Exploring the space of the manananggal in the urbanizing communities through Philippine horror films from 1984 to 2023

• Main Author: Rodriguez, Yasmin Fides G
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: Horror films > Philippines > History and criticism; Folklore in motion pictures; Film and Media Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdm_lit/24; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdm_lit/article/1024/viewcontent/2024_rodriguez_Exploring_the_space_of_the_manananggal_in_the_urbanizing_communit.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The manananggal, characterized as a beautiful woman by day and then a self-segmenting flying monster at night, is one of the most popular creatures of Philippine lower mythology. The stories about the manananggal have been told in different forms, and Philippine horror films have imagined and re-ima...