2. México Bárbaro
This anthology of horror films from Mexican filmmakers is the perfect international addition to the slate of movies like V/H/S and XX. Each short offers viewers a different reason to sign off when things get too bloody, or just utterly weird. Every short in this collection goes out of its way to show you something you can’t unsee.
The first “no thank you” moment that comes to mind is in the short Drena, directed by Aaron Soto. In the film, a teenage girl smokes a cigarette she took from a dead body and sees a naked, faceless creature who tells her to drain the blood from her older sister’s vagina.
If viewers managed to make it through the naked faceless creature (which is straight-up nightmare fuel), then the moment where the nameless girl trips and spills menstrual blood all over her face is likely where the audience tuned out.
Actors: Adrian Aguirre, Dulce Alexa, Leslie Arce
Initial Release: 2014
Directed by: Isaac Ezban, Lex Ortega, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Aaron Soto, Jorge Michel Grau, + more