But, the dark mythology, the underworld stuff that we don’t talk about very often. It was a mix of wanting to portray a Latina heroine and our writer Shane McKenzie asking, “What about the background of how Day of the Dead started, the goddess Mictecacihuatl?” “Mistress of Bones” is a perfect opportunity to bring the mythology to light. What inspired “Mistress of Bones” to focus on the Aztec culture?Īztec mythology has a lot of layers, a lot to say. So, it’s nice that after a few years of doing our things, we came back last year to make “Mistress of Bones.” We’re starting a new Crypt TV let me connect you.” We were among the first to work with them. I was still in film school when we met in L.A. My work was shown to Eli Roth, who co-founded Crypt TV. How did you become involved with Crypt TV? We embrace it, and we see all these dark stories, legends and traditions in a different light. Why do you think Mexican culture works so well with horror? Let’s make a bunch of videos together.” We worked in self-funded videos with just no budget and the tiniest DSLR camera. We were making viral videos, cool content. We said, “Well, no one wants to work on horror projects but us three. One of the crew members from the other school is Raynor Shima. Luke and I were the only horror freaks in our school and based all our homework on horror.įor one of our bigger projects, not having enough people in our crew, we became the school’s troublemakers and brought in students from the rival film school . He is my cinematographer in all the stuff I’ve directed. What inspired you to create your production company Luchagore? I never thought I would gravitate so much toward socially elevated horror like that since “Get Out.” Suddenly, there was “Heredity” and all of these wonderful movies. What changed my mind that the subgenre doesn’t matter is Jordan Peele’s work. Suddenly, I’m all about slashers, cult classics, 1980s horror or trash horror. Rodriguez would do that with his crazy movies “El Mariachi,” “Machete” and “Planet Terror.” He always had those hints of Mexicano style, and I thought that was so neat. It’s okay to have your past culture and bring it to a new one. Then, I realized that it’s okay to be two different things. I couldn’t figure myself out here in Canada. Through them, I found out about Rodriguez, who’s totally Tex-Mex style, and I felt that I related to him. It has Guillermo’s love of monsters that are so human and so real, and Iñárritu’s grittiness and brutality, like he brought in “ Amores Perros.” These guys are not afraid to speak our language. … They were not afraid to go over the boundaries in showing raw and gritty, but human stories. Her first leading role is Peacock's new anticipated animated series SUPERNATURAL ACADEMY as Mischa Lebron.It started with “Children of Men.” … I realized that was part of the “three amigos”. She is also an actress and most commonly known for her voice over work such as NETFLIX SUPER MONSTERS as Vida, MARVEL SUPERHERO ADVENTURES as Spider-Girl, and fan favourite character Varzia on Warfare video game. She has posed for PlayBoy Mexico, and many pinup holiday themed pictures. Guerrero is also known for not just her talent behind the camera but her beauty in front. Her series with Warner Brothers/Stage 13, La Quinceañera, won the Audience Award at the 2017 Morbido Film Festival. In 2014, Guerrero participated in the Mexican horror anthology Mexico Bárbaro with its Day of the Dead segment while still in film school. Guerrero started her career with several genre short films including gore-fest El Gigante, and viral hits like A Luchagore Christmas and Evil Dead in 60 seconds. Now recently genre-bending fun flick Bingo Hell is on Amazon Prime where she co-wrote and directed. She directed her feature debut CULTURE SHOCK for Blumhouse Productions Television, winner of Best Primetime movie at IMAGEN AWARDS and it is still 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Guerrero directed an action-packed episode for THE PURGE season 2. Guerrero is co-founder of Luchagore Productions In Vancouver Canada. She has been praised as one of the top, emerging directors in the horror genre by Empire, Dread Central, Fangoria and Bloody Disgusting. Gigi graduated with honors at Capilano University's BOSA CENTRE FOR FILM AND ANIMATION and is also a current Directing instructor at Vancouver Film School. She is a Mexican genre director/filmmaker and actress now living in Vancouver Canada, she's described by VARIETY, L'ATTITUDE LATINXT as part of the new wave of Latino talent, and scored a First Look Deal with Jason Blum's BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS. Born and raised in Mexico City, also known by fans as "La Muñeca Del Terror" in Latin America.
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