Curandero (2005)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Eduardo Rodriguez

Writer:

Robert Rodriguez (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A journey that takes one man into the bowels of black magic in Mexico City |

Plot Keywords:

Mexico City | Black Magic | Healer | Witch Doctor

Cast

Carlos Gallardo	...	Curandero
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sergio Acosta	...	Oscar
Gizeht Galatea	...	Maggie
Gabriel Pingarrón	...	Castaneda
José Carlos Ruiz	...	Don Carlos
Ernesto Yáñez	...	Don Chi Chi
Jorge Zepeda	...	Comandante

MPAA:

Rated R for grisly images, violence and language.

Country:

USA | Mexico

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company:

Bad Egg Productions

Trivia:

The title roughly translates to "The Healer".

Raw Horror

I also saw this movie at Screamfest and I loved it. The story was great and kudos to Eduardo Rodriguez for an excellent job at directing and editing this film. The look of the film was great, real gritty and plenty of blood. It's good to see a fictional insight into a real world that deals with criminals and black magic. It's nice to go watch a horror movie that does not involve silly teenagers or is bombarded with the in-style music of the time. Sure, there are some movies like that, that I enjoy, but I prefer the more realistic ones. This movie contains a little bit of everything including the supernatural, but it lets the audience decide whether it's real or not.