Good Mexican Horror

[WereAllVictims]

Does [REC] count?? Because I absolutely loved it. Hands down, one of the best horror films I've ever seen.

[LaArana]

Hmmm. Us Latins are spread out pretty damn far, but we are distinguishable by regions. [REC] is movie of Spain, which is located in Europe.

Mexico is South of the U S of A... but is within the North American borders. I hope this clears up any confusion. : x

Originally Posted by spiral

Right now I remember this two films El fantasma del convento from 1934, the translation it's something like the ghost of the convent and La tía Alejandra, 1979 or Aunt Alejandra, when i remember more i'll let you know.

Thanks for these additions, spiral.

[WereAllVictims]

Originally Posted by LaArana

Hmmm. Us Latins are spread out pretty damn far, but we are distinguishable by regions. [REC] is movie of Spain, which is located in Europe.

Mexico is South of the U S of A... but is within the North American borders. I hope this clears up any confusion. : x



Thanks for these additions, spiral.

Sorry haha I just wanted to emphasize how AWESOME [REC] is!

[LaArana]

Damn... reflecting back on your older posts, ye realize what a twat ye are and have been : x

Has anyone seen Rene Cardona Jr's films? They are good/bad with lots of European faces.

Satan's Triangle - spawned from the trend of Bermuda Triangle movies.

Beaks - His version of The Birds.

Cyclone - disaster film / stranded at sea. Killer sharks! Great cast.

Tintorera! TigerShark - Lots of stock footage of sharks being killed If ye can look past that, it's an entertaining piece about a threesome tango(including Hugo Stiglitz and Susan George of Mandingo and Dirty Larry, Crazy Mary).

Night of a 1,000 Cats - more sleaze. This playa feeds his used up tramps to a horde of felines : P

Guillermo del Toro's Cronos deserves mention

Zantimisift brought up Carlos Enrique Taboada a couple of years ago. He's actually one of the best die-rectors down thither. See: Blacker Than Night / Mas Negro que la Noche

[streetcleaner]

The Alejandro Jodorowsky stuff in general is worth a look. It's not horror per se, but his stuff is certainly horrific at times - and falls under the bizarre/surreal cult film umbrella anyway.

[Philhfc]

Yeah, Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain is superb. Not really a horror movie, but there's enough bizarre imagery and amazing costumes/set designs/grotesquery, etc to please any horror fan. Check out the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rLZmik6wAk

And i'm amazed that Cronos has only had one mention! Del Toro's finest hour, imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJJdJJ85Ir4

[Philhfc]

Originally Posted by lovesbmw

Dracula
This was produced in Hollywood but I thought this is a good place to put it. The Spanish version is interesting in the fact that instead of dubbing, a completely different film was made.

Are you talking about the 1931 Universal version? That's an American movie, don't belong on this thread. The Spanish version is better though!

[LaArana]

Originally Posted by Philhfc

And i'm amazed that Cronos has only had one mention! Del Toro's finest hour, imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJJdJJ85Ir4

Right. His great first offering with little recognition. It's a super flick full of heart, and I doubt many hardcore horror fans could appreciate it. One o the most original vamp takes, too.

[dead breed]

Originally Posted by streetcleaner

The Alejandro Jodorowsky stuff in general is worth a look. It's not horror per se, but his stuff is certainly horrific at times - and falls under the bizarre/surreal cult film umbrella anyway.

Alejandro Jodorowsky is the man, I suggest checking out all of his work. I recommended starting out with El Topo or Holy Mountain first though .. if you can't handle that you won't be able to handle Fando y Lis or Santa sangre.

[ReptilianPig]

MEXICANS. Shoot me some horror titles from you country, for pavor.