Continuing to take part in the ICM Horror,and Latin America Challenges, I took a look for a non-Gothic Horror from the Mexican Horror titles I've got waiting to be viewed. Taken by enticing screen shots online, I listened out for the cry from the bewitched.
View on the film:
Filmed on location under a roasting Cuban sun, director Alfredo B. Crevenna & cinematographer fire up a scorching hot atmosphere in the sugar plantation, flaming up in stylish wide-shots spanning Yambao performing voodoo rituals. Whilst treating voodoo with some level of respect (no scenes of chickens being killed!) the screenplay by Julio Alejandro and Julio Albo sadly does not match the simmering mood Crevenna casts, by being rather dry, as Yambao arriving with the spirit of a murdered sorceress brings little growth in tension to the plantation.
Surprisingly appearing naked, stunning Ninon Sevilla brings the film to life with a excellent performance, hypnotising the viewer with the swing of her hips in lively dance numbers, being matched by Sevilla bringing out a passion to Yambao's sways of revenge on the cry of the bewitched.
View on the film:
Filmed on location under a roasting Cuban sun, director Alfredo B. Crevenna & cinematographer fire up a scorching hot atmosphere in the sugar plantation, flaming up in stylish wide-shots spanning Yambao performing voodoo rituals. Whilst treating voodoo with some level of respect (no scenes of chickens being killed!) the screenplay by Julio Alejandro and Julio Albo sadly does not match the simmering mood Crevenna casts, by being rather dry, as Yambao arriving with the spirit of a murdered sorceress brings little growth in tension to the plantation.
Surprisingly appearing naked, stunning Ninon Sevilla brings the film to life with a excellent performance, hypnotising the viewer with the swing of her hips in lively dance numbers, being matched by Sevilla bringing out a passion to Yambao's sways of revenge on the cry of the bewitched.