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Legendary Pinoy Character Aswang on Grimm

By Gian Laquindanum / 9 years ago

NBC horror TV series Grimm has adopted a Pinoy mythical character, the “Aswang” on the 14th episode of Season 3 entitled Mommy Dearest. The famous Philippine Aswang or other regional terms like “tik tik”, “wak-wak”, is a mythical creature in Filipino folklore which remains an interesting subject of a wide variety of legends and stories […]

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Grimm’s Coolest Episode Yet, Mommy Dearest

By Gian Laquindanum / 10 years ago

SPOILERS AHEAD We can’t still move on from Grimm’s coolest and scariest offering yet, Mommy Dearest. The episode was unique, entertaining, and very creepy. It was also the episode that finally revealed Sergeant Wu’s name. Drew, Drew Wu! Whoo! And more than that, Drew finally saw something that can send him over the edge. What […]

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Grimm Features Scariest Monster Yet

By Gian Laquindanum / 10 years ago

The Aswang shown on Grimm’s latest episode comes from Philippine folklore. Doing a little research I’ve found out that an Aswang is like a combination of a werewolf and a vampire. The aswang looks like a dog (aso means dog, wangis means form aso wangis roughly translates to dog form). The vampire side comes from […]