For me doing my segment DIA DAY LOS MUERTOS (Day of the Dead) was perfect for me! I have always had an obsession with that specific Mexican holiday due to its richness and beauty. GG: MEXICO BARBARO is about legends and traditions of Mexico with an original horror twist to them. SHOCK: How does DIA DE LOS MUERTOS fit in the anthology? Not only that, but the idea was so different and unique I loved how it was all about the memorable traditions and legends of Mexico. My dream has always been to be able to represent where I am from and this project was exactly what I wanted to take part in. I was so honored to take part in a Mexican anthology especially because I moved away from Mexico when I was young. But then he started telling me about his new project MEXICO BARBARO and who the other directors involved and I immediately saw the opportunity. We were both competing on ABCs OF DEATH 2 at the time.
GG: The creator of MEXICO BARBARO who is incredibly talented and a twisted filmmaker, Lex Ortega, approached me. SHOCK: How were you approached to join MEXICO BARBARO? What was the pitch, and why did you want to be a part of it? But in all honestly Horror fans in general from around the world are THE BEST fans and the most passionate. They are there for the love of filmmaking. These are the kinds of fans that filmmakers appreciate because they ask many question and will continue to follow your work.
I have never been at a festival where I saw sold out screenings all the time and felt so close to the fans. GG: I have been lucky enough to go to most of these festivals and they are absolutely stunning! Not only are the fans so passionate, but they are committed. What are Mexican genre fans like? What kinds of films do they want to see? SHOCK: Mexico has a thriving horror and fantastic film festival industry with Morbido, Feratum, and Macabro festivals. But taking horror aside, Mexico has been blessed with the incredible talent of Alejandro Gonzales Iñarritu and my most favorite Alfonso Cuaron who made the masterpiece CHILDREN OF MEN. Today there are so many fantastic new genre directors in Mexico such an Edgar Nito, and of course Jorge Michel Grau who made WE ARE WHAT WE ARE. GIGI GUERRERO: Guillermo del Toro is one of my most favorite film directors from Mexico! However, Mexico has had many incredible filmmakers from other parts of the world who kicked off their careers there such as Luis Buñuel.
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It is Guerreros zombie stripper extravaganza DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, however, that is a part of the new horror anthology MEXICO BARBARO, out on DVD/Digital Download on Novemfrom Dark Sky Films. Her short DEAD CROSSING combines zombies and border crossing immigrants her gruesome EL MATADOR is about a demented killer playing out a perverted fantasy of bullfighting with his victims 2015s EL GIGANTE was so successfully screened at major genre film festivals like Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, that a feature version is in development her very latest, MADRE DE DIOS, is a delightfully obscene depiction of Latin Americas cult of the Virgin Mary.
In 2015, theres a burgeoning movement of contemporary horror pictures coming out of Mexico, with director Gigi Saul Guerrero at the forefront. But a visit to any of Mexicos fantastic film festivals Morbido, Feratum, and Macabro will turn up a steady supply of new Mexican horror filmmaking talent. His films THE DEVILS BACKBONE and CRONOS are probably the most well-known horror movies to come out of that nation. Of course when you think of Mexican Horror films, Guillermo del Toro comes to mind. SHOCK’s Heidi Honeycutt talks to cutting-edge Mexican director Gigi Guerrero about her part in the anthology film MEXICO BARBARO.
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