Now, obviously you're familiar with the NBC fantasy-drama show Grimm. In the fourteenth episode of Season 3 ("Mommy Dearest" ), Nick and his company just have a face to face encounter with an Aswang.
This is the second time I saw an aswang being portrayed in an American film. The first was on the 1994 B-rated horror flick "Aswang" (aka The Unearthing).
Ok, going back to the Grimm Aswang episode. If you read their website... it said there that...
An Aswang (ah-SWAH-ng; Tag. "monster") or Tik-tik (tik-TIK; Tag. onomatopoeia) is a ghoul-like Wesen that appeared in "Mommy Dearest". They are indigenous to the Philippine Islands and exist within mainstream Filipino mythology.
Well, the only correct word there is that the aswang is " mainstream Filipino mythology" other than that... hmmm... Is an aswang a ghoul or ghoul-like? Aswang enthusiasts are still debating on this one.
Yes, an aswang eat fetuses inside a mother's womb by using its sharp, straw-like tongue, but it feeds because it is hungry, not to prolong it's life. I never heard of an immortal aswang and eating fetuses doesn't makes it immortal.
Another inaccuracy here is about the tik-tik. A tik-tik is not an another term for the aswang. A tik-tik is a bird and it is used to warn you if an aswang is near by. The louder the tik-tik's sound, the farther the aswang but if the tik-tik's sound goes faint, then RUN!
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