Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire

Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire

88 mins | Documentary, Horror | April 14, 2011

Terror, transsexualism, and an eternal cult film. What is on the mind of horror film director Juan López Moctezuma and his fans, Manolo and Lalo, who are not only obsessed with the Mexican horror film 'Alucarda', but also believe in their hearts that they are its true characters? After finding the director in a psychiatric hospital, they kidnap him to make him remember his gloriously twisted past. An unclassifiable documentary film that uses interviews, stock shots and recreations of a past that may only have existed in the nightmares of its protagonists.

Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire

88 mins | Documentary, Horror | April 14, 2011

Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire
Terror, transsexualism, and an eternal cult film. What is on the mind of horror film director Juan López Moctezuma and his fans, Manolo and Lalo, who are not only obsessed with the Mexican horror film 'Alucarda', but also believe in their hearts that they are its true characters? After finding the director in a psychiatric hospital, they kidnap him to make him remember his gloriously twisted past. An unclassifiable documentary film that uses interviews, stock shots and recreations of a past that may only have existed in the nightmares of its protagonists.
Producers
Original title Alucardos: Retrato de un Vampiro
Directors Ulises Guzmán Reyes
Writers Edna Campos, Ulises Guzmán Reyes