Borderland (2007)

On a trip to a Mexican border town, three college friends stumble upon a human-sacrifice cult.

Director:

Zev Berman

Writers:

Eric Poppen, Zev Berman

Stars:

Brian Presley, Rider Strong, Jake Muxworthy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brian Presley	...	Ed
Rider Strong	...	Phil
Jake Muxworthy	...	Henry
Beto Cuevas	...	Santillan
Martha Higareda	...	Valeria
Sean Astin	...	Randall
Damián Alcázar	...	Ulises
Marco Bacuzzi	...	Gustavo
Roberto Sosa	...	Luis
José María Yazpik	...	Zoilo
Humberto Busto	...	Mario
Elizabeth Cervantes	...	Anna
Francesca Guillén	...	Lupe
Alenka Rios	...	Amelia
Tomás Goros	...	Captain Ramirez

Storyline

Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group of new ones to prepare for a sacrifice.

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Plot Keywords:

mexico | human sacrifice | cult | drug | drinking | 

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Taglines:

A Sacrifice Will Be Made

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong grisly violence/torture, drug use, language and some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Mexico USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

9 April 2009 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Al límite del terror

Filming Locations:

Ensenada, Baja California Norte, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tonic Films, Emmett/Furla Films, Freedom Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 105 min (unrated)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song,"La Frontera" was written by Andrés Levin, Cucu Diamantes and Beto Cuevas and performed by Cucu Diamantes and Beto Cuevas. Cuevas played the main bad guy, "Santillan" in the film.

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Quotes

Ulises: Just look at the evidence, that's all I'm asking. look. They robbed a grave last night. They stole a child's body! it's for Santillan's Nganga! they're preparing it for his arrival.
Captain Ramirez: Listen, you asked me to listen to your story. and I have. Forget about your partner. This isn't Mexico City; this isn't even Mexico. This is the border. The border has no memory. Remembering here... gets you killed.

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Connections

Referenced in Rituales de Sangre: The True Story Behind the Matamoros Cult Killings (2008)

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Soundtracks

"DW Baila Contigo"
Written by David Wittman
Performed by David Wittman
Published by Walrus Monster Publishing

User Reviews

A pretty good film for this genre

"Based on true events" is rather ambiguous at best and I think if you go into this film believing it's ALL true it will be quite an experience, however I find that the story too well follows a classic plot to be an entirely true story.

Three guys take a trip to Mexico that goes all wrong when they run into a cult of violent murderers. That's pretty much the gist of things.

The acting is actually rather decent and the story is well told and even believable to some degree and it kept my attention all the way through and proved to be one of the better films I've seen in this genre. I actually had to remind myself half way through that this was supposed to be a gore-filled horror film. There was nothing new in terms of blood, guts, and gore, and there really wasn't a whole lot of it given the length of the movie, but what's there gets the point across well.

Some people have referred to it as "goreporn" also which it really isn't. I'm glad at least some writers feel that gratuitous sex/nudity take away from a story when unnecessary.

Bottom line: If you go in expecting the same garbage this genre pumps out yearly, you'll be quite pleasantly surprised. If you go in expecting a masterpiece in horror theater, you'll likely be disappointed.