Veneno Para las Hadas

Veneno Para las Hadas
by Carlos Enrique Taboada

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Actor: Ana Patricia Rojo, Carmen Stein, Elsa Mar?a Guti?rrez, Leonor Llaus?s, Mar?a Santander
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Desert Mountain

Movie Reviews of Veneno Para las Hadas

Movie Review: Classic Mexican "Horror" Film
Summary: 5 Stars

The greatest accomplishment of underrated Mexican film director Carlos Enrique Taboada was to contribute horror films that steered away from the campy "Monster/Vampire VS. Masked Wrestler" that dominated Mexican cinema from the 1950s on.

Veneno para las hadas, his last film, is probably his best. (His best known film, though, is the 1960s flick Hasta el viento tiene miedo.) The film is told from the point of view of two girls(you never see the faces of adults, unless they're fantasies) and the plot centers on the relationship between a blonde orphan who, inspired by fairy tales, pretends to be a witch, and a wealthy brunette who believes and falls prey to all her lies. The few special effects are justifiably cheesy, since they're supposed to be from the point of view of the two girls.

In short, this film is an interesting attempt at psychological horror by a Mexican film director and well worth watching.

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Summary of Veneno Para las Hadas

Carlos Enrique Taboada once again directs a great horror/thriller for the ages. In Grimm's fairy tales, fairies are the traditional enemies of evil. In this dark fantasy, Fabiola, a lonely young schoolgirl, befriends Graciela, an orphan who is obsessed with witchcraft. Graciela convinces Fabiola that she is a witch and to enhance her evil powers, they need to search for poison for the fairies. The games grow increasingly gruesome and dangerous resulting in a series of bloodshed and mayhem.

Las historias de brujer?a que cuenta la cocinera de su casa despiertan la imaginaci?n de la peque?a Graciela, quien presume de que ella misma es una bruja ante su condisc?pula Fabiola. Ante la incredulidad de su amiga, Graciela aprovecha una serie de circunstancias fortuitas para convencerla de que ha sido ella quien las ha provocado, vali?ndose de sus artes m?gicas. La inocencia de estos juegos adquiere un cariz macabro, cuando Graciela insiste en que Fabiola la invite a unas vacaciones en el rancho de su familia, en donde podr? preparar un veneno para las hadas.

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