'' Kilometer 31'' (Kilómetro 31 or km 31) is a 2006 Mexican
supernatural horror film
Supernatural horror film is a film genre that combines aspects of horror film and supernatural film. Supernatural occurrences in such films often include ghosts and demons, and many supernatural horror films have elements of religion. Common them ...
, written and directed by
Rigoberto Castañeda. The film is inspired by the Crying Woman legend (
La Llorona
''La Llorona'' (; "The Weeping Woman" or "The Wailer") is a Hispanic-American mythical vengeful ghost who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned.
Origins
Early colonial times provided evidence that the lore ...
) and legends about highway ghosts.
Plot
Following a horrible car accident on a rural wooded road near
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
, Agata goes into a coma, and her identical twin sister Catalina begins to experience the pain and terror that her comatose sister is going through. Catalina must try to solve the mystery of her sister's accident next to the Km. 31 marker and discovers a local legend that tells of malignant spirits that prowl the road and who are said to prey on travellers. Following a series of terrifying events, Catalina realizes that their link is growing stronger and that her sister is screaming for help from her unconscious state. With the help of her Spanish boyfriend Nuño, Agata's boyfriend Omar, and local detective Martin Ugalde, she discovers that Agata is trapped between life and death, between reality and a terrible netherworld of evil spirits and ancient legend.
Reception
The film was released on February 2 and was on top in the Mexican box office that weekend.
The film was released in select cinemas in the United Kingdom, with English subtitles, on December 7, 2007 after its premiere at the
Empire Cinema in Leicester Square on 6 November 2007.
A sequel was released in 2016.
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2718028/ ]
See also
*
List of ghost films
Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama. Depictions of ghosts are as diverse as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Beetlejuice, Hamlet's father, Jacob Marley, Freddy Kru ...
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0460485, Kilómetro 31
2006 films
2006 horror films
Films based on folklore
Mexican supernatural horror films
Folk horror films
Films set in Mexico City
Films set in Mexico
Mexican ghost films
La Llorona films
2000s Mexican films