Complex sentence: Aswang premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994 where it was poorly received as being "more gruesome and gross than frightening" by Emanuel Levy writing in Variety.
Split into simpler sentences: Aswang premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994. The initial critical reception was mixed, with the film reviewed as "more gruesome and gross than frightening" by Emanuel Levy writing in Variety.