La Hora Fria: Classic Mexican Horror @ the MACC

Don't wait for Halloween! Start the spookfest at the MACC with classic Mexican horror films for free.

"Taking cues from Hollywood and from gothic literature, the horror films of Mexican filmmakers such as Abel Salazar, Fernando Méndez, and Rafael Baledón, recreated classics of the genre in a unique Mexican context, offering new interpretations of classic characters like Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the Werewolf, and incorporating Mexican folk tales like "La Llorona.'"

INFO:
-October 21 to November 6
-All screenings at the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC), located at 600 River St.
-All films in Spanish with English Subtitles
-All films are FREE

FILMS & DATES:

*TODAY*Wednesday, October 21, 8PM
El grito de la muerte / The Living Coffin
Dir: Fernando Méndez
1958, Cast: Gastón Santos, María Duval, Quintín Bulnes, Pedro de Aguillón, Carlos Ancira

Thursday, October 22, 8PM
Misterios de ultratumba / The Black Pit of Dr. M
Dir: Fernando Méndez
1958, Cast: Rafael Bertrand, Gastón Santos, Mapita Cortés, Carlos Ancira, Carolina Barret

Thursday, October 29, 8 PM
El hombre y el monstruo / The Man and the Monster
Dir: Rafael Baledón
1958, Cast: Enrique Rambal, Abel Salazar, Martha Roth, Ofelia Guilmáin, Laura Baledón

Friday, October 30, 8PM
El vampiro / The Vampire
Dir: Fernando Méndez
1957, Cast: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, Carmen Montejo, Germán Robles

Wednesday, November 4, 8PM
El ataúd del vampiro / The Vampire's Coffin
Dir: Fernando Méndez
1957, Cast: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, Germán Robles, Yerye Beirute, Alicia Montoya

Friday, November 6, 8PM
La maldición de la llorona / The Curse of the Crying Woman
Dir: Rafael Baledón
1961, Cast: Rosita Arenas, Abel Salazar, Rita Macedo, Carlos López, Enrique Lucero