by Eric Ortiz | May 14, 2024 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Luke Azevedo, the Film Commissioner of Calgary, didn’t hesitate when I asked him: What would he say to someone to convince them to shoot a genre film or series in the Canadian province of Alberta? “Watch The Last of Us series that was just...
by Eric Ortiz | Mar 6, 2024 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) The Mexican horror thriller Disappear Completely (Desaparecer por completo, 2022) follows Santiago (Harold Torres), a “red note” photographer who works for a sensationalist newspaper. Although he usually captures dead people with his...
by Eric Ortiz | Feb 26, 2024 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Out of Darkness (2022) is a survival movie, with thriller and horror elements, set 45,000 years ago. It was previously known as The Origin, when it played at Sitges and Fantastic Fest. Seeking food and shelter, six people decided to...
by Eric Ortiz | Feb 9, 2024 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Demons in the Closet (2023) is a blood-soaked claymation short film, in which the protagonist slays a bunch of human-eating demons that come from a supernatural realm inside his closet. It was directed by James Smith, a young self-taught...
by Eric Ortiz | Feb 1, 2024 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) A satanic ritual goes terribly wrong for the worshipers in Abby Falvo’s short film *666 (2022), which shows two women (Karlee Liljegren and Angie St. Mars) as they perform a ritual that involves candles, blood, a spell book, and the...
by Eric Ortiz | Jan 27, 2024 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Legend of El Cucuy (2023) is a horror fantasy short film that addresses the difficulties of raising children. Laura (Diana Sanchez) and Carlos (Effie Cacarnakis), an American couple of Latino origin, opted to nurture their daughter Isabel...
