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Mórbido Fest
Mórbido Fest is an annual fantasy and horror film festival in Mexico City, Mexico. Known as "Mexico’s Premier Horror Event", it was founded in 2008 by Pablo Guisa Koestinger and is a member of the Méliès International Festivals Federation. History Prior guests include Roger Corman, Barbara Crampton, Elijah Wood, Hideo Nakata, John Landis and Joe Dante. The 2016 event took place November 2–6 and featured 28 films from 13 nations, plus 77 short films from 20 nations, 12 Latin-American Premiers and 13 Mexican Premiers, including ''Demon'', '' The Wailing'', ''Miruthan'', '' Scare Campaign'', ''Seoul Station'', '' Shut In'', '' The Mermaid'' and '' The Thinning''. The 2017 event saw the debut of Gigi Saul Guerrero's web series ''La Quinceanera''. The 2019 event took place October 30 to November 3 and saw Latin premieres for Paco Plaza's ''Eye for an Eye'' , Alice Waddington’s feature debut '' Paradise Hills'' and Richard Elfman's '' Aliens, Clowns & Geeks''. Juan Diego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world, and is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Alpha world city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2024 ranking. Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs or , which are in turn divided into List of neighborhoods in Mexico City, neighborhoods or . The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the list of largest cities#List, sixth-largest metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mermaid (2016 Film)
''The Mermaid'' () is a 2016 romantic fantasy comedy film directed, co-written and produced by Stephen Chow, which stars Lin Yun, Deng Chao, Zhang Yuqi and Show Lo. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film tells the story of a playboy businessman ( Deng Chao) who falls in love with a mermaid ( Lin Yun) sent to assassinate him. The film was released in China on 8 February 2016, and broke numerous box office records, including biggest opening day and biggest single-day gross through its seventh day of release. ''The Mermaid'' had the biggest opening week of all time in China, where it became the thirteenth-highest-grossing film of all time. The film was the highest-grossing non-English, non-Hollywood movie globally from 2016 to 2019. A sequel is reported to have completed filming. A treatment for an American remake is being written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao. Plot Playboy property tycoon Liu Xuan ( Deng Chao) purchases the Green Gulf, a coastal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bone Woman
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro De La Ciudad
The (Theater of the City) was built as the (Esperanza Iris Theatre) in 1918 and is now one of Mexico City’s public venues for cultural events. The theater is located in the historic center of Mexico City on Donceles Street 36. The former Esperanza Iris Theatre The current theater building was constructed in 1918, on the site of the prior Teatro Xicoténcatl. It was originally named after diva Esperanza Iris. Iris, born María Esperanza Bonfil, was an operetta singer from the state of Tabasco active in the early 20th century. Her career was most successful in Mexico City, Havana and Madrid, but she toured extensively in the Americas. Some of her best known works are ''The Merry Widow'', ''The Count of Luxembourg'' and ''.'' She also acted in a number of films in the 1930s.'''' The theatre was partially funded by Iris, from earnings from a recent tour. The architects were Capetillo Servín and who based the work on the La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stanley (director)
Richard Stanley is a South African filmmaker, known for his work in the horror genre. He began his career making short films and music videos, and subsequently directed the feature films '' Hardware'' (1990) and ''Dust Devil'' (1992). He was the original director of ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1996), but was fired early into principal photography due to creative differences, an episode recounted in the 2014 documentary '' Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau''. In 2019, he returned to feature films after more than twenty years, directing the H. P. Lovecraft adaptation '' Color Out of Space.'' Career Early career (1983–1987) Stanley's first foray into film making began in high school where he joined the Young Filmmaker's Workshop. Here he created his first film, ''Rites of Passage''. Shot on super-8 stock, the 10-minute short film draws comparisons between modern man and primitive man. The short eventually won Stanley the IAC Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Color Out Of Space (film)
''Color Out of Space'' is a 2019 American science fiction Lovecraftian horror film directed and co-written by Richard Stanley, based on the short story " The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft. It stars Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Elliot Knight, Madeleine Arthur, Brendan Meyer, Q'orianka Kilcher and Tommy Chong. This is Stanley's first feature film since his firing from '' The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1996). According to Stanley, it is the first film in a trilogy of Lovecraft adaptations, which he hopes to continue with an adaptation of " The Dunwich Horror". Plot In the wake of his wife Theresa's mastectomy, Nathan Gardner moves his family, including children Lavinia, Benny, and Jack, to his late father's farm. One night, a brilliantly colored meteorite crash-lands in their front yard near the well. The next morning, hydrologist Ward Phillips, who is surveying the area for a dam development, along with the mayor and the sheriff of the nearby town of Arkham, arrive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luz (2019 Film)
''Luz'' also known as ''Luz: The Flower of Evil'' or ''Luz, la flor del mal'' is a 2019 fantasy-western horror film written and directed by Juan Diego Escobar Alzate, featuring Yuri Vargas in the lead role. In October 2019, it was a contender in the Official Fantastic Competition at the SITGES Fantastic Film Festival in Spain. The film gained international recognition as it was part of numerous international film festivals, including the Glasgow Film Festival, Indiecork, Nocturna Madrid, Almería Western Film Festival, Horrible Imaginings, Fantaspoa, Insólito and Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre, among others. It garnered accolades for Best Iberoamerican Film, Best Photography, Best Editing, and Best Acting at various festivals. 'Luz: The Flower of Evil' also clinched the prestigious Silver Skull Award at Mórbido Fest in Mexico, marking its Latin American Premiere. With over 68 official selections at international film festivals, the movie secured 24 awards out of more than 40 nominati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
''Aliens, Clowns & Geeks'' (formerly titled ''Hipsters, Gangsters, Aliens and Geeks'') is a 2019 American science fiction comedy film written and directed by Richard Elfman and starring Bodhi Elfman. The film features Verne Troyer in his final film appearance. Cast *Bodhi Elfman as Eddy Pine *Verne Troyer as Emperor Beezel-Chugg *Steve Agee as Jumbo *French Stewart as Professor von Scheisenberg *George Wendt as Father Mahoney *Rebecca Forsythe as Helga Svenson *Angeline-Rose Troy as Inga Svenson *Nic Novicki as Fritz Release The film premiered at the 2019 Morbido Film Fest in Mexico City. The film was also released as a drive-in double feature along with the director's cut of ''Forbidden Zone'' at the Valley Film Festival on January 30, 2021. It was then released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 7, 2022. Reception The film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on eight reviews. Josh Millican of Dread Central gave the film a positive review and wrote, "This is one of those fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Elfman
Richard Elfman (born March 6, 1949) is an American actor, musician, director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, author and magazine publisher. Early life His younger brother is musician and film composer Danny Elfman, with whom Richard would found the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, a performance art troupe that would later morph into Oingo Boingo, an eclectic band that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. When Richard was four, his family moved to the Crenshaw district, where Elfman excelled as a track champion at Dorsey High School, subsequently becoming an amateur middleweight boxer. Elfman dropped out of college and opened clothing stores adjacent UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley. He moved to Paris in the early 1970s to perform in theater as well as to record music in London. Presently, Elfman lives in the Hollywood Hills. Career Theatre While in Paris, Elfman was a member of Jérôme Savarys musical theater company, ''Le Grand Magic Circus'', which toured Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise Hills (film)
''Paradise Hills'' is a 2019 English-language Spanish science fantasy thriller film directed by Alice Waddington in her feature directorial debut. It stars Milla Jovovich, Eiza González, and Emma Roberts as Uma, a young woman sent to Paradise, a mysterious behavioural modification centre for women who have displeased their families, alongside Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina, Jeremy Irvine, Arnaud Valois. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2019. It was released in Spain on 11 October 2019 by Alfa Pictures and in the United States on 25 October 2019 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Plot At her wedding, rich socialite Uma is toasted by her guests, who compliment her new attitude. Later, she is pinned to a bed by her husband, Son, who happily remarks on how much more obedient she is. Two months earlier, Uma awakens in a strange room and realizes that she is trapped on an island called Paradise. She runs away from her captors, but is caught and retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Waddington
Alice Waddington (born July 31, 1990) is a Spanish film director, writer, photographer and costume designer having developed most of her work in the field of modern cinema. Her directing style is defined by a contemporary approach to the golden era of large-scale-studio genre films (1920s1970s) in production companies such as Hammer Films or Universal's Creature Features; mixed with current surreal humor and sometimes including musical cinema. Early life Born as Irene on July 31, 1990, in Bilbao, Spain to a Catalan forensic psychiatrist and a Galician teacher. She grew up in the blue-collar neighborhood of San Mamés, known for itworking-class prideand industrial surroundings pre-gentrification. During the 1990s, Bilbao was experiencing significant changes and facing various socio-economic challenges, such as terrorism and a heroin crisis, an awareness Alice credits with her first contacts with the abstract ideas of horror. Waddington adopted her stage name at sixteen, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye For An Eye (2019 Film)
''Eye for an Eye'' (; ) is a 2019 drama-thriller film directed by Paco Plaza, written by Juan Galiñanes and Jorge Guerricaechevarría and starring Luis Tosar, Xan Cejudo, Ismael Martínez, Enric Auquer and María Vázquez. The movie follows an elderly drug dealer that gets released from prison due to his health problems and gets admitted in an elderly home. His nurse turns to have had his life tragically affected by the drug dealer's actions. Plot The film opens with Kike (Enric Auquer) on a fishing platform. We see a man with his hands chained together thrown in a large underwater cage. In prison, semi-retired drug lord Antonio Padín (Xan Cejudo) is given a series of tests, showing that his mobility is limited, and decreasing due to an unnamed condition. Padín is released from prison due to his medical state, and picked up by one of his children, Toño (Ismael Martínez) who says he is here to take him home. Kike calls to ask Padín to do with the man they've captured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
