Pam Miras' first feature film PASCALINA (2012) "[bangs] your head against the genre threshold� (to borrow a phrase from writer Amanda K. Davidson). It's horror, drama and dark comedy-with mumblecore characteristics-hitting every extreme like it's no big deal. The look of the the film does much to bring us inside our heroine's disconsolate head. Pascalina (Maria Veronica Santiago), a young nurse in Metro Manila, is insecure and feeling unfulfilled. Her boyfriend leaves much to be desired, her sisters make her miserable, her boss won't let it slide when she dyes her hair Manic Panic red... But when Pascalina inherits the curse of the aswang from a dying aunt, everything for her starts to change. For those unfamiliar, an aswang is a cross between a ghoul, werewolf, witch and vampire in Filipino folklore, known for being shape-shifting fetus-eaters.