Huesera: The Bone Woman
Directed by Michelle Garza Cerveza
Cursed by an evil spirit and expecting her first child, Valeria's plunged into a terrifying world where a group of witches are her only hope.
A group of witches are a pregnant woman's only hope.
Cast: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández, Aída López, Martha Claudia Moreno
Member Reviews
The reviews here claiming this isn't a horror movie are LYING. Excellent, anxiety-inducing body horror, grappling with the complexity of being a queer person and a mother, and the weight of social judgments around both. Really worth a watch!
I don’t know why the filmmakers bothered with even flirting with the supernatural or horror elements in the movie because they never committed to it so after the first initial scare there is nothing really scary about it, but what it could have been was a complex drama about some really meaningful and pertinent issues but instead it was neither.
Creepy as hell!
I am a man and despite that, I understand the horror or fear of being a mother, being that it requires a lot of responsibility and it requires time to think about whether or not you are ready to be a parent. Just like you have to stop looking for normality to be like others, otherwise you don't listen to yourself anymore. The film is scary because of its monster, which scared me the first time I saw it and a very effective jumpscare, the only one in the film, which really scared me. I highly recommend it for those wanting a psychological horror film.
Great film, really sad. kinda light on the actual horror, but very tense all the way through.