In modern Mexico, a malevolent spirit targets a family, linking tragic past events of abandoned, infanticidal mothers to a possessed intruder's attempt to sacrifice their son..


Should you watch this? Only if you like your horror with a thick layer of dust and a side of historical curiosity. If you need jump scares every five minutes or modern CGI polish, you're going to be bored out of your skull. It’s for the folks who want to see how the myth started before it became a big killing machine a...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Ramón Peón

Maurice Tourneur
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"Should you watch this? Only if you like your horror with a thick layer of dust and a side of historical curiosity. If you need jump scares every five minutes or modern CGI polish, you're going to be bored out of your skull. It’s for the folks who want to see how the myth started before it became a big killing machine at the multiplex. Honestly, the pacing is a bit of a mess. It takes forever to get to the point, then rushes the stuff you actually want to see. There’s a scene involving a nursery..."
Adriana Lamar
A. Guzman Aguilera, Carlos Noriega Hope, Fernando de Fuentes
Mexico

