When you get to direct a Star Wars movie it’s saying that A LOT of people and money trust you. It’s a massive statement on your vision, management and ability. Star Wars Rogue One is coming out and it came from this director.
I remember hearing about this low-budget film set in Mexico and I was very excited to see this new indie horror film. It is a horror film, but only in the strictest of definition, there are monsters this is true, but they are in the periphery of the story and get little screen time , which for me is fine. Don’t go into this thinking it’s Godzilla or a gore-y Cloverfield. It doesn’t have 1/10 the action of Cloverfield, but I think in some ways it’s a much better film.
This is the type of movie that I love, what I’d want to make. It’s a horror film, but only tangentially, there are few scares in it, but I love the concept. Monsters, about a world where Mexico has been infected by an alien invasion and the US has built a massive wall to prevent contamination and two Americans as they try to cross the countryside to return home. We see glimpses of the Cluthluean monsters on TV screens and in the background, but it’s not in your face horror.
I would love to learn more about the world and have a book series or TV show about this story.
Highly recommend it.
Andres Salazar is the writer and creator of the horror graphic novel series Pariah Missouri www.pariahmissouri.com