Poison for the Fairies1986
Directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada
🏆 7 wins & 5 nominations total
The premise
In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.
Horror Vault's take
Set against the backdrop of 1960s Mexico City, this quietly disturbing film follows two schoolgirls whose unlikely friendship takes a sinister turn when one convinces the other of her powers as a witch. What begins as imaginative childhood play gradually warps into something far darker, as obsession and psychological control tighten their grip. Director Carlos Enrique Taboada crafts a uniquely unnerving horror rooted not in monsters but in the terrifying malleability of a child's mind. The film's restrained, fairy-tale atmosphere makes its escalating dread all the more effective.
Content: Disturbing Content Involving Children, Psychological Manipulation
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Cast
Ana Patricia Rojo
Veronica
Elsa Maria Gutierrez
Flavia
Leonor Llausás
La Bruja
Carmela Stein
Nana
Maria Santander
Miss Aragon
Ernesto Schwartz
Tono
Lilia Aragón
Flavia's Mother (voice)
Hilda Perez Carbajal
Madame Rickard (voice)
Marcela Paez
Grandmother (voice)
Araceli de Leon
Nana (voice)
Patricia Acevedo
(voice)
Laura Almela
Claudia (uncredited)
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