#AgendaMacabra: Day 5. Belzebuth at the Drive-In, Feral, Reborn, and Tr3sh

We continue with the activities of the eighteenth edition of Macabro with the following recommendations:

DRIVE-IN CINE VILLA OLÍMPICA PRESENTS

Belzebuth - 2018 - Mexico - 114 min.

DIRECTION EMILIO PORTES

While investigating a series of homicides on the Mexico–U.S. border, AGENT EMMANUEL RITTER (Joaquín Cosío) discovers that the case appears to be linked to the arrival of the ancient demon BELZEBUTH. His only lead is an excommunicated ex-priest (Tobin Bell) hiding out in the Mexican desert. To stop the wave of killings, RITTER will have to confront himself before confronting the forces of good and evil.

Screenplay: Luis Carlos Fuentes and Emilio Portes

Cast: Joaquín Cosío, Tobin Bell, Tate Ellington, José Sefami, Yunuen Pardo, Liam Villa, and Carlos Fabregat

Cine Villa Olímpica Parking Lot - 8:00 p.m. - Free admission.

IBERO-AMERICAN COMPETITION

Feral - 2018 - Mexico - 98 min.

DIRECTION ANDRÉS KAISER

Deep in the mountains of the Oaxaca sierra lie the remains of what was once a shelter for feral children. In 1986, Father Juan Felipe de Jesús, a psychology graduate, documented in dozens of videotapes the harsh road toward reintegrating them into society. The town keeps a mysterious silence about the tragic fire that sealed the fate of Juan Felipe and the children.

Awards:

• Best Mexican Film and FIPRESCI Award – Los Cabos International Film Festival 2018
• Outstanding Artistic Achievement – Insólito: International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2019

Official selection:

• Fantastic Fest 2018, FICMY Mérida, and Yucatán Film Festival
• CRFIC – Costa Rica 2019
• Bucheon International Fantastic Fest 2019

Cineteca Nacional - Screening Room 3 1 - 6:00 p.m. - With the director in attendance.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Reborn - USA - 80 min.

DIRECTION JULIAN RICHARDS

Screenplay: Michael Mahin.

Cast: Barbara Crampton, Michael Paré, Kayleigh Gilbert, among others.

A baby girl who was stillborn is stolen by a morgue assistant and revived by an electrokinetic force. Upon turning 16, she escapes her captivity to search for her biological mother, leaving behind a trail of destruction and death.

Awards:

• Best Science Fiction Film – Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2018
• Best Director – Fantasporto 2019
• Best Horror Film
• Mad Monster Party Film Festival 2019.

Official selection: FrightFest 2018; Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre 2018; Midwest Weirdfest 2019; Horrorhound Film Festival 2019; Beverly Hills Film Festival 2019; Mysticon 2019; Fantaspoa 2019.

MEXICO PREMIERE

Cineteca Nacional - 9:00 p.m. - With the Director in attendance

EXTREME SECTION

TR3SH: LA CONCHA DE SU MADRE - 2019 - Argentina - 75 min.

DIRECTION ALEJO RÉBORA

Mama Bruselas senses that something bad is going on with her children. Maybe it's the drugs, or maybe it's her maternal instinct — all she knows is that Ansio and Ana need her and she has no time to lose. Riding her speedy, nurse-powered wheelchair, the Bruselas matriarch sets out to find her children, and to do so she'll have to rediscover her past, moving through a psychopharmaceutical spiral of memories in a most unconventional way. How fragile is reality? Can the past be changed?

The streets of TR3SH fill up with drugs that are more dangerous, more destructive. With murkier, more unrestrained urban specimens, with fanaticism pushed to the extreme of science fiction; organ trafficking reaches new heights, old characters return hungry for gruesome revenge, and the action spills into a labyrinth within a labyrinth within a labyrinth… all to arrive — once again — at Gatrachele, who this time will make her masterstroke, revealing her darkest secrets.

In this controversial third installment of the boldest, most vertiginous, scatological, and controversial saga in underground cinema, all the loose ends come together and, just two days after it all began, an unprecedented epic ending looms on the horizon.

Cast: Pachi Laurino, Ignacio Bruno, Leticia Salorio, Isabel Rinaldi, and Victoria Sarchi

Cinematógrafo del Chopo - 7:30 p.m. - With the director in attendance