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Satanic Hispanics

Mike MENDEZ / Demián RUGNA / Eduardo SANCHEZ / Gigi SAUL GUERRERO / Alejandro BRUGUES

USA, Mexico, Argentina2022112min Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Satanic Hispanics (2022) is an anthology of 5 short films from some of the leading Latin filmmakers in the horror genre. When police raid a house in El Paso, they find it full of dead Latinos and only one survivor. He’s known as The Traveler, and when they take him to the station for questioning, he tells them those lands are full of magic and talks about the horrors he’s encountered in his long time on this earth, about portals to other worlds, mythical creatures, demons, and the undead.

Program Note

The police raid reveals a man chained in a locked room surrounded by numerous corpses. While interrogated, the man, calling himself “The Traveler”, claims to have witnessed true horrors that will soon arrive, unless he is set free. He offers fantastic tales, involving a Rubik’s Cube master in a haunted house, a vampire’s night out at Halloween, a shape-shifting witch seeking justice, and a curse involving an ex-spouse’s visit, which may lead to justifying his claim. Satanic Hispanics is one of the best recent horror anthologies,bringing together five genre stories from five Latin filmmakers, with a wrap-around that will satisfy any horror genre fan. Wellbalanced with chills, thrills and dark humor, each tale builds suspense that by the end of the last episode, justifies why such a measure was necessary to keep “The Traveler”, convincingly played by Efren Ramirez, in check. (Jongsuk Thomas NAM)

Diretor

Mike MENDEZ

Director Mike MENDEZ made his first feature film Killers (1996) and the horror comedy The Convent (2000), which were accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. Since then, he has directed eight other feature films, such as The Gravedancers (2006), Big Ass Spider! (2013). Don’t Kill it (2017) and Tales of Halloween (2015) which he also served as a producer.

Demián RUGNA

Demian Rugna was born in Haedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1979. He is a screenwriter and director specializing in fantastic cinema. He studied acting in IUNA. He has directed 5 feature films: The Last Getaway (2007), Cursed Bastards (2011), You Don’t Know Who You’re Talking To (2016), Terrified (2017), and When Evil Lurks (2023).

Eduardo SANCHEZ

Eduardo Sanchez was born in Cuba in 1968. He studied television at Montgomery College and film at the University of Central Florida. In 1998, he co-wrote and co-directed the Blair Witch Project (1999). He directed various indie features before moving into television and the first four episodes of the Glen Morgan (THE X-FILES) BBC America series, Intruders (2014).

Gigi SAUL GUERRERO

Gigi SAUL GUERRERO, the Mexican filmmaker and actress, got a first-look deal with Blumhouse Productions after her award-winning feature Culture Shock (2019), which took home Best Primetime Movie at the Imagen Awards. She is also an accomplished voice actor with lead roles in Super Monsters (2017), Super Natural Academy (2022). Best known for her work in the genre space, Guerrero created and directed the breakout horror short, El Gigante (2014).

Alejandro BRUGUES

Alejandro Brugues burst onto the scene after he wrote and directed Juan of the Dead (2011), which won the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film, and has since been an up-and-coming name in the horror space. Following that film, he directed standout pieces in the ABC’s of Death 2 (2014) and Nightmare Cinema (2018).