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Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse

2024 · 120 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into a child's-eye apocalypse, where love and horror rot together in the dark.

Directed by: Isaac Ezban
Genres: Horror, Fantasy
Starring: Farid Escalante Correa, Leonardo Cervantes, Mateo Ortega Casillas

Tagline: Family is worth dying for.
Overview: In a dystopian future ravaged by a viral apocalypse, three young brothers—Salvador, Oliver, and Benjamin—find themselves isolated in a remote cabin deep within the woods. As they navigate this desolate world, they harbor a dark and disturbing secret in their basement, a presence they must feed to ensure their own survival.

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Directed by: Isaac Ezban
Genres: Horror, Fantasy
Starring: Farid Escalante Correa, Leonardo Cervantes, Mateo Ortega Casillas

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
isolation
grief
coming-of-age
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, fantasy
Directed by: Isaac Ezban
Written by: Ricardo Aguado-Fentanes, Isaac Ezban
Starring: Farid Escalante Correa, Leonardo Cervantes, Mateo Ortega Casillas, Norma Flores, Horacio F. Lazo, Carla Adell, Juan Carlos Remolina, Noé Hernández
Cinematography: Rodrigo Sandoval
Runtime: 120 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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