Veneno Para las Hadas
by Carlos Enrique Taboada
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Actor: Ana Patricia Rojo, Carmen Stein, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, María SantanderDirector: Carlos Enrique Taboada
Cinematographer: Lupe García
Writer: Carlos Enrique Taboada
Editor: Carlos Savage
Producer: Héctor López
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 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.
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 brujería que cuenta la cocinera de su casa despiertan la imaginación de la pequeña Graciela, quien presume de que ella misma es una bruja ante su condiscípula 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, valiéndose de sus artes mágicas. 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 podrá preparar un veneno para las hadas.
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