The Food of Fear

The Food of Fear

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Horror

The Food of Fear

El alimento del miedoDIRECTED BYJuan López Moctezuma92mins1994

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.

Other films by Juan López Moctezuma

Alucarda
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
The Mansion of Madness
To Kill a Stranger

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