KM 31: Kilometro 31 (2006)

Director:

Rigoberto Castañeda

Writer:

Rigoberto Castañeda (writer)

Release Date:

2 February 2007 (Mexico)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

There are worse things than death...

Plot:

While driving through the kilometer 31 of a lonely road, Agata Hameran hits a boy. She leaves her car...

Plot Keywords:

Coma | Supernatural | Twin | La Llorona | Splatter

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Iliana Fox	...	Ágata / Catalina
Adrià Collado	...	Nuno
Raúl Méndez	...	Omar
Luisa Huertas	...	Anciana
Fernando Becerril	...	Doctor
Mikel Mateos	...	Nino
Carlos Aragon	...	Ugalde (as Carlos Aragón)
Hanna Sirog	...	Agata-ascenas dobles
Julián Álvarez	...	Nino-ascenas dobles
Marcela Pezet	...	Fantasma
Claudette Maillé	...	Mamá
Giselle Audirac	...	Enfermera
Camilo San Vicente	...	Judge 1
Everardo Arzate	...	Camillero
Mónica Bejarano	...	Recepcionista

Also Known As:

Hell's Highway: KM31 (Singapore: English title)
KM 31: Kilometre 31 (International: English title)
Kilometre 31 (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and horror images.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Mexico | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:16 | USA:R | Sweden:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Desierto de los Leones, Estado de México, Mexico

Company:

Lemon Films

Movie Connections:

Followed by Untitled Kilometer 31 Sequel (2010)

Soundtrack:

Lost (Por tu Amor)

Starts well but becomes incomprehensible

I went to see this movie with high hopes on the back of a good rating from this very site...that rating has since dropped dramatically.

I must say i was disappointed and a little confused by what i saw. It all starts off well enough, gripping and engaging horror elements - a spooky child has caused many accidents at a section of the road KM 31. A twin is hit by a car on her way to her sister's house and they and their boyfriends become drawn into the mystery surrounding this haunted road.

There are some genuinely creepy moments as the story unfolds. The problem i had was that as the history is revealed, the situation becomes more confusing than explanatory. Somehow the sisters and their dead schizophrenic mother are connected to a weird back-story of why the road is haunted in the first place. I began to flag halfway through and must admit to not understanding the connection properly, but my friend afterwards also found it a little confusing.

Then it ends very stylistically but still with little actually explained. I don't really mind that, but all style and not enough substance do not a great horror movie make. You can leave much to the imagination, but there must be some comprehensible way of connecting the dots for your watching audience.

And the over-used child figure of recent horror films from around the world has become old hat. Horror fans will find things to enjoy here but most will be left scratching their heads and lamenting a missed opportunity of originality and revival of Mexican horror.