By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT
From October 30 through November 10, Mexico City will host the best in international genre cinema with the return of Morbido Fest. Now in its seventeenth year, the twelve-day movie exposition is Latin America’s only Spanish-speaking film festival and a celebration of horror films from around the globe. This year’s event will feature three world premieres and 27 Latin American premieres of movies that made their debuts at such prestigious film festivals as Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Sundance, Annecy, Sitges, Tribeca and SXSW. Morbido’s official selection comprises 100 short films and 52 feature-length films, nine documentaries and the big-screen return of three classics.
Morbido Fest 17’s official poster: “El Nene” by José Manuel Schmill Ordonez
Highlights will include a screening of Isaac Ezban’s Parvulos, the Latin American debuts of Terrifier 3 and Witchboard, a double feature of Tobe Hooper’s classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Alexandre O. Phillipe’s documentary Chain Reactions, and a special showing of the restoration of the 1980 cult film The Savage Hunt of King Stakh by Valeri Rubinchik. However, Mexican horror cinema is the real centerpiece of this year’s Morbido Fest, with a screening of Edgar Nito’s folk horror A Fisherman’s Tale and the triumphant return of filmmaker Rigoberto Castañeda (Origin Unkown, Karem the Possession) with his latest film, Night Shift.
This year’s Morbido Fest guest list is a veritable who’s who of international talent and horror luminaries, featuring appearances by filmmakers Isaac Ezban, Chuck Russell, Carles Torrens, Rigoberto Castañeda, Edgar Nito, Julio Hernandez Cordón, Federico Cecchetti, Alejandro G. Alegre and Chris Nunn.
For more information go to the official Morbido Film Fest Facebook page. Follow Morbido Fest on X @morbidofest.
