Mórbido Fest is an annual fantasy and horror

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. Known as "Mexico’s Premier Horror Event", it was founded in 2008 by Pablo Guisa Koestinger and is a member of the

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History

Prior guests include

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, Barbara Crampton,

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Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as ''Ring'' (1998), ''Ring 2'' (1999) and '' Dark Water'' (2002). Several of these ...

John Landis John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), The Blues Brothers (f ...

and

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. 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 ''

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'', '' The Wailing'', ''

Miruthan ''Miruthan'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action horror film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan, starring Ravi Mohan (credited as Jayam Ravi), Lakshmi Menon, Anikha Surendran and Kaali Venkat. D. Imman composed the music, while ...

'', '' Scare Campaign'', ''

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'', '' 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

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's ''

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'' , Alice Waddington’s feature debut '' Paradise Hills'' and

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's '' Aliens, Clowns & Geeks''. Juan Diego Escobar Alzate's film '' Luz'' won the Calavera de Plata at the festival while the Golden Skull / Audience Award went to '' Colour out of Space'' by Richard Stanley. The 2022 edition took place October 26 to November 2 at

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 Esp ...

and featured 79 short films and 30 feature-length films, including '' Huesera: The Bone Woman'' and ''

Satanic Hispanics ''Satanic Hispanics'' is a 2022 horror anthology film written by Alejandro Méndez, Demián Rugna, Lino K. Villa and Pete Barnstrom, directed by Mike Mendez, Demián Rugna, Eduardo Sánchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués and starri ...

''. The 2024 edition took place October 30 to November 10. It showcased 100 short films and 52 feature films from around the world. After winning at the festival,

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acquired sales for 2024

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found footage horror movie ''The Devil’s Teardrop''.

References

{{Reflist Film festivals in Mexico Film festivals established in 2008 Annual events in Mexico