It’s your birthday & you still go to work, your wife made tuna sandwiches for lunch despite not liking tuna, but at least there’s a nice can of tomato juice to go along with it. The tires from your car got jacked, but that’s okay because you can just take a metro van ride to work. Maybe you’ll have to walk a little distance to work still, but that’s fine because your co-workers are throwing you a bash at the office so it’s gonna be a total chill day.  You then suddenly witnes

Remember that horror-thriller Angeles De La Muerte starring Patricia Rivera & Diana Ferreti? Well 3 years after its release it got a really random videohome remake and instead of 2 lovely & crazy ladies with switchblades, it is now 2 dudes with 1 big knife and timid acting. One of them being Sergio Goyri. Weird, huh?  Two brothers "Raymundo" (Sergio Goyri) & "Hilario" (Jose Luis Becerra) prowl the streets at night looking for loose women to kill as an act of revenge for the

When an organized crime group pulls the heist of their lives, things quickly spiral out of control into a nightmare of violence! Join us at The Frida Cinema on Sunday March 29th, 5:30PM for a special Trash-Mex screening of the action-packed & suspenseful 1980 film Under Siege (aka “Hostages” & “Traficantes De Panico”). This Mexican/Spain/Italian co-production from legendary director Rene Cardona Jr is a huge favorite around the globe and is not to be missed!  Purchase Tickets

Trash-Mex Podcast season 2, episode 13 " Las Bellas de Trash-Mex Vol. 2: Ofelia Medina, Lyn May, and Lina Santos" is now streaming on ALL of your preferred podcast platforms: RSS ,  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  YouTube ,  Amazon Music ,  Podcast Index ,  Podbean ,  Audacy   Hosts Armando & Joey and special guest Mariana Da Silva of El Cine discuss three legendary Mexican actresses & highlight one of their films: The ever so captivating & ultra-talented Ofelia Medina star

The future is fucked and all thanks to atomic warfare & global pollution that ends up mutating some of the human population.  In an unnamed city (it’s literally just Mexico City) , a special police force patrol around to keep mutated people away from the safe parts of the city and most of the mutated people just happen to be mostly criminals as well. Special agent Galad (Sergio Goyri) i s teamed up with Fera (Telly Filippini) , a stunning woman agent that is hoping to captu

Crack: Vicio Mortal  is about the dangers of the notorious drug " crack cocaine"  and it all takes place in the ghetto  (Galveston, TX to be exact)  and they make sure you know this by filming the opening credits in all-black neighborhood where things supposedly appear to be rough, but really everyone around the neighborhood is just chilling. This all goes on while Too Short’s  “The Ghetto”  plays. Let me be frank though, this opening credit scene was truly done in poor taste

During an archaeological dig, an evil ancient fragment is uncovered and ends up possessing Jose (Roberto Ballesteros ), one of the diggers. Jose at first seems to be okay, but quickly ends up going after everyone crossing his path and slowly but surely becoming a demonic creature readying itself for world domination—or some shit. Luckily though, the Vatican has gotten word of this and their mysterious ancient savior “El Angel” (Sergio Goyri) awakens from his slumber, hops on

The life of Agustin Torres (Bernabe Melendrez) takes an unexpected turn when his pregnant wife & father are gunned down at the orders of Ernesto Rincon (Emilio Franco) —a local crime boss who wants to take every piece of land around. Agustin tries to get justice on what’s happened to him, but corruption is all around and he then loses his land to Ernesto despite having the money to pay for what he owed.  This then leads to Agustin to turn to a life of crime alongside his es

After getting turned down in buying the local lagoon & large property from Diego Luzardo (Sergio Goyri) , the greedy Don Paco & his son Nicasio (Luis Michel) decide to rid of Diego and the rest of the Luzardo family so they can easily gain the property they desperately want. As it turns out, the property is to be converted into a high-end luxury hotel for American tourists. This being fronted by Paco’s daughter Sonia (Imperio Vargas) with her old & fat American lover " Rud

Trash-Mex Podcast season 2, episode 12 "Enamorados": Un Corazón Para Dos (1990) & Mujeres Infieles (1995) is now streaming on ALL of your preferred podcast platforms: RSS ,  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  YouTube ,  Amazon Music ,  Podcast Index ,  Podbean ,  Audacy   Trash-Mex is for lovers! Valentine’s Day is coming up and we discuss two 1990’s Mexican films about unrequited love & the consequences of infidelity. Un Corazón Para Dos (1990) (A Heart for Two) Bernardo(Pedro F

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