Episode Details

Episode 06: Horror of Latin America

This episode was recorded on August 8, 2023 and posted on September 9, 2023.

Content Warning: Vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 6
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Vincente from Beyond the Frame
• Today's Topic: Horror of Latin America

Discussion of Latin American Cultures in Horror

• Our experiences with Latin American Horror
• Representation gap of Latin American cultures in film
• Why are horror films more prominent in Latin cultures than others in the U.S?
• Major themes in British horror: colonialism/political corruption, Christianity, and femicide
• Vincente's favorite folklore and urban legends from Chile - Trauco

Worst & Best Representations of Latin American Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• Caleuche: El llamado del Mar (2012) - Vincente
• The Untamed (2016) - Vincente
• Menendez: Day of the Lord (2020) - Suzie
• We Are the Flesh (2016) - Suzie
• The Curse of La Llorona (2019) - Lonely

Best

• La Llorona (2019) - Vincente
• Bestia (2021) - Vincente
• Terrified (2017) - Suzie & Vincente
• Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) - Suzie & Lonely
• The Similars (2016) - Suzie

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• We Are What We Are (2010)
• Visceral: Between the Ropes of Madness (2012)
• Aftershock (2012)
• Downhill (2016)

Final Thoughts

• If you could sum up where you want to see the future of Latinx storytelling in horror, what would be your highlights?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Vincente's reviews and film analyses on Instagram - @beyondtheframe._ !

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

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