sixth was called ''silagan'', whose office it was, if they saw anyone clothed in white, to tear out his liver and eat it, thus causing his death. This, like the preceding, was in the island of Catanduanes. Let no one, moreo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Labo
''Maria Labo'' is a 2015 Philippine thriller film directed by Roi Vinzon. It is based on a Philippine urban legend about an Overseas Filipino worker believed to be an ''aswang'' known as "Maria Labo" who is said to have eaten her own children. Synopsis The film revolves on Maria (Kate Brios) a loving and dutiful life wife to her husband, Ermin, a police officer (Jestoni Alarcon) with whom she has two children named Pablo (Miggs Cuaderno) and Rosalinda (Lenlen Frial). Facing financial problems (including Maria losing her job, and Ermin not being able to support the family on a policeman’s salary alone), Maria was convinced to become an Overseas Filipino Worker after she learned that her high school friend Emily (Sam Pinto) applied to become an overseas worker. Ermin was hesitant with his wife's plans initially but eventually gave his consent. Maria then went to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to work as a domestic worker and caregiver. In Dubai, Maria befriends Nanay Leng, a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manananggal
The ''manananggal'' is a mythical creature in the Philippines that separates from their lower part of its body and their fangs and wings give it a vampire-like appearance. Mythology The ''manananggal'' is described as scary, often hideous, usually depicted as female, and always capable of severing its upper torso and sprouting huge bat-like wings to fly into the night in search of its victims. The word ''manananggal'' comes from the Tagalog word ''tanggal'', which means "to remove" or "to separate", which literally translates as "remover" or "separator". In this case, "one who separates itself". The name also originates from an expression used for a severed torso. The ''manananggal'' is said to favor preying on sleeping, pregnant women, using an elongated proboscis-like tongue to suck the hearts of fetuses, or the blood of someone who is sleeping. It also haunts newlyweds or couples in love. Due to being left at the altar, grooms-to-be are one of its main targets. The sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake, Rattle & Roll X
''Shake, Rattle & Roll X'' is a 2008 Filipino fantasy horror anthology film produced by Regal Entertainment and directed by Micheal Tuviera and Topel Lee. It is the tenth installment of the '' Shake, Rattle & Roll'' film series and the highest-grossing film in the series. The film is an official entry to the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival. The film was a box office success, and Robert Villar won the MMFF Award for Best Child Performer. The eleventh installment, '' Shake, Rattle & Roll XI'', was released in 2009. Plot "Emergency" On one windy night, Jay (JC De Vera) and Dennis (Janus Del Prado) were traveling along a dark highway, accidentally running over a pregnant woman (Mylene Dizon) crossing the street. They saw that she had a miscarriage, so they immediately carried her to the hospital. The mysterious woman was accompanied by other patients: a gay man named Julius (John Lapus) who was complaining about fever, an English-speaker named Eric (Eri Neeman) who keeps comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Dela Cruz (TV Series)
''Juan dela Cruz'' is a 2013 Philippine superhero television series starring Coco Martin. The drama series is broadcast in full high definition and is dubbed to be ABS-CBN's "most expensive and biggest drama" to date. It is created by Rondel P. Lindayag and Dindo Perez, developed by Julie Anne R. Benitez, Lino S. Cayetano, Ethel M. Espiritu, Dindo Perez, and Shugo Praico, and directed by Malu L. Sevilla, Avel E. Sunpongco, Francis E. Pasion, Jojo A. Saguin, and Darnel Joy R. Villaflor. It starred Coco Martin as Juan dela Cruz, a half-'' tagabantay'' and half-''aswang'' who was trained to become the next Tagabantay and serves as a hero to protect the people from aswangs. It was the fifth television drama in the Philippines made by ABS-CBN to be filmed in high definition. The series aired on ABS-CBN's ''Primetime Bida'' evening block and worldwide on The Filipino Channel from February 4, 2013 to October 25, 2013, replacing ''Princess and I'', and was replaced by ''Honesto''. Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake, Rattle & Roll II
''Shake, Rattle & Roll II'' (stylized onscreen as ''Shake Rattle & Roll 2'') is a 1990 Filipino horror anthology film and the second installment of the ''Shake, Rattle & Roll'' film series. A sequel to ''Shake, Rattle & Roll'' (1984). The film was distributed by Regal Films and is directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes. The film is an entry of the 1990 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is the first starring role of Manilyn Reynes before the following sequels. The third installment, ''Shake, Rattle & Roll III'', was released in 1991. Plot "Multo" Newlyweds Cathy ( Janice de Belen) and Mari (Eric Quizon) spend their honeymoon at a rural vacation house in Baguio. They are less welcomed by the old caretaker (Caridad Sanchez) who gives them a tour, including a locked room. A malevolent presence disturbed the couple's time around the house. During their sleep, Cathy suffers a nightmare of a deranged doctor ( Eddie Gutierrez) who tortures a young girl (Isabel Granada) in his clin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake, Rattle And Roll 8
''Shake, Rattle and Roll 8'' is a 2006 Filipino horror film, horror anthology film directed by Rahyan Q. Carlos, Topel Lee, and Michael Tuviera, and the eighth installment of the ''Shake, Rattle & Roll (film series), Shake, Rattle & Roll'' film series. It is produced by Regal Entertainment, and was an entry to the 2006 Metro Manila Film Festival. The ninth installment, ''Shake, Rattle and Roll 9'', was released in 2007. Plot "13th Floor" On October 14, 1986, a fire triggered by a burning paper airplane destroys an orphanage, killing many of the orphans including their matron Jene. Twenty years later, a high-rise apartment building stands on the site of the orphanage. In one of the apartment's penthouse suites resides Alex (Krystal Reyes) and her parents, Diana and Oscar (Isay Alvarez and Robert Seña). For Alex's birthday, which happens to fall on the 20th anniversary of the orphanage fire, Diana and Oscar plan to throw a party and hires a group of party organizers. Upon arriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake, Rattle & Roll 2k5
''Shake, Rattle & Roll 2k5'' (also known as ''Shake, Rattle & Roll VII'' or ''Shake, Rattle & Roll 7'') is a 2005 Filipino comedy horror anthology film produced by Regal Entertainment, and the seventh installment of the '' Shake, Rattle & Roll'' film series. It is an official entry to the 2005 Metro Manila Film Festival. The eighth installment, ''Shake, Rattle and Roll 8'', was released in 2006. Plot "Poso" The Ispiritista (Ai-Ai delas Alas), a fake occultist, retires from business of communicating with the dead when her last job goes terribly wrong. When a wealthy grandmother (Gloria Romero) promises the Ispiritista and her group; Jay (Rainier Castillo), Gener (Marco Alcaraz), and Frida (Jenine Desiderio) a huge fee to contact their dead grandson, Lucas (Biboy Ramirez), they immediately accept and took it as their last job. The grandmother wants to talk to Lucas the next day because it will be his death anniversary. After bizarre experiences and nightmares haunt them at night, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surviving Evil
''Surviving Evil'' (also known as ''Evil Island'') is a 2009 horror film directed and written by Terence Daw, and produced by David Pupkewitz, Anton Ernst and Malcolm Kohll. It stars Billy Zane, Christina Cole, Natalie Mendoza and Louise Barnes. The screenplay concerns six documentary filmmakers who attempt to survive their visit to a Philippine island to shoot a survival special when they discover that the shape shifting, bloodthirsty Aswang, a creature of Philippine folklore inhabits the island. Plot A team of six documentary filmmakers, Sebastian "Seb" Beazley (Billy Zane), Phoebe Drake (Christina Cole), Cecilia "Chill" Reyes (Natalie Mendoza), Joey "Tito" Valencia (Joel Torre), Rachel Rice (Louise Barnes) and Dexter "Dex" Simms (Colin Moss), arrive to spend six days shooting a wilderness survival special, ''Surviving the Wilderness'', on the remote Mayaman Island, one of the seven thousand islands that make up the Philippine Archipelago. They set up camp, and it’s not long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GFriend
GFriend (stylized in all caps; ) was a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consisted of six members: Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They debuted with the extended play (EP) '' Season of Glass'' on January 15, 2015 and won several female rookie awards, garnering momentum early on despite being from a small company. GFriend continued their commercial success the next year with their third EP, ''Snowflake'', whose lead single " Rough" won first place on numerous music shows. They released their first studio album, ''LOL'', in 2016 as well. In 2017, GFriend returned with their fourth EP, ''The Awakening'', for which pre-orders exceeded 100,000 copies. The same year, the group released their fifth EP, ''Parallel'', which was re-issued one month later under the title ''Rainbow''. In 2018, GFriend released their sixth EP, ''Time for the Moon Night'', and the special EP '' Sunny Summer''. They also made their official Japanese debut with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimm (TV Series)
''Grimm'' is an American fantasy police procedural drama television series created by Stephen Carpenter and Jim Kouf & David Greenwalt and produced by Universal Television for NBC. The series aired from October 28, 2011, to March 31, 2017, for 123 episodes, over six seasons. The series' narrative follows Portland homicide detective Nicholas Burkhardt (played by David Giuntoli), who discovers he is a Grimm, the latest in a line of guardians who is sworn to keep the balance between humanity and mythological creatures, known as Wesen. The series features a supporting cast with Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee, Bree Turner, and Claire Coffee. ''Grimm'' was originally developed for CBS, but did not end up moving forward due to the 2007–08 writers' strike. In January 2011, the series moved to NBC. It has been described as "a cop drama—with a twist ... a dark and fantastical project about a world in which characters inspired by ''Grimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mommy Dearest (Grimm)
"Mommy Dearest" is the 14th episode of season 3 of the supernatural drama television series ''Grimm'' and the 58th episode overall, which premiered on March 7, 2014, on the broadcast network NBC. The episode was written by Brenna Kouf, and was directed by Norberto Barba. Plot Opening quote: " I am going off to a house and entering it like a snake... I will devour their babes and make their hearts ache." Meisner (Damien Puckler) aids Adalind (Claire Coffee) in giving birth to the baby, and also restoring Adalind's powers as a Hexenbiest. Back in Portland, a creature follows a pregnant woman, Dana Tomas (Tess Paras), to her room and uses his extremely large tongue to poke into her belly button. Dana awakes and attempts to cut the creature's tongue before it flees and she falls back unconscious. Wu ( Reggie Lee) and Sgt. Franco (Robert Blanche) are called to the scene to investigate, whom Wu recognizes as friends that moved to Portland from the Philippines under his recommendation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Girl
''Lost Girl'' is a Canadian supernatural drama television series that premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010, and ran for five seasons. It follows the life of a bisexual succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk, as she learns to control her superhuman abilities, help those in need, and discover the truth about her origins. The series was created by Michelle Lovretta and produced by Jay Firestone and Prodigy Pictures Inc., with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund (Canada Media Fund), and in association with Shaw Media. Following good ratings and positive reviews, it was renewed for a second season on November 12, 2010 (two months after its premiere), with the episodes order afterwards increased to 22 episodes; a third season on December 9, 2011; a fourth season on February 28, 2013;; and a fifth on February 27, 2014. On August 25, 2014, Showcase announced that the fifth season would be the last, with the original 13-episode order increased to 16 final episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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