There are only a few days left until the Macabre Film Festival, a film festival that has reached its 13th edition this year and will be held from the Aug. 21 to 31. The Macabro Film Festival will take place in Mexico (Apartado Postal 77-A Centro Cívico, Cd. Satélite, 53100 Mexico City) and is dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of genre cinema by embracing contemporary films without neglecting those of the past.
Full-bodied is the program of this extraordinary event that gives space to feature films, short films (divided by categories), Mexican classics (Terror del Rudo), documentaries, video clips and special events proposing moreover some premieres.
Also among the selected films Mamula by Serbian Milan Todorovic, Truth or Dare By Jessica Cameron, Asmodexia by Marc Carreté, Contracted by Eric England, Septic Man by Jesse Thomas Cook, Deep Sleep of Argentina's Luciano Onetti but also two Italian titles: The Perfect Husband by Lucas Pavetto and The lady of the twelve nights By John Aloiso.
For more information about the program we invite you to reach the official website of the Festival.
Below are all the films, short films and video clips from this 13th edition of the Macabre Film Festival.
Previews:
- American Mummy 3D By Charles Pinion (United States - 2014)
- Asmodexia By Marc Carreté (Spain - 2014)
Official Feature Film Selection:
- Dead Banging By Eiji Uchida (Japan - 2013)
- The Curse of Styria by Mauricio Chernovetzky and Mark Devendorf (Hungary/United States - 2014)
- The Banshee Chapter By Blair Erickson (Germany / United States - 2013)
- The Demon's Rook By James Sizemore (United States - 2013)
- Contracted By Eric England (United States - 2013)
- Devil in my ride By Gary Michael Schultz (United States - 2013)
- Discopath By Renaud Gauthier (Canada - 2013)
- Sapi - Posession By Brillante Ma Mendoza (Philippines - 2013)
- El día trajo a la oscuridad by Martín de Salvo (Argentina - 2013)
- Savaged By Michael S. Ojeda (United States - 2013)
- La segunda muerte By Santiago Fernández Calvete (Argentina - 2012)
- Septic Man By Jesse Thomas Cook (United States - 2013)
- Mamula By Milan Todorovic (Serbia - 2014)
- TikTik By Erik Matti (Philippines - 2013)
- Queen By Javier Ávila (Mexico - 2013)
Selection of classic Mexican films (Terror of the Rudo):
- Leyendas macabras de la colonia by Arturo Martínez (1973)
- Los vampiros de Coyoacán by Arturo Martínez (1974)
- Santo vs. Las mujeres vampiro by Alfonso Corona Blake (1962)
- Las momias de Guanajuato by Federico Curiel (1970)
- La horripilante bestia humana by René Cardona (1969)
- Santo contra el Doctor Muerte by Rafael Romero Marchent (1969)
- Blue Demon contra los cerebros infernales by Chano Urueta (1968)
- Las mujeres pantera by René Cardona (1967)
- El fantasma contra la aldea de los zombies by Julio Aldama Jr. (2007)
- El fantasma contra la maldición de la pirámide by Julio Aldama Jr. (2007)
Short films inspired by Mexican popular culture:
- El Ataque de las Colegialas Caníbales by Rubén Armenta (Mexico - 2008)
- Vudú Plata by Gamaliel de Santiago (Mexico - 2005), 14 min.
- Papá Wrestling by Fernando Alle (Portugal - 2009), 9 min.
- Santo contra los zombies de Kaleta by Luigi DevOrosManolivich (Mexico - 2009), 8 min.
Macabre proposal for the documentary section:
- Más allá del mall By Miguel Alvear (Ecuador - 2010)
- From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie By Calum Waddell (United Kingdom - 2012)
- Frankenstein no asusta en Colombia By Erick Zúñiga (Colombia - 2013)
- Slice and say: The Slasher film forever By Calum Waddell (United Kingdom - 2012)
MÉXICO MACABRO Section:
- Piel rota By Leopoldo Laborde (Mexico - 2014)
- The Stunt By Sathanapong Limwongthong (Thailand - 2013)
- Trailer War by Joe Dante (United States - 2012)
- Berberian Sound Studio: la inquisición del sonido By Peter Strickland (United Kingdom - 2013)
- Deep sleep By Luciano Onetti (Argentina - 2013)
Macabre Proposal - Fenaco Festival:
- La niña tumbada by Luigi Orso Súmar (Peru - 2010), 9 min.
- Bésame mucho by Víctor Hugo Awapara Albarracín (Peru), 10 min
- Corazón delator by Claudio Ceino Gordillo (Peru - 2010), 23 min.
- Allá por la 212 by Jorge Monsalve (Peru), 17 min.
- Llaman by Patricio Baca Olcese (Peru), 14 min.
- Secretos para cocinar una relación saludable by Daniel Martín Rodríguez (Peru), 14 min.
Proposal Macabre CUTOUT FEST:
- CutOut Fest Opening titles (Mexico - 2013), 1 min.
- La Fábrica by Broken Fingaz (Mexico, Israel - 2013), 2 min.
- Lilies By Peter Sluszka (United States - 2013), 10 min.
- Lonely Bones of Rosto (France - 2013), 10 min.
- Kick-Heart By Masaaki Yuasa (Japan - 2012), 13 min.
- The Sad House by Sofía Carrillo (Mexico - 2013), 13 min.
- Ex Animo by Wojciech Wojtkowski (Poland - 2013), 6:52 min.
- Dynamics of the Subway By Keita Onishi (Japan - 2012), 4:21 min.
- Futon By Yoriko Mizushiri (Japan - 2012), 6:03 min.
- Cargo Cult by Bastien Dubois (France - 2013), 12 min.
Macabre Fantástico:
- Channeling By Drew Thomas (United States - 2013)
- Greatful Dead By Eiji Uchida (Japan - 2013)
- La mujer que hablaba con los muertos by César del Álamo (Spain - 2014)
Z-Xtreme:
- Visceral, entre las cuerdas de la locura By Felipe Eluti (Chile - 2013)
- Mar Negro by Rodrigo Aragão (Brazil - 2013)
- The Perfect Husband By Lucas Pavetto (Italy - 2013)
- Truth or Dare By Jessica Cameron (United States - 2013)
- Trash 2: Las Tetas de Ana L. by Alejo Rébora (Argentina - 2013)
Short films separated into categories.
Legends, myths and mysteries (Mexican films):
- Mother by Alejandro Díaz San Vicente (2014), 20 min.
- Mariachi loco by Oliver Izquierdo Gorostieta (2014), 20 min.
- Los archivos de Santa Teresa by Ricardo Velazko (2013)
- Cuentos y leyendas de nahuales by Humberto Isaías and Garrido Díaz (2014), 9 min.
- Breve historia del cine de terror mexicano by Jalil Majul González (2014), 16 min
Collection of sinister animations:
- El gran líder by Francisco Javier and Jiménez Cabrera (Mexico - 2014), 10 min.
- Del apéndice humano y la comunicación interdimensional con los inframundos mágicos by Adrián Quintero (Mexico - 2013), 9 min.
- You lunchai by Hannes Rall (Germany - 2014), 9 min
- ¿Qué es la guerra ? by Luis Beltrán (Mexico - 2013), 10 min.
- Canis by Anna Solanas and Marc Riba (Spain - 2013), 17 min.
- El modelo de Pickman by Pablo Ángeles (Mexico - 2014), 10 min.
- The Cold Heart by Hannes Rall (Germany - 2013), 29 min.
Technological horrors:
- "M" is for Mobile by Gabriel Guzmán Sánchez (Mexico - 2013), 10 min.
- Al otro lado By Conrad Mess (Spain - 2014), 17 min.
- Headshot by Pawel J.M. Zdanowski (Poland - 2013), 14 min.
- Speed-F*cking by François Vieux (France - 2014), 12 min.
- People Search by Sergio Colmenar (Spain - 2013), 19 min.
Classic horror stories:
- Exit by Michel Goossens (Spain - 2013), 16 min.
- Zona de caza by Jordi Romero (Spain - 2013), 17 min.
- Let God Sort Them Out by Cédric Le Men (France - 2013), 13 min.
- Cólera by Aritz Moreno (Spain - 2013), 7 min.
- 47 by Katalin Karolyi (United Kingdom - 2013), 19 min.
- Sequence by Carles Torrens (United Kingdom - 2013), 20 min.
Creepy children:
- Timothy by Marc Martínez Jordán (Spain - 2013), 10 min.
- I am Candy by J.B. Minerva (Mexico - 2013), 10 min.
- The lady of the twelve nights by Giovanni Aloiso (Italy - 2014), 18 min.
- Fenómeno - El efecto Poltergeist by Leonardo Arturo Domínguez (Mexico - 2013), 11 min.
- Mr. Dentonn by Iván Villamel Sánchez (Spain - 2014), 9 min.
- Bendición de madre By Lex Ortega (Mexico - 2013), 8 min.
- The Heebie-Jeebies by Todd Slawsby (United States - 2013), 9 min.
Visions of death:
- Al morir la vie By Alex Argüelles (Mexico - 2014), 20 min.
- Dark by César García (Mexico - 2014), 8 min.
- Polvo eres by David Muñoz Velasco (Mexico - 2013), 13 min.
- Ars Moriendi by Amaranta Chávez Monterrubio (Mexico - 2013), 15 min.
- Ulterior By Sabrina Muhate (Mexico - 2014), 9 min.
- ¡Corte! by Lorena Piazza (Mexico - 2013), 17 min.
Police, killers and fear:
- Selfish People by Jaebin Han (South Korea - 2013), 30 min.
- Noche Negra by Jean Luc Baillet (France - 2013), 8 min.
- Paranoia by Blazej Kujawa (Poland - 2014), 19 min.
- Goldfield by Alan King (Australia - 2013), 15 min.
Psychopathic serial killers:
- Dolls by Kelly Holmes (United Kingdom - 2013), 4 min.
- O Florist by Filipi Silveira (Brazil - 2012), 18 min.
- Relaciones cortantes By Daniel Torres Storni (Argentina - 2013), 6 min.
- Ceramic Tango By Patricia Chica (El Salvador - 2013), 10 min.
- El matador by Gigi Saúl Guerrero (Mexico - 2013), 4 min.
- Apostemos una bala by Leslie Montero (Mexico - 2014), 7 min.
- Kiss of Vengance by Fernando Barreda Luna (Mexico - 2013), 20 min.
Wraiths and possessions:
- El Celador by Raúl Bribiesca (Mexico - 2014), 16 min.
- Tub by Gloria Endres de Oliveira (Germany - 2014), 7 min.
- 24 horas with Lucía by Marco Cabotá (Spain - 2013), 15 min.
- El huésped by Carlos Méndez (Mexico - 2011), 27 min.
- Vibraciones By Los hermanos Guis (Spain - 2014), 12 min.
Stories of "Terror orgánico y carne":
- Familiar By Richard Powell (United States - 2012)
- Dring of the Dead by Mathieu Auvray and Gael Pouvreau (France - 2013), 5 min.
- Split by Andy Stewart (United Kingdom - 2013), 18 min.
- Carlos Nigro's Meat (Brazil - 2013), 20 min.
- Amour Monstre by Julien Lecat (France - 2012), 14 min.
Aurora Nocturna official video clip selection:
- A.M.A. By Alan Masferrer (Spain - 2013), 4 min.
- Baby I love you By Faiyaz Jafri (United States - 2013), 2 min.
- Pantano Blues by Carlos A. Quirós (Spain - 2013), 6 min.
- Bite Horse by Sam Walker (United Kingdom - 2012), 7 min.
- Cenapse #2 by Ramin Rahimi (Iran - 2014), 3 min.
- Easy o the Eye by Stanislava Buevich (United Kingdom - 2012), 4 min.
