Hi, folks. This month I'm gonna tell you about five upcoming films that will come out of South America in the next year. Some are in pre-production, some are in post-production, and some are already finished and awaiting their release all over the globe. All of the following movies promise to be original and interesting, and even if the budgets can vary, the talent doesn't. I promise to do a follow up article with more "south of the border" horror soon.

1. CALEUCHE: THE CALL OF THE SEA (Chile), directed by Jorge Olguin

Jorge Olguin was the first horror director to come out of Chile in decades. His films ANGEL NEGRO and ETERNAL BLOOD were distributed in the US on DVD and were hits in cinemas ... (more…)

PLAGA ZOMBIE: TOXIC REVOLUTION FROM ARGENTINA


Back in 1997, a group of 17-year-old friends from the town of Haedo, Argentina, created PLAGA ZOMBIE, a living dead comedy shot for just $187 on an old VHS camera. It turned out to be a revolutionary movie, which (four years later) spawned ZONA MUTANTE, a professional and bigger budget sequel that was picked up by Fangoria Video for its US release. That amazing double DVD edition was full of extras, and included a re-mastered version of Part 1 as an extra on a separate disc.

Now, four years after part two screened at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain and at Fantasia in Canada, Farsa Producciones is preparing the long awaited new sequel to PLAGA ... (more…)