Blood Window Showcase Teases 8 Upcoming Films at Cannes: ‘Genre Films Are Now at Their Best’

variety.com:

Marta Balaga Cannes Blood Window Showcase is readying to send a shiver down Cannes’ spine, presenting eight upcoming films – in pre and post-production – on Friday. “Since 2014, our idea has always been to give greater visibility to the projects that have gone through Blood Window at Ventana Sur,” says the head of the program Javier.

C. Fernández, calling the event “a celebration for the Latin American genre film community.” Presented titles will include “When Evil Lurks” by Demián Rugna, “Mitra, Turn off the Light to See” by Diego Bellochio, Diego Kartaszewicz’s “Buzzing,” Joseph Diaz’s “Bloody Mary,” “The Collector,” directed by Facundo Escudero Salinas and “Chuzalongo” by Diego Ortuño.  “Help” directed by Tamae Garateguy and Nicolas Onetti’s “Selknam” will also be featured.   “Demián Rugna’s ‘When Evil Lurks’ will not go unnoticed among genre lovers.

It has all the elements to be one of the best horror movies of the year,” teases Fernández, advertising its “well-defined characters, attractive mythology and a good dose of jump scares.” The director adds: “It was written before the pandemic but it has adjusted to this world perfectly: here, an invisible evil is also spreading.

You have to follow some rules to keep it away, there are people who believe in it and people who don’t, there are conspiracy theories and madness that doesn’t differentiate between the rich and the poor.”  According to Fernández, Latin American genre hasn’t necessarily changed all that much.  “Filmmakers’ obsessions have remained more or less the same for the past 15 years: [they talk] about this battle between light and dark, there is a strong presence of Christian religion.