Oct – Nov 2022 Film Calendar

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Muñecos infernales with Hasta el viento tiene miedo

Sun, Oct 23 | 2pm | TMT

Muñecos infernales (The Curse of the Doll People)

Stealing religious artifacts for private collec- tions is never a good idea. When perpetrators of such sacrilege start dying under mysterious circumstances, a scholar and a medical doctor trying to unravel this enigma come face to face with Zandor, a powerful voodoo warlock and his band of harrowing doll-men assassins. While politics and cultural appropriation might be muddled in this creepy tale, in all fairness, Zandor’s revenge has a very solid point.

DIRECTOR: Benito Alazraki.

WRITTEN BY: Alfredo Salazar.

CAST: Elvira Quintana, Ramón Gay, Roberto G. Rivera, Quintín Bulnes. 1961. 80 min. Mexico. B&W. Spanish. DCP. Courtesy of Cinematográfica Calderón. Special thanks to Viviana García Besné.

Hasta el viento tiene miedo (Even the Wind Is Afraid)

Stepping aside from the realm of luchadores, monsters, and delirious absurdity, writer- director Carlos Enrique Taboada falls back on time-tested gothic traditions. Claudia lives in an all-girls boarding school. She is plagued by nightmares of a student who died of suicide. As other pupils become aware of her presence, the headmistress suppresses any mention of her. It soon becomes apparent a dark secret is being protected which the ghost is determined to uncover.

DIRECTOR: Carlos Enrique Taboada.

WRITTEN BY: Carlos Enrique Taboada.

CAST: Marga López, Maricruz Olivier, Alicia Bonet, Norma Lazareno. 1968. 90 min. Mexico. Color. Spanish. DCP. Courtesy of Nuevo Cinema Latino. Special thanks to VCI Entertainment.

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