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Makoy travels from Manila to the province of Pulupandan to visit and get back Sonia, who is

pregnant with their child. While Fely, Sonia's mother, ruins Makoy's visits, Sonia's father, Nestor,
and their helper, Bart, befriends Makoy. When Makoy and Nestor prepare for Sonia's birthday,
Bart requests them to buy and cook a pig from his cousin Ringo, who will give them a discount.
Makoy and Nestor go to the marketplace, where they are surprised by Ringo's kids. Ringo
appears and apologizes, but couldn't offer a discount after an exchange of words. When Ringo
leaves, Kulot, one of Ringo's sons (who knows Sonia is pregnant), sells Makoy and Nestor a
young pig for a cheap price. Nestor hesitates, but Makoy agrees and buys it.
Returning home, Nestor decides that Makoy should spend the night in their home, despite Fely
and Sonia's disapproval. When everybody is asleep, Makoy and Nestor hear strange and familiar
noises from the forest. Reminded of the aswang tales he heard before, Nestor tells Makoy to
secure the house. The pig they bought from the market transforms into Kulot, who is revealed to
be an aswang, and quietly enters Sonia's room to get the baby from inside her womb. Makoy and
Nestor are alarmed when they hear Sonia's panicked shouting. Nestor enters the room, and
Makoy grabs a huge furniture fork to impale and kill Kulot.
Shocked that his nephew is an aswang, Bart is accused by Makoy to be an aswang as well. In the
forest, Ringo's children - Hilda, Kulas, Mutya, and Cedric - wait for Kulot's return with the baby.
As they wait impatiently, Ringo appears and tells them he is tired of moving from one province
to another because of them exposing themselves as aswangs. Ringo and his children go to
Sonia's house, and asks Makoy and Nestor where Kulot is. Seeing the lifeless body of Kulot, the
whole family angrily transforms into tiktiks. Makoy then takes Bart hostage, and asks him to
choose a side. Ringo's family gives chase as Makoy and Bart ride a jeepney into the forest.
Makoy and Bart stop at a security checkpoint. Makoy tells the captain, Regalado, that people are
chasing them. Regalado orders his men to check but can't find anything. Ringo and his family
appears, now back in normal form, claiming that Makoy took Bart hostage. As Regalado's men
point their guns at Makoy, Ringo and his family kill Regalado and his men as soon as Makoy and
Bart find a truck with a gun inside; they use this to escape Ringo's family. As the truck speesd its
way through the forest, Kulas tries to block them but is killed when the truck rams him in a tree,
which causes him to explode. Returning to the house, Nestor has already prepared Molotovs and
throws it into Ringo, slowing them down.
The humans barricade themselves in the house, putting salt and garlic in every corner, window,
and door. Soon after, Rex and his son, Abel, invited visitors to Sonia's birthday, arrive. Nestor
tells them to get inside, but Rex is killed by Ringo, and Makoy only manages to save Abel.
Ringo sends Hilda and Cedric to search for openings outside the house, and they find a window
that is not barricaded. Meanwhile, Sonia goes into labor. Hilda and Cedric enter the house and
attack Sonia, but Fely attacks Cedric and is mortally wounded in the process. Nestor, enraged,
kills Cedric by slicing his throat. Fely tells Nestor her final words and advises him to not allow
Makoy to marry Sonia. Hilda is killed by Makoy. Having been bitten by Hilda in the woods, Bart
begins to transform into an aswang. Sonia is about to deliver her baby when a horde of people,
led by Ringo's father, Tatang, arrives. Ringo apologizes to his father for his children's deaths, but

Tatang kills him instead. Tatang releases a bird from his mouth and he and his group transform
into an army of tiktiks. Bart chooses to stay behind in order to buy time for Makoy, Sonia, Abel,
and Nestor to escape. As the tiktiks assault the house, Bart manages to kill some of them using
molotovs, but when he is overwhelmed, he decides to blow up the house instead, incinerating
himself and most of the Tiktiks.
Makoy enters a sari-sari store and confronts the store owner, Pacing. Pacing tells them she has a
business with salt farming which can aid them on their fight. Makoy helps Sonia deliver the baby
while Nestor crafts the weapons they will use. Sonia is successful on delivering her child, but the
cry of the baby attracts Tatang who is searching the house. Makoy, Nestor and Abel, wanting to
avenge his father, decide to stay and battle Tatang's army, while Sonia and Pacing escape. After a
long brutal fight, Makoy and Nestor narrowly defeat the tiktiks using a whip coated with salt and
garlic. Tatang then transforms into a demonic winged creature and grabs the baby, but Sonia
throws salt in the air which wounds Tatang. Makoy then whips him one last time and kills him.
The survivors then rest and celebrate as a new day emerges.
Naglakbay si Makoy mula sa Maynila patungo sa probinsya ng Pulupandan upang
bisitahin at bawiin si Sonia, ang kanyang asawang buntis. Tutol sa pagbabalikan
nina Makoy at Sonia ang ina ni Sonia na si Fely ngunit masikap pa rin si Makoy na
mabawi si Sonia. Bilang patunay na sinsero siya sa pagbabalikan nila ni Sonia ay
tumulong si Makoy na maghanda para sa nalalapit na kaarawan ni Sonia. Bumili sila
ni Nestor, ama ni Sonia, ng baboy mula sa isang babuyan na nagkataong kuta ng
mga tiktik mga aswang na kilalang kumakain ng sanggol. Sa hindi sinsadyang
pagkakataon ay nabanggit ni Nestor kina Ringo at kanyang mga anak mga tiktik,
na si Sonia ay magdidiwang ng kaarawan sabay ng kanyang pagbubuntis. Nagbigay
ito ng masamang ideya kina Ringo at nangahulugan naman ng panganib para kay
Sonia at kanyang ipinagbubuntis.
Gabi na nang makabalik sina Makoy at Nestor sa kanilang tahanan. Hinimok ni
Nestor na magpalipas na ng gabi doon si Makoy sa kabila ng pagtutol nina Fely at
Sonia. Sa kalagitnaan ng gabi, habang tulog ang lahat, ay nagising sina Makoy at
Nestor dahil sa isang pamilyar na ingay mula sa kagubatan. Naalala ni Nestor ang
mga sari-saring kuwento tungkol sa mga aswang kaya sinabihan niya si Makoy na
isara ang lahat ng pinto at bintana ng bahay. Sa puntong ito, ang baboy na binili
nina Makoy at Nestor ay nagpalit ng anyo. Siya ay naging si Kulot, isang tiktik.
Tahimik na hinanap ni Kulot ang silid ni Sonia upang kainin ang batang nasa
kanyang sinapupunan. Bago pa man makain ni Kulot ang hindi pa naisilang na
sanggol ay nagising si Sonia at sumigaw sa takot. Narinig ito nina Makoy at Nestor
kaya dali-dali nilang tinungo ang silid ni Sonia. Sa kanilang pagpasok ay mabilis na
inatake ni Makoy si Kulot. Nanalo si Makoy sa kanilang pagtutuos.
Nagulat si Bart, matalik na kaibigan ni Makoy at tito ni Kulot, na ang kanyang
pamangkin ay isang tiktik. Dahil dito, nagduda si Makoy na siya rin ay isang tiktik.
Samantala, naghihintay sa kagubatan ang mga kasamahan ni Kulot. Inasahan nilang
lalabas na ng bahay si Kulot dala ang sanggol ni Sonia. Nang hindi ito mangyari ay
tinungo nila ang bahay nina Sonia upang itanong kung nasaan si Kulot. Sa puntong

ito, nakita nina Ringo ang walang buhay na katawan ni Kulot. Nagalit sila kaya
nagbagong anyo silang lahat. Naging tiktik silang lahat. Sa paniniwalang kabilang sa
kanila si Bart, dinukot ni Makoy si Bart at ginawang bihag. Isinakay niya si Bart sa
kanyang sasakyan upang iligaw ang mga kampon ni Ringo. Sa pagdaan nina Makoy
at Bart sa checkpoint, isinumbong ni Makoy kay Kapitan Regalado na tiktik sina
Ringo at nais silang saktan. Nag-imbestiga si Kapitan Regalado ngunit nang makita
nila sina Ringo ay nasa anyong tao na ulit sila. Pinabulaanan nina Ringo ang mga
akusasyon ni Makoy at sinabing dinukot ni Makoy si Bart. Naniwala kay Ringo si
Kapitan Regalado kaya tinutukan niya ng baril si Makoy. Nakita itong oportunidad ni
Ringo upang salakayin si Kapitan Regalado. Nasawi si Kapitan Regalado. Sumakay
ulit sa sasakyan sina Makoy at Bart upang takasan sina Ringo hanggang sa
makarating sila sa tahanan nina Sonia. Mabuti nalang at naghanda si Nestor ng
molotov, isang pampasabog. Hinagisan niya ng molotov sina Ringo kaya bumagal
ang mga ito at hindi nahabol sina Makoy at Bart.
Dumating ang oras ng kaarawan ni Sonia sabay ng pagdating ng mga panauhing
kanilang inimbita bago pa man ang pagsalakay ng mga tiktik. Nasawi ang isa sa
kanila ngunit nailigtas naman ni Makoy ang isa pa. Pinalibutan nina Makoy, Fely,
Nestor, at Bart ng asin at bawang mga pangontra sa mga tiktik, ang kanilang
bahay habang nagsimula namang sumakit ang tiyan ni Sonia, tanda na malapit na
siyang manganak. Sa kabila ng asin at bawang ay nakapasok pa rin ang dalawang
tiktik sa bahay nina Sonia. Inatake nila si Fely hanggan sa siya ay masawi. Sa
eksenang ito, dumating si Tatang, ama ni Ringo. Humingi ng tawad sa kanyang si
Ringo dahil maraming tiktik na ang nasawi sa pagtutuos nila ni Makoy. Sa galit ni
Tatang ay pinatay niya si Ringo at pinangunahan ang pagsalakay kina Makoy.
Sinamantala ni Makoy ang konting oras na ito upang maitakas sina Nestor at Sonia.
Tinulungan din silang makatakas ni Bart, na nakagat ng tiktik kaya unti-unting
naging tiktik din. Bago pa man mawala sa sarili si Bart ay pinasabog niya ang bahay
kasama ang ilang mga tiktik.
Sa kanilang pagtakas, narating nina Makoy, Nestor, at Sonia ang isang tindahan na
pagmamay-ari ni Pacing na tumulong sa kanila upang gumawa ng mga armas
panlaban sa mga tiktik. Habang naghahanda sila sa pagsalakay ng mga tiktik ay
tuluyang nang nanganak si Sonia. Ang iyak ng sanggol ni Sonia ay narinig ni Tatang
kaya natunton ng mga tiktik ang pinagtataguan nina Makoy. Gamit ang mga
inihandang sandata ay nilabanan nina Nestor at Makoy ang mga tiktik hanggang sa
masawi silang lahat. Sa pagdating ng bagong umaga ay nagdiwang sina Nestor,
Pacing, Makoy, at Sonia ng kanilang pagkapanalo.

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