The 5 Mexican horror movies so creepy you won’t want to close your eyes

With two major celebrations so close together, such as National Month and of course Day of the Dead, or Halloween in some regions, the opportunity to bring the best of both worlds together and review some of the Mexican horror movies.

holy blood

Although it is the Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, ‘holy blood’ It is one of the best Mexican horror movies.. Released in 1989, this story follows Felix, the son of a knife thrower and a trapeze artist. After a family tragedy, the boy is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

The chosen ones

They say horror is most real when it’s something anyone can relate to. ‘The Chosen’ is a horror drama that portrays the situation of human trafficking. Sofía and Ulises seem like a normal couple, but a secret could destroy them, and not just them.

We are what we are

In the same row there is also one of the crudest Mexican horror movies of recent years as it is ‘We are what we are’with Paulina Gaitán, Daniel Giménez Cacho, among others. The story follows a family of cannibals, where one of the young men must assume the position of the recently deceased patriarch.

Barbarian Mexico

For this anthology of various horror shorts, several directors such as Jorge Michael Grau, Isaac Ezban, Laurette Flores, among others, have hired several urban legends to play them in ‘México Bárbaro’, with some plots so disturbing that you won’t believe they are real.

Atrocious

From director Lex Ortega, with the participation of Carlos Padilla, Dana Karvelas and others, we have ‘Atrocious’, one of the most underrated Mexican horror movies. The story follows two serial killers, who are arrested by the police and confiscated from videotapes containing brutal murders.

Canoe

Finally, one of the most disturbing Mexican films that have existed in the history of national cinema is ‘Canoa’. Based on real events, on a tragedy in Puebla, on a priest who forces the villagers to kill young people.