The first one - Awful.
The second one has good boobs, good atmosphere n a bit western feel.
The third one is beyond redemption.
The 4th one is gross n not at all funny.
The 5th one is again offensive like the previous one.
The 6th one is unnecessarily shot in bnw. Camera lingers on ruined toys for a long time. There is some creepy music n then the big wtf end.
The 7th one is a revenge story but done very badly with a bit of gore.
The last one is silly but very gory. Its about strippers but there ain't no nudity but lots of gore.
A man's nose get bitten off, another one's eyeball gets pierced, another one's eardrum gets pierced, face gets bludgeoned, face gets smashed, hand gets chopped, neck gets stabbed, neck gets sliced by a barbwire.
Shockingly the end credits goes on for 16 mins.
17 Reviews
A Little Too Savage
dcarsonhagy3 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
"Barbarous Mexico" sure does live up to its name. Found this little known movie On-Demand, and thought I would check it out. I thought its cinematography was way above most movies of this genre. However, I also thought the directors needed to pull back on the reins just a little.
"Barbarous Mexico" is a horror anthology from south of the border. It tells different stories--some better than others. What I was in complete shock over was its rating. It is amazing this movie received the rating it did. On-Demand listed it as an "R" rating; I thought it should have received an NC-17 rating. Its savagery throughout had me turning away from my television on more than one occasion. And its nightmarish stories do not spare anyone-- including children.
Another reviewer apparently saw a lot more in this compilation than I did, but to each his own. WARNING: There have been few movies I have reviewed which I deemed needed to come with this label, but this is one of them. This movie contains full nudity of both sexes, a savage rape, simulated oral rape by a demon (complete with "member"), cannibalism of a child, graphic sexual couplings, and graphic violence. It should not be viewed by anyone UNDER 18.
I do not recommend it and I strongly caution all parents before allowing a minor to watch it.
"Barbarous Mexico" is a horror anthology from south of the border. It tells different stories--some better than others. What I was in complete shock over was its rating. It is amazing this movie received the rating it did. On-Demand listed it as an "R" rating; I thought it should have received an NC-17 rating. Its savagery throughout had me turning away from my television on more than one occasion. And its nightmarish stories do not spare anyone-- including children.
Another reviewer apparently saw a lot more in this compilation than I did, but to each his own. WARNING: There have been few movies I have reviewed which I deemed needed to come with this label, but this is one of them. This movie contains full nudity of both sexes, a savage rape, simulated oral rape by a demon (complete with "member"), cannibalism of a child, graphic sexual couplings, and graphic violence. It should not be viewed by anyone UNDER 18.
I do not recommend it and I strongly caution all parents before allowing a minor to watch it.
Mexican for portmanteau
BandSAboutMovies1 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The Cine de Terror Mexicano movement brings us eight different stories by eight unique Mexican voices spread out throughout the country. These stories bring to life the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends using modern film techniques.
All eight of the directors were given free rein to decide on the genre and style of film they'd want to make.
The first story, Tzompantli, is by Laurette Flores, a relative newcomer. It fits into the nota roja, or red note, story tradition of the horrifying practices of drug dealers and Satanists, as well as how they visit horror on normal people. This tale is about a gang of dealers who trace their traditions back to the Aztecs.
Jaral de Berrios by Edgar Nito, who recently made The Gasoline Thieves. His work also fits into the criminal side of horror, focusing on two thieves hiding in the ruins of Hacienda del Jaral de Berrios, which was once home to one of Mexico's richest families before descending into dust.
Aaron Soto's Drean (Drain) is a lesson as to why you should never smoke a joint that you find on a dead body. Trust me. It does not end well.
Isaac Ezban, who made The Similars, seems to be channeling the spirit of 1990's VHS-era Mexico gore with his story La Cosa mas Preciada (That Precious Thing). A night of lovemaking in the woods turns incredibly disgusting, thanks to some local trolls. I would have loved to have seen this segment with a rowdy theater.
Lo Que Importa es lo de Adentro (What's Important is Inside) is by Lex Ortega and concerns a special needs girl and the boogieman that she is sure is her building's handyman.
Jorge Michel Grau is best known to American audiences for We Are What We Are. His story is Munecas (Dolls) and fits the slasher genre quite well, along with - of course - disturbing doll imagery. I've said it before and will say it many more times, but no one makes dolls more disturbing than Mexican filmmakers.
Ulises Guzman, who has worked as a stuntman, writer and even an editor, directed Siete Veces Siete (Seven Times Seven), which is about a ritual to bring back the guilty and make them pay after death.
Finally, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is by GiGi Saul Guerrero, who has acted in several films, as well as creating and directing the horror web series La Quinceanera. It's pretty much an excuse for strippers to dress as skeletal creatures and murder their clients. Please don't take that as a criticism, as this scene was very well shot and was quite entertaining. This scene was originally a short film shot in 2013.
Much like all modern anthology films, this is a mixed bag. There's no link between the stories, other than the talent is all from Mexico. Maybe it will introduce you to some new filmmakers. Or you'll be bored by it. It's certainly better than the majority of the tossed together streaming movies that come up north just about every day.
All eight of the directors were given free rein to decide on the genre and style of film they'd want to make.
The first story, Tzompantli, is by Laurette Flores, a relative newcomer. It fits into the nota roja, or red note, story tradition of the horrifying practices of drug dealers and Satanists, as well as how they visit horror on normal people. This tale is about a gang of dealers who trace their traditions back to the Aztecs.
Jaral de Berrios by Edgar Nito, who recently made The Gasoline Thieves. His work also fits into the criminal side of horror, focusing on two thieves hiding in the ruins of Hacienda del Jaral de Berrios, which was once home to one of Mexico's richest families before descending into dust.
Aaron Soto's Drean (Drain) is a lesson as to why you should never smoke a joint that you find on a dead body. Trust me. It does not end well.
Isaac Ezban, who made The Similars, seems to be channeling the spirit of 1990's VHS-era Mexico gore with his story La Cosa mas Preciada (That Precious Thing). A night of lovemaking in the woods turns incredibly disgusting, thanks to some local trolls. I would have loved to have seen this segment with a rowdy theater.
Lo Que Importa es lo de Adentro (What's Important is Inside) is by Lex Ortega and concerns a special needs girl and the boogieman that she is sure is her building's handyman.
Jorge Michel Grau is best known to American audiences for We Are What We Are. His story is Munecas (Dolls) and fits the slasher genre quite well, along with - of course - disturbing doll imagery. I've said it before and will say it many more times, but no one makes dolls more disturbing than Mexican filmmakers.
Ulises Guzman, who has worked as a stuntman, writer and even an editor, directed Siete Veces Siete (Seven Times Seven), which is about a ritual to bring back the guilty and make them pay after death.
Finally, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is by GiGi Saul Guerrero, who has acted in several films, as well as creating and directing the horror web series La Quinceanera. It's pretty much an excuse for strippers to dress as skeletal creatures and murder their clients. Please don't take that as a criticism, as this scene was very well shot and was quite entertaining. This scene was originally a short film shot in 2013.
Much like all modern anthology films, this is a mixed bag. There's no link between the stories, other than the talent is all from Mexico. Maybe it will introduce you to some new filmmakers. Or you'll be bored by it. It's certainly better than the majority of the tossed together streaming movies that come up north just about every day.
As usual, as mexican, let me start apologizing for this whatever-it-is...
Maz-hell14 August 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Holy mother of toast I am in physical pain after watching this collection of terribleness. This anthology is so bad that it gives physical pain, like getting nails through your stomach.
I am going to go from the general to the particular, because... oh god...
General: Why did you put the name of the short AFTER the shorts? It is a complete anomaly. Also the gory title cards look so incredibly bad my PS1 cried of nostalgia and were absolutely not necesary. Also the introduction is non existant... okay it exists... sort of. Is at the end of the film. Why? I really want to know why, please, explain it to me. It is driving me crazy on its pointlessness.
1st Short - Tzompantli. For those not knowing, the tzompantli was an altar were aztecs exposed the heads of the enemies they killed in battle and/or sacrificed people. It had many motivations: in general intimidation while pleasing the gods. Specially intimidation. This one relates a short interview of a guy asking to know more about certain murders at a guy known for being with the narcs. It had a good setting, the dialog was decent even though the audio edition and their enunciation sucks hard, the actors tried at least and it was actually pretty interesting. It could have been a great feature film if they tried. As a short it lacks motivation, a conclution or a reason for us to care. It was fine at most, but it could have been so much more. (5/10)
2nd Short - Jaral de Berrios. It litterally is an abandoned hacienda in Mexico, maybe the biggest we ever had and one of the best preserved. It has so much history inside its walls that I could write several paragraphs (and I am no expert). Why they decided to make it demonic I am not sure. (It is a paranormal hotspot for reasons beyond my knowledge) but this is, by far, the best short... and it had not horror to begin with: 2 robbers are escaping after stealing lot of gold, so they decide to hide in the hacienda, that one of them (injured) says is haunted. Female ghost kisses and kills him, made the other guy give her a very graphic and bloody cunnilingus and later hangs him. He must suck at oral.
In general the acting is decent. The photography is divine, extraordinarelly delicious, the cinemathography, on the other hand, is okay at most. The dialog is pretty realistic by mexican standards. The sound design and music is not the best but not the worst. It could have been a decent horror film if it went into feature or a historic/horror film. (7/10)
3rd short - Drena (Drain). I am not going to say a lot about this one, because it is so extremely dumb. A woman finds a dead guy that has a cigarrette, smokes it and imagines a demon that tells her to drain her sister's menstrual blood or to get her soul ripped out of her posterior if not done before 12 hours. Yes, that is the plot. Yes, the execution is just as dumb as you are imagining. And there is another demon at the end that is recorded in such a terrible way you thought this was supposed to be a comedy, but they decided to try to make it a horror and failed miserably. A extremely bad one, but comedy. Nothing works. (2/10)
4th short - La cosa más preciada (the most precious thing). This one is, by far, the worst in the entire anthology. The alushes are mayan gnomes (around 30cm at most) that like to steal toys and socks. Someone somewhere got that info and understood "1 meter and a half diabolical beings that look like a lump of feces with huge genitalia, able to vomit yellow sleeping agent and that like to force dumb virgin damsels if they go to the forest" because that is exactly what happened in this short. The acting is forced, the dialog is horrible... SO HORRIBLE! ("I am not losing my virginity to a strawberry flavored condom!"), the cinemathography... has a filter attempting to make it look like recorded in a super 8 and failing miserably because it looks obviously terribly edited and they have cellphones and a 2014 sports car. The photography is horrible, the alushes look like excrement (literally and figuratively) and you get close ups of their genitals. lots of closeup of gnome/demon genitals... It is just disgusting. The horror is that someone agreed to act in this piece of non entertainment. (1/10 because IMDB does not believe in 0. The mayans are angry at you for that.)
5th short - Lo que importa es lo de adentro (what matters is in the inside. Hur hur great joke. Not). A mother and her two kids (a boy and a sick girl) live at an appartment complex. In front of it... lives? a guy that looks like the lost son of a trash bag and a porcupine that kinda helps the mother. This one is just gutwrenching: It has kidnapping, canibalism, organ harvesting and necrophilia. Writing that last word surely put me into a government watchlist and I recommend to not think too much about it. The acting is decent, the sets are pretty good (although the lighting does not help) but the story has too little for it. It is really hard to watch. (3/10)
6th short -Muñecas (dolls). Another one I am not going to talk about a lot... but this time it is because absolutely nothing happens. It tries to be artsy with a black and white filter, but absolutely nothing happens. No dialog, no action, no characters, no point. Totally expendable. (1/10)
7th short - Siete veces siete (Seven times seven). If you immediately thought about the bible, congratulations! you got it. It is the schizophrenic terribly explained, horribly dealt with, terribly edited and with awful special effects made story of the really imposingly named conejo (rabbit) bringing someone from the death just to kill him again. It explains why he killed him twice, but it is not horrifying. Just a revenge tale... with zombies. A total waste of time. (2/10)
8th and final short - Dia de los muertos (day of the dead). The story about a stripclub where all the strippers go mad for unexplained reasons were they kill the clientele. The plot is non-existant. The rest is decent, but without a plot it just goes flat. This one had potential if it just explained itself (4/10)
Average: 3/10. Do not watch this under any circumstance. Seriously don't.
I am going to go from the general to the particular, because... oh god...
General: Why did you put the name of the short AFTER the shorts? It is a complete anomaly. Also the gory title cards look so incredibly bad my PS1 cried of nostalgia and were absolutely not necesary. Also the introduction is non existant... okay it exists... sort of. Is at the end of the film. Why? I really want to know why, please, explain it to me. It is driving me crazy on its pointlessness.
1st Short - Tzompantli. For those not knowing, the tzompantli was an altar were aztecs exposed the heads of the enemies they killed in battle and/or sacrificed people. It had many motivations: in general intimidation while pleasing the gods. Specially intimidation. This one relates a short interview of a guy asking to know more about certain murders at a guy known for being with the narcs. It had a good setting, the dialog was decent even though the audio edition and their enunciation sucks hard, the actors tried at least and it was actually pretty interesting. It could have been a great feature film if they tried. As a short it lacks motivation, a conclution or a reason for us to care. It was fine at most, but it could have been so much more. (5/10)
2nd Short - Jaral de Berrios. It litterally is an abandoned hacienda in Mexico, maybe the biggest we ever had and one of the best preserved. It has so much history inside its walls that I could write several paragraphs (and I am no expert). Why they decided to make it demonic I am not sure. (It is a paranormal hotspot for reasons beyond my knowledge) but this is, by far, the best short... and it had not horror to begin with: 2 robbers are escaping after stealing lot of gold, so they decide to hide in the hacienda, that one of them (injured) says is haunted. Female ghost kisses and kills him, made the other guy give her a very graphic and bloody cunnilingus and later hangs him. He must suck at oral.
In general the acting is decent. The photography is divine, extraordinarelly delicious, the cinemathography, on the other hand, is okay at most. The dialog is pretty realistic by mexican standards. The sound design and music is not the best but not the worst. It could have been a decent horror film if it went into feature or a historic/horror film. (7/10)
3rd short - Drena (Drain). I am not going to say a lot about this one, because it is so extremely dumb. A woman finds a dead guy that has a cigarrette, smokes it and imagines a demon that tells her to drain her sister's menstrual blood or to get her soul ripped out of her posterior if not done before 12 hours. Yes, that is the plot. Yes, the execution is just as dumb as you are imagining. And there is another demon at the end that is recorded in such a terrible way you thought this was supposed to be a comedy, but they decided to try to make it a horror and failed miserably. A extremely bad one, but comedy. Nothing works. (2/10)
4th short - La cosa más preciada (the most precious thing). This one is, by far, the worst in the entire anthology. The alushes are mayan gnomes (around 30cm at most) that like to steal toys and socks. Someone somewhere got that info and understood "1 meter and a half diabolical beings that look like a lump of feces with huge genitalia, able to vomit yellow sleeping agent and that like to force dumb virgin damsels if they go to the forest" because that is exactly what happened in this short. The acting is forced, the dialog is horrible... SO HORRIBLE! ("I am not losing my virginity to a strawberry flavored condom!"), the cinemathography... has a filter attempting to make it look like recorded in a super 8 and failing miserably because it looks obviously terribly edited and they have cellphones and a 2014 sports car. The photography is horrible, the alushes look like excrement (literally and figuratively) and you get close ups of their genitals. lots of closeup of gnome/demon genitals... It is just disgusting. The horror is that someone agreed to act in this piece of non entertainment. (1/10 because IMDB does not believe in 0. The mayans are angry at you for that.)
5th short - Lo que importa es lo de adentro (what matters is in the inside. Hur hur great joke. Not). A mother and her two kids (a boy and a sick girl) live at an appartment complex. In front of it... lives? a guy that looks like the lost son of a trash bag and a porcupine that kinda helps the mother. This one is just gutwrenching: It has kidnapping, canibalism, organ harvesting and necrophilia. Writing that last word surely put me into a government watchlist and I recommend to not think too much about it. The acting is decent, the sets are pretty good (although the lighting does not help) but the story has too little for it. It is really hard to watch. (3/10)
6th short -Muñecas (dolls). Another one I am not going to talk about a lot... but this time it is because absolutely nothing happens. It tries to be artsy with a black and white filter, but absolutely nothing happens. No dialog, no action, no characters, no point. Totally expendable. (1/10)
7th short - Siete veces siete (Seven times seven). If you immediately thought about the bible, congratulations! you got it. It is the schizophrenic terribly explained, horribly dealt with, terribly edited and with awful special effects made story of the really imposingly named conejo (rabbit) bringing someone from the death just to kill him again. It explains why he killed him twice, but it is not horrifying. Just a revenge tale... with zombies. A total waste of time. (2/10)
8th and final short - Dia de los muertos (day of the dead). The story about a stripclub where all the strippers go mad for unexplained reasons were they kill the clientele. The plot is non-existant. The rest is decent, but without a plot it just goes flat. This one had potential if it just explained itself (4/10)
Average: 3/10. Do not watch this under any circumstance. Seriously don't.
Terrible collection of shorts.
albertomtz7 November 2015
Here are seven horror shorts that lack horror, premise, dialogue, even sound at times. The whole collection is completely uninspired, the stories are poorly developed and executed.
While photography may rescue part of some of these shorts, some just come short of everything, just like high school projects. Harsh? Maybe. True? Completely. Take for instance "La Cosa Más Preciada (The Most Precious Thing), the acting is bad, the dialogues are hands down some of the worst I've ever heard in cinema history, the whole thing was given an instagram-like "vintage" filter. This one in particular is preposterous.
The rest of the shorts, whilst more professional, are still pretty bad and absurd, there is no heart to be found. If the project was done by amateur kids, then fine, I'd give it 4 stars, but these are - self?- deemed- directors.
Also, the only Mexican thing on this are the assets (directors, actors, writers, producers, settings), there are no real legends or myths in here, just perhaps loosely 'inspired from'.
My conclusion is that a couple of Mexican rejects from 'ABC's of Death' decided to take matters in their own hands... disaster ensued of course.
I must say I was very excited to watch this since I first heard of the project back in early 2014. I was looking forward to what 'indie' Mexican directors had up their sleeve since we practically have no recognized mainstream horror directors, but no, I cannot vouch for any of them.
While photography may rescue part of some of these shorts, some just come short of everything, just like high school projects. Harsh? Maybe. True? Completely. Take for instance "La Cosa Más Preciada (The Most Precious Thing), the acting is bad, the dialogues are hands down some of the worst I've ever heard in cinema history, the whole thing was given an instagram-like "vintage" filter. This one in particular is preposterous.
The rest of the shorts, whilst more professional, are still pretty bad and absurd, there is no heart to be found. If the project was done by amateur kids, then fine, I'd give it 4 stars, but these are - self?- deemed- directors.
Also, the only Mexican thing on this are the assets (directors, actors, writers, producers, settings), there are no real legends or myths in here, just perhaps loosely 'inspired from'.
My conclusion is that a couple of Mexican rejects from 'ABC's of Death' decided to take matters in their own hands... disaster ensued of course.
I must say I was very excited to watch this since I first heard of the project back in early 2014. I was looking forward to what 'indie' Mexican directors had up their sleeve since we practically have no recognized mainstream horror directors, but no, I cannot vouch for any of them.
Not good.
megamelfina-995-94767526 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I love anthologies, but this one is just awful. A few shorts are okay, but nothing really blew me away. Of course, some of the shorts are so terrible that I contemplated turning the whole thing off. Spoilers below.
The worst of the bunch, for me, is ""La Cosa mas Preciada/The Most Precious Thing". It's cheesy, stupid, and worst of all has some weird crap nobody wants to see in a so-called rated 'R' film. Don't watch this anthology with your parents, children (no matter what age), or really anyone, honestly. This particular short literally has close- up shots of "aluxes" (troll/imp/whatever) penis. Yes, really. The whole short was cliché, couldn't pick a genre, and just left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
My favorite short was "Jaral de Berrios". The cinematography here was really gorgeous, and there were some neat effects. However, it was so short that it didn't really explain anything or go into enough detail to make a big impact on the viewer.
Overall, this anthology is really weak, and I can't recommend it. Give it a pass in favor of better options.
The worst of the bunch, for me, is ""La Cosa mas Preciada/The Most Precious Thing". It's cheesy, stupid, and worst of all has some weird crap nobody wants to see in a so-called rated 'R' film. Don't watch this anthology with your parents, children (no matter what age), or really anyone, honestly. This particular short literally has close- up shots of "aluxes" (troll/imp/whatever) penis. Yes, really. The whole short was cliché, couldn't pick a genre, and just left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
My favorite short was "Jaral de Berrios". The cinematography here was really gorgeous, and there were some neat effects. However, it was so short that it didn't really explain anything or go into enough detail to make a big impact on the viewer.
Overall, this anthology is really weak, and I can't recommend it. Give it a pass in favor of better options.
This is a must... a must avoid.
JairHCastillo31 July 2018
It is not scary, nor funny, is just dull and simply stupid, basically all the segments seem amateurish at best, seriously, i have seen better works from film students than
most of the shorts in this piece of garbage.
Two stars out of ten, and that is just because of the good gore in one of the segments.
As a Mexican I apologize to the international horror community for this embarrassment .
Please, do yourself a favor and skip this one.
Two stars out of ten, and that is just because of the good gore in one of the segments.
As a Mexican I apologize to the international horror community for this embarrassment .
Please, do yourself a favor and skip this one.
Piece of S**t
rafaelfuser30 July 2018
Brutally painful to watch...
paul_haakonsen25 December 2021
Now, I stumbled upon this 2014 Mexican horror anthology here in 2021 by random chance and sheer luck. And I have to say that I was immediately lured in by the movie's cover. There is just something fascinating about that face paint that the Mexicans have for the Day of the Dead festival. Needless to say that I hadn't even heard about "México Bárbaro" prior to getting to sit down to watch it.
And I have to admit that I was a bit skeptic about it, given the fact that it was an anthology. Why? Well, let's just face it, horror anthologies tend to be rather bad most of the time. But still, I opted to sit down and watch "México Bárbaro" on the chance that I would be in for something akin to "Creep Show".
Needless to say that I didn't find myself in for something even remotely close to the entertainment level that "Creepshow" brought to the horror anthology genre. Nay, "México Bárbaro" was a massive swing and a miss. I suppose that perhaps you need to be familiar with Mexican folklore, superstitions and legends in order to fully appreciate "México Bárbaro". I am not familiar with that, and I must admit that "México Bárbaro" failed entirely to entertain me. And I gave up just about 30 minutes into the ordeal. Yeah, it was that boring!
"México Bárbaro" is not an anthology that I will be attempting to watch a second time, because the 30 minutes I sat through was brutal and pure torture.
My rating of "México Bárbaro" lands on a one out of ten stars.
And I have to admit that I was a bit skeptic about it, given the fact that it was an anthology. Why? Well, let's just face it, horror anthologies tend to be rather bad most of the time. But still, I opted to sit down and watch "México Bárbaro" on the chance that I would be in for something akin to "Creep Show".
Needless to say that I didn't find myself in for something even remotely close to the entertainment level that "Creepshow" brought to the horror anthology genre. Nay, "México Bárbaro" was a massive swing and a miss. I suppose that perhaps you need to be familiar with Mexican folklore, superstitions and legends in order to fully appreciate "México Bárbaro". I am not familiar with that, and I must admit that "México Bárbaro" failed entirely to entertain me. And I gave up just about 30 minutes into the ordeal. Yeah, it was that boring!
"México Bárbaro" is not an anthology that I will be attempting to watch a second time, because the 30 minutes I sat through was brutal and pure torture.
My rating of "México Bárbaro" lands on a one out of ten stars.
I AM RABBIT
nogodnomasters19 May 2019
Warning: Spoilers
This is a series of 8 horror stories from Mexico. Some contain supernatural elements, some do not. It claims to be 115 minutes long, but that includes about 18 minutes of end credit runs for 8 films. The films themselves range from 8 to 16 minutes in length.
All the episodes are in Spanish (or Mexican for you Trump supporters) and they have English subtitles. It seems the English "whatever" used as a slang answer has made its way into Mexico. The titles to each feature is shown at the end as titles can be plot spoilers. One film was mostly in black and white and another feature looked like an old drive-in film. I suspect they were both that way by design.
If you could take a 90 minute film and try to show the best features in 15 minutes, that is what about what you get. For instance, if you were to show FROM DUSK TO DAWN in 15 minutes, you would show the bar scene and everyone would be happy. I just happen to pick that out because the DVD cover is that of a stripper celebrating the DAY OF THE DEAD at a night club.
Some of the films include erotic scenes such as the seduction of an outlaw, and a woman being undressed while sleeping...by her sister.
Guide: F-bomb, sex, and nudity.
All the episodes are in Spanish (or Mexican for you Trump supporters) and they have English subtitles. It seems the English "whatever" used as a slang answer has made its way into Mexico. The titles to each feature is shown at the end as titles can be plot spoilers. One film was mostly in black and white and another feature looked like an old drive-in film. I suspect they were both that way by design.
If you could take a 90 minute film and try to show the best features in 15 minutes, that is what about what you get. For instance, if you were to show FROM DUSK TO DAWN in 15 minutes, you would show the bar scene and everyone would be happy. I just happen to pick that out because the DVD cover is that of a stripper celebrating the DAY OF THE DEAD at a night club.
Some of the films include erotic scenes such as the seduction of an outlaw, and a woman being undressed while sleeping...by her sister.
Guide: F-bomb, sex, and nudity.
Did the producers watch this movie before releasing?
cynthiacaton5 May 2019
Normally, this type of movie would be just up my street but Mexico Barbaro is terrible. It starts off promising but the stories are short, violent, and ultimately either uninteresting or stupid. Such a wasted opportunity.
There are 2 decent stories but the rest are unrealized and foolish. I wish they had fleshed out some of the stories and cut the rest!
There are 2 decent stories but the rest are unrealized and foolish. I wish they had fleshed out some of the stories and cut the rest!
I loved it all!
ringmasta801 April 2020
The movie was better than I expected
olcayozfirat30 April 2022
Mexican origin horror film, the first of which was produced in 2014 and consists of 8 short stories. Eight different directors were told to choose Mexican legends and they shot these legends from their own perspectives. Wild scenes and sexuality abound in the movies. Even though I watched the movie with a lot of prejudice, there were parts that I liked. In places, make-up and costumes were very amateurish. Names and directors of the short stories:
1- Tzompantli, Laurette Flores 2- Jaral de Berrios, Edgar Nito 3- Drena, Aaron Soto 4- La cosa mas preciada, Isaac Ezban 5- Lo que importa es lo de adentro, Lex Ortega 6- Muñecas, Jorge Michel Grau 7- Siete veces siete, Ulises Gùzman 8- Dia de los Muertos, GiGi Saul Guerrero
The second part of the movie was released in 2017.
1- Tzompantli, Laurette Flores 2- Jaral de Berrios, Edgar Nito 3- Drena, Aaron Soto 4- La cosa mas preciada, Isaac Ezban 5- Lo que importa es lo de adentro, Lex Ortega 6- Muñecas, Jorge Michel Grau 7- Siete veces siete, Ulises Gùzman 8- Dia de los Muertos, GiGi Saul Guerrero
The second part of the movie was released in 2017.
Garbage
arikhrystianasoprano19 October 2016
"The Omen" is a horror movie. "Bram Stoker's Dracula" is a horror movie. This.. Is not. This is a pile of trash. There's no suspense in the air, it's just bad acting, bad directing, bad cinematography, and there's literally no plot.
I kept waiting for it to at least get tolerable. I was bored and annoyed, but when I saw a child being abused, I was done. The directors are clearly sick and need a mental health screening. Again, there's horror films (which I love), and this semi-snuff film trash is not one. The only people who would enjoy this plot less piece of crap are muderers, rapists, and other general sickos.
I also don't mind subtitles. I have watched several great foreign films.
Do not watch this unless you want to be annoyed at the very least, or absolutely disgusted at the worst. If this film was matter, I'd use it to line a cat litter box.
I kept waiting for it to at least get tolerable. I was bored and annoyed, but when I saw a child being abused, I was done. The directors are clearly sick and need a mental health screening. Again, there's horror films (which I love), and this semi-snuff film trash is not one. The only people who would enjoy this plot less piece of crap are muderers, rapists, and other general sickos.
I also don't mind subtitles. I have watched several great foreign films.
Do not watch this unless you want to be annoyed at the very least, or absolutely disgusted at the worst. If this film was matter, I'd use it to line a cat litter box.
The worst (or best?) of Mexico(?)
kosmasp22 June 2023
No pun intended - this is a collection of short movies. And one that is ... well fantastical. Much of this is not really on the realistic side of things. Still it has themes that some people may feel a connection too. Or even some cliches (drugs and prostitution to name but two). As you can tell already, you can not be squeamish or sensitive. Well you can of course, but you can't be that and watch this and hope for the best or whatever.
The quality of the shorts is all over the place, as is the quality of the picture. Though technically speaking (also no pun intended) it is meant to look certain ways ... for certain short movies. Or segments, since this is one after the other ... with no apparent connection ... but that should not matter ... not seen the "sequel" yet, but I assume they had a bit more money ... will watch when I find it on a streaming service ... sooner or later ... the cover/poster is amazing too.
The quality of the shorts is all over the place, as is the quality of the picture. Though technically speaking (also no pun intended) it is meant to look certain ways ... for certain short movies. Or segments, since this is one after the other ... with no apparent connection ... but that should not matter ... not seen the "sequel" yet, but I assume they had a bit more money ... will watch when I find it on a streaming service ... sooner or later ... the cover/poster is amazing too.
México Bárbaro, Horror Anthology
ricardo-mexploitation_net27 November 2014
I see the old Mexican films the presence of a soul that inhabits a shadow or a ghost indefinable. I can not explain it, but sorry. When in any latest movie so I find myself realize that ghosts do not die, they live inside us, we are the memory of our ancestors. Each of the segments that make up Mexico Barbarian leads coined iron taste to it. I do not need to understand anything, just to see, hear, feel, shake. His characters are not dead but are no longer here, are trapped in the limbo of an apparent space, sliding down the imaginary walls of our mind. Gothic horror and gore manifest as living penalties. What is our identity? It is not defined but stands in mountains of death, carnal lust, blood sacrifice, the virginal naivety assault, slavery, disappearances, revenge and betrayal. Each of the films is falling on the table as tarot cards.
"Mexico Barbaro" has this great mysterious power that solves nothing, keeps us from understanding. However presents, through a huge skull radiography, a work of art that outlines the entire beautiful and sinister face of what we are: a nation built on the garden of a cemetery.
"Mexico Barbaro" has this great mysterious power that solves nothing, keeps us from understanding. However presents, through a huge skull radiography, a work of art that outlines the entire beautiful and sinister face of what we are: a nation built on the garden of a cemetery.
WOW!!
lesliejude27 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I loved it all! A fan of errrrr, "different" and unusual anthology horrors. I have to admit I did laugh almost the entire episode of the monster, rape scene. Not of the rape but how stupid and silly it was! My husband was not as entertained as I was, but he gave it a 7!! Come on you 1 and 2 star critics!! Really!?? Can't wait to see the second one!
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