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Alucarda
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Alucarda (Spanish: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas, or Alucarda, the daughter of darkness) is a 1977 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, and starring Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini, and David Silva. A loose adaptation of Carmilla (1872), it revolves around two teenage orphan girls living in a Catholic convent, who unleash a demonic force and become possessed. Since its release, Alucarda has achieved cult status.
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6.4A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism follows.
Cast
- Tina Romero as Alucarda / Alucarda's Mother
- Susana Kamini as Justine
- Claudio Brook as Dr. Oszek / Hunchbacked Gypsy
- David Silva as Father Lázaro
- Lily Garza as Daniela Oszek
- Tina French as Sister Angélica
Themes
- nun
- exorcism
- hysteria
- devil
- occult
- catholicism
- convent (nunnery)
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Alucarda
- Film.image
- Alucardaposter.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Juan López Moctezuma
- Film.runtime
- 78 minutes
- Film.country
- Mexico
- Film.language
- English
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Carmilla
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Juan López Moctezuma
- Screenwriter
- Luis Arroyo
- Cast member
- Adriana Roel
- Producer
- Juan López Moctezuma
- Narrative location
- Mexico
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 717253
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1978-01-26
- title
- Alucarda
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- language of work or name
- Spanish
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Alucarda (Spanish: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas, or Alucarda, the daughter of darkness) is a 1977 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, and starring Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini, and David Silva. A loose adaptation of Carmilla (1872), it revolves around two teenage orphan girls living in a Catholic convent, who unleash a demonic force and become possessed. Since its release, Alucarda has achieved cult status.
A Mexican production, the film was shot in English and completed in 1975. It premiered at the 1977 Paris Fantastic Film Festival, and had a brief Mexican theatrical release in a censored version. It was released theatrically in France on 26 December 1977. Though not well received in Mexico, it received some acclaim internationally.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alucarda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.