| Director | Jerrold Tarog |
|---|---|
| Box office | $31 million |
Gabriel and Ahnia are on the run from a trio of hitmen who killed their family. The children attempt to reach their relatives' home to seek help but get lost along the way. They arrive in the wrong town, one that is constantly being attacked by unknown creatures. During one such attack, they are saved by Hasmin, a resident of a local private plantation on the outskirts of town. She takes the children to her blind elderly friend and foster mother, Guada, who explains to them what the creatures are.
The creatures are called Abuwaks—a type of aswang that resembles normal humans but can burrow underground to attack and transform into raven-like birds. It is later revealed that the town's corrupt mayor and the Abuwaks have an arrangement in which the Abuwaks pay him money in exchange for keeping the town underdeveloped and misinformed.
The three hired killers, Gido, Queenie, and Daniel, later arrive in the same town to finish their job. Daniel, a reluctant member due to his family being held hostage by their boss Eddie, meets Hasmin, whom he encounters from time to time.
With the killers closing in on them, Hasmin decides to hide the children in the plantation to avoid their capture. However, the plantation turns out to be the nest of the Abuwaks, and Hasmin is the Bangkilan (a higher-ranking Aswang that can turn humans into Aswangs) of the Abuwaks. Despite being a Bangkilan, she is benevolent toward humans and defiant of her heritage.
The hired killers then track the children to the plantation and infiltrate the place. Queenie is able to find Gabriel and Ahnia, but she is captured and tortured by the Abuwaks while the children escape. Hasmin is forced by their leader, Moises, to eat Queenie alive, but instead she breaks her neck in defiance. Gido and Daniel encounter the other Abuwaks, forcing them to retreat. Gido calls Eddie for backup, which is expected to arrive the next day.
Hasmin is able to find Gabriel and Ahnia, but they are caught during their escape. Moises decides that the children will be eaten the following day—the same day Hasmin is to marry him.
The next day, Hasmin meets with Daniel to seek his help in getting the children out of the plantation. Shortly afterward, two Abuwaks enter the town to find Daniel and Gido. Hasmin transforms into an Abuwak to create panic and distraction, allowing Daniel to escape and Gido to kill the two creatures. The townsfolk evacuate in fear of further attacks, an event that threatens the Abuwaks' existence due to their dwindling numbers.
Gido, together with his expected backup, enters the plantation and attacks. The assault allows Daniel to rescue Gabriel and Ahnia while simultaneously disrupting Hasmin's wedding.
During their escape, however, Daniel is mortally wounded by an Abuwak pursuing them, and Ahnia is captured. Hasmin arrives, and the dying Daniel says that he is not ready to die because he still needs to save his family from Eddie. Hasmin, the only Abuwak with the power to turn humans into Abuwaks, reluctantly transforms Daniel into one to save his life.
Daniel and Hasmin then attack Moises, who is holding Ahnia hostage. They are able to defeat him and escape from the plantation.
Gido and his team are overwhelmed by the Abuwaks, although they manage to kill most of them. Gido commits suicide by detonating a grenade as he is being eaten.
Daniel, Hasmin, Gabriel, and Ahnia are cornered by Eddie outside the plantation. Eddie reveals that he has already ordered some of his men to kill Daniel's family and that he plans to kill the four of them as well. Daniel and Hasmin suddenly transform into their Abuwak forms, then attack and kill Eddie and his henchmen. Gabriel and Ahnia stay with Guada as Daniel and Hasmin travel back to Daniel's hometown.