BAMcinématek has announced the special series 'Holy Blood: Mexican Horror Cinema,' which will feature ten iconic film productions from south of the border made between the late fifties and the mid-nineties by different directors including Arturo Ripstein, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Felipe Cazals among others. The series will take place October 27 - November 2 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

Since the late 1950s, Mexico has produced its own rich and distinctive strain of horror cinema, combining supernatural tales of witches and vampires with regional folklore, head-spinning surrealism, and heaps of creepy Gothic atmosphere. These high water marks of the genre include Guillermo del Toro’s lush Cronos (1993) and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (1989).

Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the National Endowments for the Arts, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.