Director Gigi Saul Guerrero (Blumhouse & Hulu’s Into The Dark: CULTURE SHOCK) and production company Luchagore Productions have partnered again with Crypt TV to bring you an original new short film just in time for the Mexican Holiday Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
“Mistress Of Bones is a 10 minute short film that explores mysterious and dark Aztec mythology that introduces our new and exciting LATINX HERO,” says Raynor Shima, Producer at Luchagore. “This was an ambitious project to shoot and edit during Covid, but we couldn’t be more proud of everybody involved.”
An official selection at Morbido Film Fest 2020, starring Nicole Muñoz (Van Helsing, Pyewacket), Michel Issa Rubio (Snowpiercer Tv Series) and from Luchagore’s famous short film on SHUDDER, Edwin Perez from EL GIGANTE, Mistress of Bones is directed and edited by Gigi Saul Guerrero. Written by Shane McKenzie with cinematography by Luke Bramley.
Synopsis: “Two grave-robbers are set to unearth an ancient yet dangerous Aztec amulet from the dead. It is unexpected the true strength of evil this artifact contains and it is up to our hero, Mistress of Bones, to break the unleashed force that has awakened.”
GREG NICOTERO, Walking Dead, Creepshow – “Love the twists in MISTRESS OF BONES short! For me it’s the – I didn’t see THAT coming, and that makes me happy!”
BARBARA CRAMPTON, Re-Animator, Castle Freak – ”All of Gigi’s work has a profound energy and intensity. MISTRESS OF BONES is no different. Characters with deep passions and dark desires take over the screen in a surreal and beautiful way. It compels you to enter the world created with a thirst to follow a mysterious story full of unrelenting suspense and surprise. Gigi continues to engage horror audiences with films which are at once emotionally visceral and cinematically gorgeous.”
ADAM WINGARD, You’re Next, Godzilla VS Kong – “MISTRESS OF BONES is a glorious marriage of Rob Zombie and crazy action anime. Gigi is an unparalleled wild genre bending force of a director!”