The Food of Fear (1994)
El alimento del miedo
In an underclass neighborhood of Mexico City, a place where a unique troupe features a circus act, led by Don Ramón, he and his wife Petra have to take care of the daughter of a neighbor who has been jailed for drug trafficking. Petra decides that the girl must earn a living, entrusting her several domestic tasks; while befriending Pepito, who works as a clown on the street. Things get complicated when someone with satanic tendencies arrives to Ramon's house, and the visitor develops an interest on Petra. A fight between the three adults causes that the little girl suffers a fatal accident, so the solution will be to use her meat for the tamales sold by Petra.
- Date of release
- 1994-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Horror
- Director
- Juan López Moctezuma
Casting
- Isaura Espinoza — Petra
- Jorge Victoria — Chicalada
- Salvador Sánchez — Jefe
- Juan López Moctezuma — Don Ramón
- Alan Fernández
- Andaluz Russell
- Marta Zamora
- Pedro Infante Jr. — Pedro Infante Jr
- Montserrat Suero Cortez
- Sergio Sánchez
- Matilde Kalfon
- Paulina de Labra — (uncredited)
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