Chuzalongo (2024)
At the end of the 19th century, a boy appears in an Andean village. Nicanor, the village priest, discovers that the child’s blood causes the crops to bear fruit magically, but for the boy to live, he must be fed human blood.
- Date of release
- 2024-09-25
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Thriller, Fantasy
- Director
- Diego Ortuño
Casting
- Bruno Odar — Nicanor
- Wolframio Sinué — Melalo
- Gael Ortuño — Chuzalongo
- Alex Cisneros — Don Alfonso
- Mónica Mancero — Lucía
- Fernando Bacilio — Segundo
- María Karla Gómez — Magdalena
- Eloi Aymerich — Dr. Romero
- Matilde Lagos — Mama Juana
Interesting facts
Chuzalongo is a 2024 folk horror film written and directed by Diego Ortuño, based on the traditional Andean legend "El Chuzalongo", which is represented as a child-elf who sexually assaults women. It stars Bruno Odar, Wolframio Sinué and Aléx Cisneros accompanied by Fernando Bacilio, Mónica Mancero, Toa Tituaña, Yuyak Guitarra, Lenin Farinango and Sisa Farez.
Production
The script took 5 years to write. Principal photography began on May 1, 2023, in Quito, Cayambe, Cotacachi and Pintag, Ecuador, lasting 4 weeks.
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