Tag: morbidofilmfestival

Morbido 2019 Review: RENDEZ-VOUS, A Strong Single-Take Thriller From Mexico

Lili is excited and nervous about her date with Eduardo. She me him on an online dating service app. The night starts a little rocky at first, Eduardo is half an hour late and not answering his phone. He finally...

Morbido 2018: Call For Submissions Now Open

Let's say you got a film coming out this year and you have not settled on where to have your Mexican-slash-LatAm-slash-HeckEvenWorld Premiere. May we suggest to you that you give serious thought to submitting your film to our friends at...

TERRIFIED (ATERRADOS): Grupo Morbido Scares up LatAm Theatrical Deal For Argentine Shocker

Terrific news from Screen Daily yesterday for our good friends at Grupo Morbido and Demian Rugna, director of the great shocker Terrified (Aterrados), and his production team in Argentina.   Grupo Mórbido, the Mexican distributor run by Mórbido Film Fest...

ATROCIOUS (ATROZ): Check Out This Brutal Trailer For The Mexican Horror Flick

If I turn up dead, or drunk, in Mexico when I am down to cover the Morbido Film Festival in a couple weeks I want Atroz/Atrocious director Lex Ortega to be brought in for questioning first. Lex's debut feature film is about...

Morbido Fest 2014 Dispatch 2: [REC] 4, THE GREEN INFERNO, THE STRANGER And More Stir The Senses

What a fantastic day at the Morbido Film Fest! I got to spend time walking around the zocalo (town square), just a minute from the hotel where I'm staying here in Puebla, Mexico, visiting a bookstore and milling along with...

Morbido Fest 2014, Dispatch 1: FEED THE LIGHT, EL INCIDENTE, And TEKUANI Explore Limits Of The Human Psyche

"We're under the volcano," said filmmaker Richard Stanley, referring to the novel by Malcolm Lowry, adapted for the screen by John Huston in 1984, and the location of the Morbido Film Festival in 2014. The tops of volcanoes were enshrouded...