Things Look Grim In Dark Border Drama LA VIDA PRECOZ Y BREV DE SABINA RIVAS

Though there is much, much more to Mexico than Narco gangs and border issues there's also no denying that those two issues loom large over everyday life in some territories. And director Luis Mandoki looks to be wading right into... More »

By Todd Brown

DAEMONIUM Chapter Two Arrives Friday, Watch A Trailer Now

Director Pablo Pares has long been a favorite on the Latin American genre circuit, his Plaga Zombie, 100% Lucha and Zona Mutante winning fans with their scrappy energy and infectious love for the genre. And while Pares latest effort, Daemonium,... More »

By Todd Brown

Watch The New Green Band Trailer For THE ABCs OF DEATH

Death is coming for you. Lots and lots of death. International horror anthology The ABCs Of Death hits US VOD on January 31 prior to a theatrical run starting March 8 and a new green band trailer for the film... More »

By Todd Brown

ATROCIOUS Director Unveils His KISS OF VENGEANCE

While director Fernando Barreda Luna scored international success with his found footage horror film Atrocious he has something very different in mind for his next project. No bumps in the night here, no mock doc style. Instead what we get... More »

By Todd Brown

MALDITOS SEAN Director Visits THE CORPORATION

Argentinian director Fabian Forte turned heads on the international genre fest circuit last year with his feature film Malditos Sean (Cursed Bastards) and he's gearing up to do so again with his new effort La Corporacion (The Corporation). An ultra... More »

By Todd Brown

Mexico's HALLEY Brings The Undead To The Arthouse

Freshly announced as a selection at Sundance, Sebastian Hofmann's Halley looks to be the most unusual sort of undead film: One that dares enter the arthouse.Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer... More »

By Todd Brown

Música y Mórbido es muy bueno!!!

(Yes. Morbido 2012 drew to a close over a week ago but for this separate post I had to wait for one of the musical artists to return from a quick tour)Normally we would not focus so much on... More »

By Andrew Mack

Gritty First Trailer For Argentine Rape-Revenge Horror WHEN YOUR FLESH SCREAMS

Argentina continues to roll on with the nation's wave of intense horror films, the newest offering coming down the line being Guillermo Martinez's When Your Flesh Screams. Very much in the rape-revenge model, the first trailer for the film premiered... More »

By Todd Brown

Morbido 2012: Sunday, Bloody Sunday

I was seated in the courtyard of my hotel, the day after Morbido drew to a close, waiting for the bus ride back to Mexico City. It was an amazing weekend of cinema, culture and carnal delights. And I... More »

By Andrew Mack

Morbido 2012: Saturday Nights Alright For Festing!

So the festival staff were right. Saturday night ended this morning around six with very careful, alcohol induced steps through the courtyard of my hotel. There are a lot of steps in Patzcuaro. I am not talking about "Holy... More »

By Andrew Mack

It's Not Easy Being A Man In Cesc Gay's A GUN IN EACH HAND

Boasting an all star cast of Spanish speaking talent - Ricardo Darin, Javier Camara, Eduardo Noriega, Candela Pena, Jordi Molla, Luis Tosar - and a biting sense of humor, Cesc Gay's A Gun In Each Hand (Una Pistola En Cado... More »

By Todd Brown

Morbido 2012: Mexico, Mezcal And A Morbid Fascination With Vampires!

As I write this opening memoir about the Morbido Festival Internacional De Cine Fantastico Y De Terror I am trying to remember a few things. First, which day is it? Second, how many shots of Mezcal did I end... More »

By Andrew Mack

Nicanor Loreti's DIABLO Rains Down Blows And Blood

A hit on the Latin American festival circuit, Nicanor Loreti's gritty cult action film Diablo has released a gorgeous hand drawn poster and the first full trailer for the film. Boxers, gangsters and a whole lot of blood ... what's... More »

By Todd Brown

Images Of The Apocalypse From Cuba's LOS DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA

The words 'Cuba' and 'science fiction' are, admittedly, not ones that seem like the most obvious of friends. Throw a bit of 'Kurosawa-inspired'and it seems even more unlikely. And yet that is exactly what we have in Tomas Piard's latest... More »

By Todd Brown

Watch Brontis Jodorowsky In The Trailer For TÁU

Brontis Jodorowsky, yes, the son of the infamous Alejandro Jodorowsky, is starring in Táu, the feature film debut from director Daniel Castro Zimbron. A man travels to the desert of Wirikuta and confronts his deepest pain. We have the trailer... More »

By Andrew Mack

Ricardo Darin Stars In Upcoming Thriller THESIS ON A HOMICIDE

Argentina's Ricardo Darin has become one of the world's most respected leading men for a very simple reason. He's very, very good. And it doesn't hurt that he has fantastic taste in scripts. The star of Oscar winner The Secret... More »

By Todd Brown

Watch A Fabulous New Trailer For Victor Uribe's 50's Throwback NECROLOVERS

We first caught wind of Chilean director Victor Uribe and his 1950's throwback, black and white horror short Necrolovers back in July of last year. Just through principal photography at the time there was still plenty of work to be... More »

By Todd Brown

Traumatize Yourself With Dennison Ramalho's NINJAS

One of the most troubling short films to hit screens in recent years - one of the most troubling of any length, honestly - Dennison Ramalho's Ninjas fuses elements of cop thriller with traditional Brazilian black magic to create an... More »

By Todd Brown

Sitges 2012 Review: THE VAMPIRE SPIDER Sneaks Up, Then Attacks!

The first thing that should be known going into The Vampire Spider (La Araña Vampiro) is that, despite the title and the fact that it just premiered at a genre film festival, it is not a wild B-movie about a... More »

By Brian Clark

Amphibian Mafia: THE CARTEL OF THE SNITCHES Trailer Arrives

Colombia has picked Carlos Moreno's drug crime thriller El Cartel de los sapos (The Cartel of Snitches) as it's entry in the Foreign Film Academy Award category. The film is based on the life story of former drug trafficker Andres... More »

By Juan J. Espinoza

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FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 3: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL AND I'M TRIPPING BALLS

CHAPTER 6: THERE'S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A PURPLE BEACH SMOTHERED IN MELTING TROMMETTES DURING A CRIMSON TINGED SUNSET ON THE FRENCH RIVERIA, HOLY SHIT I'M TRIPPING MY FUCKING FACE OFF.It's night. When the fuck did it become night? I'm naked. Where the fuck did my clothes go? I'm on... More »

Destroy All Monsters: I Think We've Been This Way Before, Mr. Spock

They can remember it for you wholesale, and they do. At some point, we licensed our pop cultural nostalgia to a handful of multinational conglomerates (well, to be fair, they always owned the licenses) and now they're selling them back to us - though, I guess, not at wholesale, but... More »

Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »