This Spectober, we are proud to present a duo of made for TV mexican horror films from the early-90s, plus a bonus slasher from Vacations of Terror 2 director Pedro Galindo III (also starring Pedro Fernandez).
VACATIONS OF TERROR aka VACACIONES DE TERROR
Dir. Rene Cardona III, 1989
Mexico, 88 min
In Spanish with English subtitles
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 – 10pm
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 – 5pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 – 7:30pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 – 7:30pm
An evil witch gets burned at the stake, but not before vowing to return and get her revenge. A hundred years later a family arrived to spend their vacation at a summer home located in the same immediate countryside area where the witch was killed. Trouble ensues when little girl daughter Gaby finds an ugly doll that’s possessed by the lethal spirit of the malevolent witch.
Low budget gothic made for TV glory that gained cult notoriety over the years from repeated cable plays – relatively tame by modern standards, but while it lacks gore, it more than compensates with a wild and occasionally unnerving tone (and a truly nightmarish doll).
VACATIONS OF TERROR 2 aka VACACIONES DE TERROR 2
Dir. Pedro Galindo III, 1991
86 min, Mexico
In Spanish with English subtitles
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 – MIDNIGHT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 – 10pm
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 – 7:30pm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 – MIDNIGHT
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 – 10pm
The diabolical doll and Pedro return in this sequel. Julio is invited to a birthday party for a little girl on Halloween in a closed movie studio. At the party, he notices she has a doll that resembles the one that his little sister had.
Notably wilder and more effects heavy than the first entry in the series, Pedro Fernandez is the only cast holdover in this amped up follow up to VACATIONS OF TERROR. Also features a starring turn (and an absurdly catchy single) by Mexican singer and Grammy award winner Tatiana.
HELL’S TRAP aka TRAMPA INFERNAL
Dir. Pedro Galindo III, 1990
77 min, Mexico
In Spanish with English subtitles
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 06 – 10:00 PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 09 – 5:00 PM
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 – 7:30 PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 – 7:30 PM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 – 10:00 PM
Seven young people go to a desolated forest looking for a bear, what they don’t know is that a crazy Vietnam vet lives there and he is waiting for fresh blood.
Somewhere between Just Before Dawn, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Rambo sits the delightful sort-of-horror-sort-of-action pulp flick HELL’S TRAP. Boasts a likable goofball cast of adult-teenagers, a genuinely unnerving mask, a direct Freddy-claw rip-off villain, plus a mean and lean runtime of 77 minutes. What’s not to love?