Shudder has shared a trailer, poster and images for Rita, the fantasy horror from writer-director Jayro Bustamante. The film follows 13-year-old Rita as she is placed in an oppressive orphanage after running away from home, where the girls plot their escape to claim their freedom and expose the abuse and exploitation that takes place within […]
Movie Review – La Llorona (2019)
La Llorona, 2019. Written and directed by Jayro Bustamante. Starring María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Julio Diaz, and Margarita Kenéfic. SYNOPSIS: An aging paranoid dictator, protected by an witchcrafting wife, faces death and the uprising of his people in Guatemala. Atypical of Hollywood’s tendency to soullessly remake successful foreign-language horror hits, in the […]
Shudder releases trailer for Guatemalan horror-thriller La Llorona
Shudder has released a trailer, poster and images for the Guatemalan horror-thriller La Llorona ahead of its arrival on the streaming service next month. Directed by Jayro Bustamante, the film tells the story of an aging paranoid dictator who is faced with a horde of angry protestors and a wrathful supernatural force looking to seek retribution […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Tremors
Tremors, 2019. Directed by Jayro Bustamante. Starring Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadua, Sabrina de la Hoz, Maria Telon and Rui Frati. SYNOPSIS: In Guatemala, a man’s decision to come out as gay causes problems with his evangelical Christian family, not to mention his wife and kids. The opening scenes of Guatemalan drama […]
BIFF 2015 Movie Review – Ixcanul Volcano (2015)
Ixcanul Volcano, 2015. Directed by Jayro Bustamante. Starring Maria Mercedes Coroy, Maria Telon, Manuel Antun, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin Coroy. SYNOPSIS Maria is a 17 year old Mayan girl who lives and works on a coffee plantation with her family. Despite the arranged marriage that awaits her, Maria dreams of escaping to the city, but then an unwanted pregnancy […]
