Macabro XXI - Second Round at Casa del Cine

Because you asked for it, Macabro returns to Casa del Cine for a second round on September 30, and October 1 and 2.

Check schedules and the lineup starting Thursday, September 29 at https://lacasadelcine.mx/ (abre en nueva pestaña)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.

Horrible Movie: A brief history of Russian trash horror cinema

Director: Maxim Poltavchenko

Writer: Maxim Poltavchenko

Year: 2021

Length: 94 min

Country: Russia

Genre: Documentary

SYNOPSIS

A documentary that explores Russian amateur trash horror from the early 1990s to the present.

Lagunas, la guarida del diablo

Director: Marc Carreté

Writer: Marc Carreté

Year: 2022

Length: 86 min

Country: Spain

Genre: Horror, psychological thriller

Synopsis:

Josué's life revolves around the old grocery store, the bar, his faith, and caring for his deranged brother, whom he must keep locked away. But his routines are violently upended the night his brother manages to escape.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1

Putrefixion. Un video de Nina Temich

Director: David Torres Labansat

Writer: David Torres Labansat

Year: 2021

Length: 90 min

Country: Mexico

Genre: Drama, fantasy, found footage, experimental

Cast: Dalia Xiuhcoatl Xiuhcoatl

Synopsis:

The first film shot entirely with a 360-degree camera.

Nina is a professional dancer. After the death of her parents, she insists on studying film and records the process of becoming a director; at the same time, strange things begin to happen (the goddess Coatlicue appears to her in various forms), but she decides to focus on continuing to shoot her film project. When the time comes for her project to be reviewed, she is rejected by the film school, and the goddess's fury is unleashed to take her revenge.

God’s petting you

Director: Jamie Paterson

Writer: Jamie Paterson

Year: 2022

Length: 100 min

Country: UK

Genre: Thriller, crime, comedy

Cast: Alice Lowe, George Webster, Chris Willoughby

Synopsis:

God’s Petting You is a dark, twisted comedy that explores the depths and depravity of Brighton's underworld.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

Punto rojo

Director: Nicanor Loreti

Writer: Nicanor Loreti

Year: 2021

Length: 86 min

Country: Argentina

Genre: Comedy, thriller, crime

Cast: Demián Salomón, Mariana Anghileri, Edgardo Castro, Constanza Cardillo, Juan Palomino

Synopsis:

In an empty lot somewhere in Buenos Aires Province, Diego is taking part in a radio contest in which he has to answer a series of questions about his beloved Racing Club. Meanwhile, in the blink of an eye, a man falls from the sky onto the hood of his car, another turns up gagged in the trunk, a secret agent makes her entrance gun in hand, and a plane crashes just a few meters away.

Las noches son de los monstruos

Director: Sebastián Perillo

Writer: Paula Morotta

Country: Argentina

Year: 2021

Length: 96 min

Genre: Horror, thriller

Cast: Luciana Grasso, Esteban Lamothe, Jazmín Stuart, Gustavo Garzón, Macarena Suarez, Agustín Daulte.

Synopsis:

Sol, a 17-year-old teenager, moves with her mother into the home of Gonzalo, her mother's

boyfriend. In this town, where from the start she finds nothing but hostility, she must face bullying from her schoolmates and harassment from Gonzalo. As she wanders the streets trying to find a way out, she meets a mysterious, magical dog with which she forms a symbiotic bond. It is this dog that, surprisingly, will stand by Sol's side through to the very end.