Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestBased on the winner of the National Book Award for Graphic Literature by Mervin Malonzo, "Tabi Po" transports us to an alternate retelling of the aswang mythos and sets it against the Spanish colonial period.
Cinematography
Gothic Philippine landscapes that reek of humidity and dread.
Practical Effects
Creature designs that honor indigenous aswang traditions, not Hollywood imitation.
Writing
Mervin Malonzo's source material bites harder than expected.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Malonzo's graphic novel resurrected aswang from kitsch Halloween costume to legitimate cultural critique of Spanish colonization.
The series deliberately uses Visayan and Tagalog folklore variants to show how 'aswang' itself was a colonial umbrella term flattening diverse indigenous spirits.
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