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
La Huesera is a Mexican folk lore tale about a woman who collects animal bones to create a new creature when she sings over the bones. This film is about the 'psychological horror' of trying to fit into a world of social pressures, to be twisted into someone you are not. The central character is a closeted lesbian going through a marriage and a pregnancy to please others and not herself. It is about the psychological damage of trying to live a lie rather than honestly being what you are. It's a death/rebirth of the true self from the bones of a dead life. like in the 'bone woman' folklore tale the animal turns into a woman and walks away.
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I fucks with it but I wanted it to be more scary and less artsy
(SPOILERS!!!!) The people who gave this movie a low rating don't understand what this movie is actually going for. Its a movie about the struggles of "domestication" in the forms of not living the life you should be living, and it transpiring into prepartum depression (which in reality, unchecked, has led to women killing their children). On that front, its amazing. Its very psychological. The "demon" is symbolizing that prepartum depression, and the feelings of it sneaking its way into your life. It is slow, but its trying to show you the progression of her failing mental state. I think its very well done, and beautifully excecuted
Just watch it for the cool vieja brujas towards the end. For real though, this one was very relatable as a queer Latina that will never have children. I had some awful thoughts during this film that I’ll have to talk to my therapist about. It’s that kind of movie.