In Yo No La Mate (translated as “I Didn’t Kill Her”) , Mexican actor/all-around freak Sergio Goyri plays a guy that is falsely accused of murder. Did he really do it though? Was there even enough evidence to prove this? Was this really all word of mouth? Is there perhaps a bigger conspiracy going on? Why all the fuss? Why all the mess? What the hell is even going on?  Felipe Alferez (Sergio Goyri) comes home with good news to his wife Yolanda (Azela Robinson) and it turns o

Trash-Mex Podcast season 2, episode 11 “ Es Un “Giallo”?: El Profeta Mimi (1973) A discussion with Jim Branscome of Cinematic Void is now streaming on ALL of your preferred podcast platforms: RSS ,  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  YouTube ,  Amazon Music ,  Podcast Index ,  Podbean ,  Audacy   It is January Giallo and apparently a lot of people like to claim the renowned Ignacio Lopez Tarso film El Profeta Mimi (1973) is a Mexican “Giallo” film, but is it really? Hosts Joey &

It’s 1982 and you’re all dressed up looking like a mannequin & ready to go to the El King Kong cabaret down in Mexico. You’re gonna have some drinks, catch up with friends, joke around and watch the most amazing showgirls perform on stage. Afterwards, you’re gonna pick yourself one of these amazing showgirls in the cabaret and dance the night away to catchy music performed by La Sonora Santanera . Some crazy & sexy mischief will ensue as the night goes on, maybe even the loca

Trash-Mex Podcast season 2, episode 10 “Era Su Vida: The Life, Music & Films of Juan Gabriel” Is now streaming on ALL of your preferred podcast platforms: RSS ,  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  YouTube ,  Amazon Music ,  Podcast Index ,  Podbean ,  Audacy   In the final episode of the year, hosts Armando & Joey and special guest Jaime Pinedo discuss Mexican music icon Juan Gabriel & four of his feature films—two of them being semi-autobiographical that are connected to one anot

It was a promise a man had made to his dying mother. What would have just been a long quest to the La Villa De Guadalupe , ended up becoming a dangerous run for his own survival!  After the death of his mother— Pancracio (Agustin Bernal) is to fulfill her dying wish which is to bring her big portrait of La Virgen De Guadalupe to La Villa in Mexico City. Pancracio makes his journey solely by walking and sometimes jogging like a Nintendo 64 video game character. When Pancraci

I don’t ever say “espooky” because that’s really cringe & sounds so forced, but it also a “trendy” thing to say now and why not catch on to that for this “horror” edition of Trash-Mex Tapes . I mean “Espooky” edition. Pozo Del Diablo (1990) MDVC (Million Dollar Video Corporation)  I’m just letting you know now that this is not a slasher movie & definitely not a horror movie either. Do not let some LA gentrifier/VHS “dealer” with a terrible haircut gaslight you into t

Foreword:  Back in May I began a themed-post on Instagram entitled “Trash-Mex Tapes” where I’d highlight some of my Mexican VHS collection. And while I will continue to post on Instagram , I’ve now decided to expand Trash-Mex Tapes on the website with more write-ups on the films, their releases, and of course post plenty of screenshots & video material—if permitted.  Trash-Mex Tapes will always consist of tapes that I own, have watched, and It will always also be something

Trash-Mex Podcast season 2, episode 9 “100 Cries of Terror w/ See It On 16MM” Is now streaming on ALL of your preferred podcast platforms: RSS ,  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  YouTube ,  Amazon Music ,  Podcast Index ,  Podbean ,  Audacy   Hosts Armando & Joey join Mike Aguirre of See It 16mm to explore the two-part Mexican horror anthology 100 Cries of Terror (1965)📽️ Our discussion explores legendary writer-director Ramon Obon, the film’s 2 stories of betrayal & terror, and

Since 2010, I got myself deep into Mexican genre cinema because I wanted to explore the films I remembered watching as a kid and then ended up finding other great films along the way.  As mentioned before or if you’re new to Trash-Mex, I have been writing about what I’ve watched through my old site and slowly (but surely) have been putting all of my old reviews into the new website you are on now.  These 20+ Mexican horror reviews that have been posted this month have all bee

Trash-Mex Podcast season 2, episode 7: “Oye Bro ¿Es Un Slasher?” Part III is now available to listen on all of your preferred podcast platforms: RSS ,  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  YouTube ,  Amazon Music ,  Podcast Index ,  Podbean ,  Audacy   The final chapter in our slasher-themed episode and we have sliced up 2 actual Mexican slasher films: La Venganza Del Silla De Ruedas: La Proxima Victima (1993) Fernando Almada is bound to a wheelchair after a car accident that was cau

Gym class was always the worst. You have to run first thing every morning, play a sport or do an exercise that you weren’t even good at, the cute as hell girl you like in the class wouldn’t give you the time of day & the more athletic boys were annoyingly competitive at everything in the class. That’s pretty much what  Resucitare Para Matarlos   (aka "Resurrected To Kill")  is all about, except someone dies and they come back... For revenge. Meet  Juan Carlos   (Andreas Pears

You know who's gorgeous & awesome?  Lina Santos ! You know what makes Lina Santos more gorgeous & awesome? Getting possessed by an evil witch in  Seduccion Sangrienta ! In  Seduccion Sangrienta  (aka "Bloody Seduction") , the gorgeous & awesome  Lina Santos  plays  Martha , a wife to a rich man. Martha's birthday is coming up, so her husband searches high & low for a really special gift to give her. He then finds an antique shop which carries lots of wonderful things Martha w

I learned a few things from watching  A Golpe De Hacha : First, pizza in Mexico is pronounced  "pisa" . If your cat gets chopped up with a hatchet, then you will automatically receive $20,000 pesos in your checking account the following day. If your best friend, the local priest, and your boss get killed with a hatchet, then you will also receive $20,000 pesos for each dead person. Also, if a guy with big hands starts flirting with you at work, then he clearly wants to date y

Before you weirdly ask: “is this a slasher?”,  yes this this is a slasher movie.  “How sharp is the weapon? What kind of weapon is it?” , the weapon is a hatchet and it is sharp enough to chop up innocent 80’s Mexican youngsters. The hatchet should hit you next if you keep asking more questions (just kidding, sort of) . Vacaciones Sangrientas  plays out very simply like any other slasher movie from the 80’s. A group of young adults head out to the woods for a nice little vaca

Sergio Goyri is a vampire. It seems like an odd thing to say, huh? Had anyone told me that a while back, I’m not sure what the hell people would've been talking about, but now that I have seen it with my own 2 eyes, I believe it. Fuck. Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, The Year 1905: Eternal Memory plays as the opening credits roll & then we catch a glimpse of a very spooky mansion at night where a vampire named Dracul (Sergio Goyri) shows off his fangs and is ready to attack on

In  Endemoniado  (aka "Demonized") ,   a   psychiatrist meets with a small group of people who claim they have been victims of demonic atrocities. He tells the group he cannot help them with these kinds of things since he can only help them mentally wise, but being the  helpful  person that he is, decides to bring them all to a church for a good ol’ exorcism or two. In this case, 3 of them. El Troll A woman goes to a witch for help with her drunken husband. She wants him to q

Every Friday night, a man gets brutally murdered by a woman that pretends to be a hooker. Detective Acosta (Rodolfo De Anda) searches hard to capture the killer. At a nearby convent, some really weird shit has been going on and it is quite clear that a demonic presence is around & has possessed one of the nuns! And who is the possessed nun? Well, It’s none other than Sister Caridad (Diana Golden) who goes into to town at night wearing a blonde wig & pretending to be a hooke

As you know by now  (unless you're a square) , I'm a big fan of  Jorge Reynoso . I've watched many movies of his and seen him face off just about everything and every one. In  Guerreros Diabolicos   (aka "Diabolical Warriors" ) , Jorge Reynoso and your dad with his amazing hair-do investigate bizarre murders & kidnappings done by an evil satanic cult. Apparently this cult goes around kidnapping women and sacrificing them. Most of these murders seem to happen in public places

“I am the new Messiah” says Carlos (Jorge Reynoso) who was in court for the murder of his wife & 2 sons. Carlos is found guilty for the murders but declared legally insane, so he’s sent to a mental institution where he gets electric shock treatment that puts him in a vegetative state. Dr. Veronica Arizmendi (Edith Gonzalez) is assigned to treat Carlos and she sees Carlos as a man with a damaged brain that can actually be fixed—much like a computer that can be repaired. Dr. A

During the era of The Battle of Ciudad Juárez, A yankee colonel wearing an all white outfit & with a lame hat is ready to duel with a masked bandit wearing all black clothing & a cool as fuck Texana that has a silver skull on it. The man in white wins the duel and dons the Texana since that lame hat he was wearing before wasn’t cutting it. A ghostly woman in white covering her face in a vail walks by the winner of the duel and he chases after her. When he takes the vail off,