| Description |
2 videodiscs (305 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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region A region B region C rdare |
| Language |
Spanish with optional English and English SDH subtitles. |
| Cast |
Poison for the fairies: Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein, María Santander. |
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Darker than night: Claudia Islas, Susana Dosamantes, Lucia Mendez, Helena Rojo, Pedro Armendariz, Julian Pastor. |
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Rapiña: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Germán Robles, Norma Lazareno, Rosenda Monteros, Enrique Ponton, Manuel Dondé, José Chávez Trowe, Raúl Dantes. |
| Credits |
Poison for the fairies: Director of photography, Guadalupe García ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Carlos Jiménez. |
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Darker than night: Director of photography, Daniel López ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Raul Lavista. |
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Rapiña: Director of photography, José Ortíz Ramos ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Raul Lavista. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 1975-1986. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, regions A,B,C, widescreen (1.85:1); requires Blu-ray player. |
| Note |
Special features: Poison for the fairies video essay with genre film scholar Valeria Villegas (14 min.), Darker than night fairies video essay with genre film scholar Valeria Villegas (15 min.), Rapiña fairies video essay with genre film scholar Valeria Villegas (15 min.). |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Veneno para las hadas = Poison for the fairies (1986 ; 90 min.) / Instituto Mexicano de Cinematogra̕fa ; Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producc̤in Cinematog̀rfica ; argumento y libro cinematografico Carlos Enrique Taboada ; dirección, Carlos Enrique Taboada ; Más negro que la noche = Darker than night (1975 ; 102 min.) / CONACINE y el Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica de la República Méxicana presentan ; libro cinematográfico, Carlos Enrique Taboada ; dirección, Carlos Enrique Taboada -- Disc 2. Rapiña (1975 ; 113 min.) / CONACINE y el Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica de la República Mexicana ; argumento y libro cinematografico Carlos Enrique Taboada ; dirección, Carlos Enrique Taboada ; Special features. |
| Summary |
Poison for the fairies: When young Flavia arrives at her new school she is quickly befriended by Veronica. What starts out as an innocent friendship turns terrifying when Veronica reveals herself to be a Witch. Unsure of the truth, Flavia enters into a manipulative relationship as Veronica's accomplice as the line between what is real and imagined blurs and leads to a spiral of magic, death, sacrifice and murder! |
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Darker than night: Ophelia has just learned of the death of her Aunt, whom she had never trusted. In a sinister twist of fate, she has now inherited her Aunt's estate, along with all of its tenants, living and dead. Inviting her three close friends along, Ophelia moves into the gothic house. But shortly after disregarding her Aunt's posthumous requests to care for Bequer, the house cat, their lives are turned upside down as horrors reveal themselves and a supernatural force starts to violently pick off the girls one by one! |
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Rapiña: Woodcutter Porfirio has always accepted his meager existence, however one day while working in a remote, forested mountain, Porfirio is the sole witness to the crash of a luxury plane. Desperate to escape his circumstances, he seizes the opportunity to loot the wreckage with his neighbor and co-worker, Evodio. But soon, best laid plans lead to treachery and murder... |
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Witchcraft -- Drama.
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Poisons -- Drama.
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Young women -- Drama.
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Haunted houses -- Drama.
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Cats -- Drama.
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Loggers -- Mexico -- Drama.
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Avarice -- Drama.
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Avarice. (OCoLC)fst00824296
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Cats. (OCoLC)fst00849374
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Haunted houses. (OCoLC)fst00951928
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Loggers. (OCoLC)fst01001941
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Poisons. (OCoLC)fst01068184
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Witchcraft. (OCoLC)fst01176327
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Young women. (OCoLC)fst01183301
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Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
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| Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Horror films. (OCoLC)fst01710373
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Feature films.
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Horror films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Taboada, Carlos Enrique, film director, screenwriter.
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García, Guadalupe, cinematographer.
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Lopez, Daniel (Cinematographer), cinematographer.
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Savage, Carlos, film editor.
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Lavista, Raúl, 1913-1980, composer (expression)
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Jiménez Mabarak, Carlos, 1916-1994, composer (expression)
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Rojo, Ana Patricia, 1974- actor.
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Gutiérrez, Elsa María, actor.
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Llausás, Leonor, actor.
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Stein, Carmen, actor.
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Santander, María, actor.
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Islas, Claudia, actor.
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Dosamantes, Susana, actor.
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Méndez, Lucía, 1955- actor.
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Rojo, Helena, 1944- actor.
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Armendáriz, Pedro, Jr., 1940-2011, actor.
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López Tarso, Ignacio, actor.
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Robles, Germán, 1929- actor.
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Lazareno, Norma, 1939- actor.
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Monteros, Rosenda, 1935-2018, actor.
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Ponton, Enrique, actor.
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Dondé, Manuel, actor.
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Chávez, José, 1916-1988, actor.
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Dantés, Raúl, actor.
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Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica de la República de México, presenter, production company.
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Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (Mexico), production company.
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Vinegar Syndrome (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Carlos Enrique Taboada |
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Container of (work): Veneno para las hadas (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Más negro que la noche (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Rapiña (Motion picture)
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| Standard No. |
814456027296 |
| Music No. |
VS-427 Vinegar Syndrome |
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