Eight stories centered around Mexican culture.
The Good Stor(ies): La Leyenda De Juan Soldado-Traveling through the desert, a prisoner claims his innocence to his captors who leave him for dead. Once they learn of this incident, they quickly find themselves targeted by a malevolent force. This was quite fun if overall familiar segment. The revenge is too cliché and utilized far too frequently, but there's a ton to like. The sequence in Hell is utterly chilling with the Satanic figures around him and the horned one himself with a fantastic make-up job. The actual revenge itself is a brief interlude but the historical connection plays out rather nicely in the epilogue since that's the point for the segment.
Potzonalli-Preparing a special occasion, a family tries to go through the meal preparations for their abusive father while tormented by his past actions. Sensing their opportunity, the family goes through their revenge to make him pay for his transgressions. This turned out to be the highlight of the whole affair. The clever twist, where the apparent joy of the celebration gives way to an utterly phenomenal act of revenge gets carried out in gory detail. Managing to tie into what he did to each one, with each family member suffering their own abuse which lets the carve him up in their own revenge, gives this a sense of fun with some stellar effects work. Overall, this one is a lot of fun.
Bolas de Fuego-Trying to move their lives forward, friends go through the rigors of a porn-video audition involving a local agency. When it dawns on them that their counterparts are not who they said to be, the shoot turns into a far more deadly experience. This was quite the odd entry which has a lot to like. The concept of the shoot being broadcast live is a novel one which gives this a far sleazier experience once their true identities are given. This has some fun with the two girls who turn the tables on the guys which allows this one plenty of fine makeup effects. What makes it so weird is the constant pop-ups all over the screen and makes it confusing as to what their purpose was, leaving this with a somewhat odd experience.
No Te Duermas-Troubled by strange dreams, a young boy disturbs his parents with a ritual before bedtime. As he falls further into his beliefs, everything attempted to satiate him only drives his antics even further. This one was another strong effort here. The strong core story, with the young child's strict adherence to the ritual that he plays out every night due to the warning continually playing out in his head, give this a rather chilling premise as the different stories told to help him only end up hurting him. Balanced by the overt supernatural flashes that continually appear which add a far darker quality than expected and a rather chilling twist, there's plenty to like with this one.
Ya Es Hora-Upset over a classmate, a group of young girls embark on an occult ritual targeted at destroying her. As they leave their targets deformed, they realize too late what's going on. This was a somewhat enjoyable offering that seems a little predictable but still has a lot to like. The fact that this is based on the two locations, as the demonic ritual occurs on the rooftop while the gross-out body horror antics are occurring at the slumber party, gives this a frantic energy that goes nicely alongside the utterly phenomenal make-up effects used to showcase each of the gruesome torments. What really hurts this one is the predictable manner of their actions and a few dodgy special effects against the more realistic ones elsewhere, but it's still enjoyable.
The Bad Stor(ies): Paidós Phobos-Living in a huge mansion, a young woman becomes tormented by the life she could've lead but is instead forced to care for her ailing child. Taking it upon herself to live for once, she finds a connection to a supernatural guardian. Frankly, this is the hardest one to gauge as this is the weirdest entry. The vivid hallucinations, revolving around raging music and being abused, are not that horrific a concept since the shortened running time doesn't give why it's a torturous tactic. The other scenes with the doll pretending to drown it while visualizing it as a young child are dark in theory but we don't get anything here as the lack of dialog makes it rather confusing. Another stylish and engaging effort, but has a lot of flaws.
Vitriol-Obsessed with her looks, a lonely young woman tries whatever she can to improve her appearance. Finally convincing herself to try, she finds a dangerous quality that puts others around her at risk. This was easily the weakest segment. The central plot isn't creepy making the segment boring, nothing makes sense and there's no reasoning for anything that happens, leaving this a complete mystery. We get nothing about her obsession of the figure she admires or why this is supposed to be a scary situation so the running time is bland. This one really didn't need to be here despite more stylish camera-work and a slick appeal.
Exodoncia-Determined to start over, a troubled young woman uses her drug-use to calm her demented fantasies. As the urges take her over, it drives her into ever more deadly forms to get her fix. This was a rather enjoyable if odd choice to end this. The religious imagery, from the demon adorned with paraphernalia that accompanies a masturbation fantasy, starts this one in grisly fashion. The central torture scene is grisly and exceptionally brutal, but the problem is that there's no real direction as the dialog makes it impossible to follow along and doesn't really give this much of a point beyond the brutality.
Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Language, Extreme Graphic Violence, Nudity, a strong sex scene, Rape and drug use.
The Good Stor(ies): La Leyenda De Juan Soldado-Traveling through the desert, a prisoner claims his innocence to his captors who leave him for dead. Once they learn of this incident, they quickly find themselves targeted by a malevolent force. This was quite fun if overall familiar segment. The revenge is too cliché and utilized far too frequently, but there's a ton to like. The sequence in Hell is utterly chilling with the Satanic figures around him and the horned one himself with a fantastic make-up job. The actual revenge itself is a brief interlude but the historical connection plays out rather nicely in the epilogue since that's the point for the segment.
Potzonalli-Preparing a special occasion, a family tries to go through the meal preparations for their abusive father while tormented by his past actions. Sensing their opportunity, the family goes through their revenge to make him pay for his transgressions. This turned out to be the highlight of the whole affair. The clever twist, where the apparent joy of the celebration gives way to an utterly phenomenal act of revenge gets carried out in gory detail. Managing to tie into what he did to each one, with each family member suffering their own abuse which lets the carve him up in their own revenge, gives this a sense of fun with some stellar effects work. Overall, this one is a lot of fun.
Bolas de Fuego-Trying to move their lives forward, friends go through the rigors of a porn-video audition involving a local agency. When it dawns on them that their counterparts are not who they said to be, the shoot turns into a far more deadly experience. This was quite the odd entry which has a lot to like. The concept of the shoot being broadcast live is a novel one which gives this a far sleazier experience once their true identities are given. This has some fun with the two girls who turn the tables on the guys which allows this one plenty of fine makeup effects. What makes it so weird is the constant pop-ups all over the screen and makes it confusing as to what their purpose was, leaving this with a somewhat odd experience.
No Te Duermas-Troubled by strange dreams, a young boy disturbs his parents with a ritual before bedtime. As he falls further into his beliefs, everything attempted to satiate him only drives his antics even further. This one was another strong effort here. The strong core story, with the young child's strict adherence to the ritual that he plays out every night due to the warning continually playing out in his head, give this a rather chilling premise as the different stories told to help him only end up hurting him. Balanced by the overt supernatural flashes that continually appear which add a far darker quality than expected and a rather chilling twist, there's plenty to like with this one.
Ya Es Hora-Upset over a classmate, a group of young girls embark on an occult ritual targeted at destroying her. As they leave their targets deformed, they realize too late what's going on. This was a somewhat enjoyable offering that seems a little predictable but still has a lot to like. The fact that this is based on the two locations, as the demonic ritual occurs on the rooftop while the gross-out body horror antics are occurring at the slumber party, gives this a frantic energy that goes nicely alongside the utterly phenomenal make-up effects used to showcase each of the gruesome torments. What really hurts this one is the predictable manner of their actions and a few dodgy special effects against the more realistic ones elsewhere, but it's still enjoyable.
The Bad Stor(ies): Paidós Phobos-Living in a huge mansion, a young woman becomes tormented by the life she could've lead but is instead forced to care for her ailing child. Taking it upon herself to live for once, she finds a connection to a supernatural guardian. Frankly, this is the hardest one to gauge as this is the weirdest entry. The vivid hallucinations, revolving around raging music and being abused, are not that horrific a concept since the shortened running time doesn't give why it's a torturous tactic. The other scenes with the doll pretending to drown it while visualizing it as a young child are dark in theory but we don't get anything here as the lack of dialog makes it rather confusing. Another stylish and engaging effort, but has a lot of flaws.
Vitriol-Obsessed with her looks, a lonely young woman tries whatever she can to improve her appearance. Finally convincing herself to try, she finds a dangerous quality that puts others around her at risk. This was easily the weakest segment. The central plot isn't creepy making the segment boring, nothing makes sense and there's no reasoning for anything that happens, leaving this a complete mystery. We get nothing about her obsession of the figure she admires or why this is supposed to be a scary situation so the running time is bland. This one really didn't need to be here despite more stylish camera-work and a slick appeal.
Exodoncia-Determined to start over, a troubled young woman uses her drug-use to calm her demented fantasies. As the urges take her over, it drives her into ever more deadly forms to get her fix. This was a rather enjoyable if odd choice to end this. The religious imagery, from the demon adorned with paraphernalia that accompanies a masturbation fantasy, starts this one in grisly fashion. The central torture scene is grisly and exceptionally brutal, but the problem is that there's no real direction as the dialog makes it impossible to follow along and doesn't really give this much of a point beyond the brutality.
Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Language, Extreme Graphic Violence, Nudity, a strong sex scene, Rape and drug use.