Tag: Mexico

History of Día de Muertos & the Mexican Sugar Skull Tradition

LINK: MexicanSugarSkull.com PRESENTS Day of the Dead & the Sugar Skull Tradition

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#POCtober: Watch “An Evening with Guillermo del Toro”

LINK: WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE ON VIMEO

On Saturday, April 25, 2015, Guillermo del Toro took the Castro Theatre stage with San Francisco Film Society Executive Director Noah Cowan to discuss his career and inspirations as part of the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival, at which he received the Irving M Levin Directing Award.

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#POCtober: Complex Magazine Picks The 10 Best Latin American Horror Movies

LINK: COMPLEX TOP TEN LATIN HORROR FILMS

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#POCtober: In Mexico, ‘death’ lurks around every corner

Day of the Dead in Chiapas

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#POCtober: Vampires Beyond the Mythology of Europe

Thanks to Bram Stoker’s Dracula and all the eventual Hollywood adaptations of that prim, Victorian body horror, much of the west sees vampires from a very narrowly European perspective. But the living dead and tales of feinds lapping up the blood of mere mortals are recurring fixtures through out the world’s folklore and popular cultures. Below are listed but a few of the world’s many and varied takes on these creatures and the lore that makes them a global trope in supernatural story telling.

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Vampires Throughout Asia

Native American Vampires of Myth and Legend

African Vampire Mythology

Bloodthirsty Vampires Of India

Bats in South American Folklore and Ancient Art

Enchanted Doorway: Vampires in Japanese Myth

Algul: The Arabic Vampire

The Camazotz of Mayan Legend

True Vampires of the Philippines and Malaysia

Beyond Twilight: 9 Lesser-Known Vampires

Vampire Legends from around the World: Australia & Asia

#POCtober: Sketches by Guillermo del Toro

LINK: Taking You Inside the Director’s Wildly Creative Imagination

#POCtober: Official Trailer & More for Horror Anthology ‘México Bárbaro’

Check it out at horror-movies.ca.

#POCtober: Behind the Scenes of Guillermo del Toro’s “Crimson Peak” VIDEO

Watch a New CRIMSON PEAK Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

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Dark Sky Films release dates for horror anthology ‘Mexico Barbaro’

LINK: READ ABOUT IT IN DAILY DEAD

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Comic Take On The Life Story Of Frida Kahlo

LINK Philadelphia Artist Sissy Biscuit Renders Mexican Icon In Cartoon Form

Portraits of Young Frida Kahlo by Her Father Guillermo Kahlo (10)