Random Cool: Our Top 5 Latino Horror Flicks

By Michael Lopez

It’s hard to believe that Halloween is only two weeks away and just to make sure you’re all caught up, here’s our Blogamole checklist. Costume info? Check. Tickets to see La Llorona? Check. The only thing missing now are some super scary films to pop in your DVD player (or stream) for a midnight movie fest!

Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered there too. Here’s a list of five screamworthy classics (all with a Latino twist, of course) that are perfect to get you in the muerto mood.

Image: Miramax Films

Mimic – Who doesn’t love a great creature feature? Especially when it comes from the mind of Guillermo del Toro. In one of his first mainstream outings, the master Mexican director unleashes giant cockroaches in the subways of New York! Yea there’s cheesy moments, but you’ll never look at those bugs in the RAID commercials the same way again.

Image: Versus Entertainment

Buried – You may have to go to the theatre to see this one, but it’s well worth it. Buried delivers the scares on a purely psychological level, which is actually freakier than any slasher with a butcher knife. Ryan Reynolds stuck in an underground box and fighting his own mental demons? We’re giving major kudos to Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes for giving us more of a thinking-person’s Halloween flick.

Image: Dimension Films

From Dusk Till Dawn – Literally the movie that launched Robert Rodriguez, From Dusk Till Dawn still stands as one of his crowning achievements. Plus it launched the film careers of George Clooney and Salma Hayek Pinault. It’s got all of the Rodriguez regulars (Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin) busting heads and sucking blood! Yea it came out 14 years ago, but to us this movie never gets old.

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The Wolfman – The Wolfman is a ferociously fun monster flick and even though it got mixed reviews, we think it’s awesome. Benicio del Toro delivers a “fierce” performance as the tortured hairy beast, who could easily kick the hell out of Taylor Lautner. Any chance we could get Benicio in a Wolfman vs. Chupacabra movie anytime soon?

Image: Universal Pictures

Dracula – Yes, we’re talking about the 1931 movie. Classic film buffs have raved about Bela Lugosi as the o.g. Edward from Transylvania, but did you know there was a Spanish movie released at the same time? Shot simultaneously with the original Dracula (and on the same sets), Dracula en Espanol featured Carlos Villarías in a creepy performance that historians say is actually better than Lugosi’s! Well worth checking out.

What are your favorite Halloween horror flicks? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3!

Tags Buried, Dracula, From Dusk Till Dawn, George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Halloween, mimic, Movies, Movies & CineMás, random cool, Robert Rodriguez, Salma Hayek, Salma Hayek Pinault, The Wolfman