México Bárbaro

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Director: Isaac Ezban Year: 2014 Runtime: 114 min IMDb: ⭐ 4.7
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Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, trolls, ghosts, monsters, all brought to life. Time for Aztec sacrifices. This is the Day of the Dead.

The film is divided into eight chapters by eight different directors, each relating to a different Mexican legend or myth. The directors were then given free rein in choosing a subgenre to create a story involving the legend. The varieties of the myths and legends range from real "nota roja" ("red note", news genre focused on crime) to fantasy folk tales. Chapters[edit] Tzompantli by Laurette Flores - Story about the rituals of drug dealers that mirrors practices originated with the Aztecs. Jaral de Berrios by Edgar Nito - Two criminals take refuge in the ruins of Hacienda del Jaral de Berrios in San Felipe. The legends of its curse come true. Drena ("Drain") by Aaron Soto - A young teenage girl smokes a spliff found on a dead body and has a vision she must drain blood from her sister's vagina. La cosa más preciada ("That Precious Thing") by Isaac Ezban - A young couple plans a romantic night in the woods only to be interrupted by the local trolls. Lo que importa es lo de adentro ("What's Important is Inside") by Lex Ortega. - Laura, a girl with special needs is terrified by her apartment building's custodian. She calls him the boogeyman, one of the few words she can articulate. Her family ignores her distress even when the boogeyman hits close to home. Muñecas ("Dolls") by Jorge Michel Grau - A woman escapes her butcher captor, only to be recaptured in the most unlikely of places. Siete veces siete ("Seven times Seven") by Ulises Gùzman - A man appears to be trying to dispose of a body but then performs a ritual to bring him back to life first, so the deceased can atone. Día de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") by GiGi Saul Guerrero - Strippers take revenge on the most aptly named Mexican holiday.

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