¡UY QUE HORROR! A Latinx Horror Movie Podcast
189 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this spooky podcast, Jonathan Atkinson and Aileen Clark explore the often overlooked world of Latinx horror films. Every week, they watch a different horror film, whether it comes from a Latin American country; is directed by a Latinx director; or has a Latinx star as it’s lead. If it’s Latinx horror, Jonny and Aileen will watch it!
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Episodes
Morgue (Paraguay)
June 21, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourIt's Jonny & Aileen's first time in Paraguay! Morgue tells the story of Diego, a security guard for hire that spends a terrifying night locked inside a morgue. Plus, our hosts learn about one of the Paraguayan national languages, Guaraní, and the origins of morgues! Remember to subscribe, rate and review! Follow ¡Uy Que Horror! on social media:Twitter: @Uy_Que_HorrorInstagram: @uyquehorror
¡Tintorera! (Mexico/UK)
June 14, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourGrab your speedo cuz we're hunting sharks in Isla Mujeres! The Mexican 70's cult classic, ¡Tintotera!, features two rivals turned friends that experience free love, lots of sex, and a whole bunch of shark killing (like actual, real killing). Plus Jonny & Aileen talk about the beautiful Isla Mujeres, tiger shark conservation and polyamory!Watch the movie here! And You Call Yourself a Scientist article by Lyzmadness Shark Conservancy Info Links:https://saveourseas.com/project/the-tiger-shark-f...
Cronos (Mexico)
June 07, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourIt's Guillermo del Toro's first película! Jonny and Aileen fall in love with GDT's work again with the movie Cronos. A twist on the usual vampire story, when Jesus Gris finds a mysterious device that has resurfaced after 400 years, it seemingly brings eternal life to its new owner, but that might not be something that Jesus wants. Plus our hosts learn what Alchemy is and the wonderful relationship between Ron Perlman and GDT. Remember to subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on las redes ...
La Funeraria (Argentina)
May 31, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourThe ghosts are here to stay! Jonny and Aileen talk about the spooky Argentinian film, La Funeraria. Bernardo is an undertaker that runs his mortuary business in the same house where he resides. His VERY dysfunctional family lives among coffins, wreaths and mischievous supernatural entities that visit on a daily basis. But there's something darker and more evil on the way. Plus, our hosts learn more about what a funeral director does and the signs your home is haunted! Watch the movie here! ...
Demonio de los Andes (Peru)
May 24, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen head to Peru with the movie El Demonio de los Andes to discover the unsettling story of the South American equivalent of the werewolf. The Jarjacha is an entity/curse brought on by the biggest (and grossest) sin of all: incest. Kiss your sister or your brother and be cursed to live as a were-llama! Plus our hosts talk about the effects of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) and the Peruvian town of Ayacucho, where the movie takes place. Watch the movie here! Don't forget t...
Ritual of Death (Brazil)
May 17, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourCan you feel the lure of the dark? Jonny & Aileen have a lot of fun with Ritual of Death, a gory, poorly acted but hilarious film from Brazil. A local acting company decides to stage an updated version of an Egyptian ritual involving human sacrifice but they unleash a dark and evil force. Plus our hosts discuss 80s and 90s cartoon nostalgia, the Brazilian film genre "Cinema da Boca do Lixo", and when porn directors make horror films! Watch the movie here! Listen to Sarah Regina's hits here!...
Drácula (USA)
May 10, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourEveryone knows Bela Lugosi's classic film, Dracula, pero did you know that a Spanish language version was being filmed at the same time? Jonny & Aileen watch and discuss George Melford's Spanish language version of Dracula, plus Universal Studios focus on the foreign-language market, and can you use wolfsbane on vampires? Watch the movie here! Make sure to subscribe, rate and review. And follow us on social media:Twitter: @Uy_Que_HorrorInstagram: @uyquehorror
Anaconda (USA)
May 03, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourHop on the Amazon River barge and get ready to hunt for giant snakes! This week, Jonny & Aileen discuss the 90s cult classic, Anaconda. Everything from Jon Voight's miserable accent, snake facts, the Amazon's indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation and Jonny & Aileen's love of JLo and Ice Cube in this ridiculous movie. Remember to Subscribe, Rate & Review!Find us on social media:Twitter: @Uy_Que_HorrorInsta: @uyquehorror And follow our network on Twitter and Insta: @SonoroPodcast
Trauma (Chile)
April 26, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourBueno, it happened. Jonny & Aileen found the hardest movie to watch for the podcast. *TRIGGER WARNING*Lucio A. Rojas' Chilean horror film, Trauma, is definitely filled with exactly that: TRAUMA! Four friends head to an isolated country house in the backwoods of Chile and are brutally attacked by a man and his son. This was a really tough watch for Jonny & Aileen, with equally tough discussions about Pinochet's regime, torture, sexual assault and how today's Chilean women are fighting for ch...
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April 20, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.7 MBToxicomanía: El Experimento Mexicano retrata la insólita historia sobre la legalización de las drogas en 1940 y las ideas del brillante científico que estuvo detrás de todo. Producido y protagonizado por Luis Gerardo Méndez y con las actuaciones de Aída López, Rainn Wilson y muchos más. Búscalo en cualquier plataforma donde consumas podcasts.
Don't Panic (Mexico)
April 19, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourThis week Jonny & Aileen are transported to Mexico in the 80s where curly mullets, power unibrows and dino pajamas totally rule. Don't Panic , Ruben Galindo Jr.'s tribute to Nightmare on Elm Street, tells of 17 year old Michael who unlocks a murderous evil force from an Ouija board. This one is fun romp you must watch! Watch it here on Shudder! Watch it dubbed in Spanish here! Make sure to follow us on social media!Twitter: @Uy_Que_HorrorInstagram: @uyquehorror
Infección (Venezuela)
April 12, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourJonny & Aileen head to a zombie infested Venezuela with this week's movie, Infección. But this movie goes a lot deeper than sprinting zombies, desolate apocalyptic roads, and all or nothing survival (which it has plenty of!) Using the tropes of zombie films, director Flavio Pedota's Infección highlights the Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis and the Venezuelan Refugee Crisis. Watch the movie here! More information on Venezuela from our friend, Joanna Hausmann: What's Happening in Venezue...
El Páramo (Colombia)
April 05, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen get deep into the moors of Colombia with this week's film. A military group on a rescue mission encounter a mysterious woman. Will their minds play games with them or is the mysterious woman more than she seems? Like the movies Alien, The Thing, Blair Witch Project with a splash of Full Metal Jacket, this movie left our hosts feeling TENSE.
Sudor Frío (Argentina)
March 29, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourWelcome back to Argentina! Jonny & Aileen watch and discuss Sudor Frío. Three friends are held hostage in a house of horrors which includes such terrifying things as conservative old men catfishing young girls on the internet, feral women trapped in a pitch black basement and the worst of all tortures: MATH FORMULAS! Will our hosts get out alive?
Night of the Living Dead (USA)
March 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourThey're coming to get you, Barbara! Jonny & Aileen that is. In this episode, our hosts discuss the classic George A. Romero film, it's contributions to the now universal zombie rules, his dramatization of social issues using the horror genre, as well as Romero's Latino identity and his impact on the Latinx community.
As Boas Maneiras (Brazil)
March 15, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourThe moon is full in Brazil and Jonny & Aileen are feeling hungry for meat! As Boas Maneiras is a fantasy-horror-musical (yes, musical!) that left our hosts crying more than once in this episode. Werewolves, lesbian love, Festa Junina (the second most popular festival in Brazil after Carnaval) and so much more in this week's episode.
2012: Kurse a di Xtabai (Belize)
March 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourNos vamos a Belize! Jonny and Aileen watch the first major feature length movie to be entirely produced in Belize. A curse has fallen on the town of San Antonio after some Gringos blow open a cave and release the mythical demon woman, Xtabai. Get ready for wanderlust for Belize, folklore and low budget fun!
La Entidad (Peru)
March 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourJonny & Aileen return to Peru with the found footage style film, La Entidad. A group of film students want to make a documentary about "reaction videos" and it does NOT go well for them. Is it a curse? Is it a ghost? Can you capture it on an iPhone? Join our hosts to find out just what the hell this Entidad wants from us!
La Casa Muda (Uruguay)
February 22, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen are off to Uruguay for the first time! La Casa Muda is a single shot style film with a lot of jump scares, a fun twist and that lovely acento Uruguayo permeating throughout. Will Jonny and Aileen get out of La Casa Muda alive?!
Alucarda, La Hija de las Tinieblas (Mexico)
February 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourVEINTE EPISODIOS! Jonny and Aileen celebrate their 20 episode milestone by watching this English language Mexican film from the seventies. There's everything a horror lover could want: Satan! Possession! Obsession! Nuns! Lots and lots of nudity! This was a wild ride that left Jonny and Aileen reeling in the best way possible.
From Dusk Till Dawn (USA)
February 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Robert Rodriguez classic, From Dusk Till Dawn. Jonny has fond memories of watching it in his youth and it's Aileen's first watch so, this episode is lleno de opiniones!
Al Final del Espectro (Colombia)
February 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen having a confusing time in this episode. Will a shoddy, severely cropped, obviously filmed from the television, YouTube video of this Colombian movie give them a hard time? Kind of. But that doesn't stop them from getting spooked!
El Sanatorio (Costa Rica)
January 25, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen head to the Durán Sanatarium in this week's episode, with the mockumentary/found footage horror film from Costa Rica, El Sanatorio. Will the crew survive filming inside the old haunted hospital? Will they follow the rules of how to deal with ghosts? Will that guy please stop playing guitar?!
Morto Não Fala (Brazil)
January 18, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourWe're heading back to Brazil in this episode! Jonny and Aileen discuss the film Morto Não Fala (The Nightshifter), talking to dead people when you work at the morgue plus more Brazil memories from their childhood.
La Casa Lobo (Chile/Germany)
January 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Jonny and Aileen record together, in the same room, face to face for the first time! They talk all about the trippy, creepy, artsy Chilean movie "La Casa Lobo" (The Wolf House), including the movie's inspiration, La Colonia Dignidad, describing art poorly and WHOA THAT WAS AMAZING but also really creepy...
La Casa del Fin de los Tiempos (Venezuela)
January 04, 2021 15:33 - 1 hourFeliz Año Nuevo!! Jonny & Aileen welcome 2021 by going to Venezuela and discussing the twists and turns in the film, "La Casa del Fin de los Tiempos" (The House at the End of Time). Are there ghosts in the house? Does the house travel through time? Will the children be annoying? All will be revealed!
Santa Claus (Mexico)
December 28, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourHo Ho Holy hell, what is going on with this movie?! Jonny and Aileen watch a Mexican Christmas classic and promptly descend into madness while screaming ¡YO NO QUIERO SER MALA, YO QUIERO SER BUENA! Feliz Navidad a tod@s!
Diablo Rojo PTY (Panama)
December 21, 2020 13:09 - 1 hourHop on this bus and vámonos a Panama! Jonny and Aileen talk about the first ever Panamanian horror movie, Diablo Rojo (PTY). They discuss the folklore behind La Tulivieja, the culture significance of the buses known as the Diablo Rojo and mucho mas!
Gruss Vom Krampus (USA)
December 14, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutesJonny and Aileen have something a little different for the holiday season on this week's episode. Suggested by Lovely Latinx Listener, Whitney Collazo, they watch and talk about her micro-short film, Gruss Vom Krampus. Jonny and Aileen discuss the origins of Krampus, Latinx folklore beasts and how to pronounce Santa Cloh. Happy Holidays!
El Espinazo del Diablo (Mexico/Spain)
December 07, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourIt's our 10th episode!! To celebrate, Jonny and Aileen break the long awaited seal on Guillermo Del Toro's filmography and begin the journey with El Espinazo del Diablo (The Devil's Backbone). Putting aside the rule of NO FILMS FROM SPAIN, Jonny and Aileen discuss the Spanish Civil War, it's many ghosts and the many forms that they can take.
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (USA)
November 30, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen stay in the US this time around, but we have the rarest item of them all: A FULL LATINX CAST! In this episode, we talk witches, the Cholo stereotype, and how having a Latinx crew behind the scenes is much more important than it seems.
Juan De Los Muertos (Cuba)
November 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen head into the lovely waters of the Caribbean with the Cuban horror comedy, Juan De Los Muertos. In this episode we learn a bit about Cuban history, their LGBTQ+ community, and do we always have to like our protagonists? Viva Cuba Libre!!
Vuelven (Mexico)
November 16, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen return to Mexico with the movie Vuelven (Tigers Are Not Afraid) in this brand new episode. Fall in love with the kids of a rambunctious orphan gang fighting for survival amid the horrors and ghosts of the Mexican drug war. Magical, tragic and spooky, this movie really gave us the goods!
El Vientre (Peru)
November 09, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourHold on to your babies! In this episode, Jonny and Aileen talk about the Peruvian film, El Vientre. Is she an evil matchmaker? Kinda! Will she steal your baby? She's definitely gonna try!
2/11 Dia de los Muertos (Argentina)
November 02, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourWe're back in Argentina, che! Surprising, as the title would suggest maybe a film from Mexico. Jonny and Aileen discuss the Mexican celebration as well so there's something for everyone! Find out about satanic cults, fun accents, and do Argentinians celebrate Day of the Dead?
Santo El Enmascarado de Plata y Blue Demon Contra Los Monstruos (Mexico)
October 26, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourTag team duo, Jonny and Aileen, dive off the top ropes into this week's episode set in Mexico! They discuss all about Santo and his wrestling legacy, how a Cyclops can be very versatile, a musical review can liven up any film and that at the end of the day, the forces of evil ain't got nothing on Santo and Blue Demon. Enjoy!
Aterrados (Argentina)
October 19, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourWe got some real scares in this episode! Jonny and Aileen head to Argentina che, with Demián Rugna's spooky film, Aterrados (Terrified). They talk sexy cops, pockets of terror and never remembering anyone's name. Get ready for jump scare city!
Á Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma (Brazil)
October 12, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourJonny and Aileen head to Brazil to meet the infamous Zé do Caixão! Hear them practice different Brazilian accents (yes, Jonny and Aileen speak Portuguese!), talk about men with long nails, and discuss how this movie gave José Mojica Marins a lifelong cult following.
La Llorona (Guatemala)
October 01, 2020 21:00 - 1 hourLlegamos!! In the first episode of ¡Uy Que Horror!, your hosts, Jonny and Aileen talk about the 2019 Guatemalan film, La Llorona.