Bloody Flesh

Bloody Flesh (Spanish: Carne de tu carne, "Flesh of Your Flesh") is a 1983 Colombian drama horror film written and directed by Carlos Mayolo.

Bloody Flesh
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Mayolo
Produced by
  • Fernando Berón
  • Bertha de Carvajal
  • Anthony Halliday
Written by
  • Carlos Mayolo
  • Jorge Nieto
  • Elsa Vásquez
StarringAdriana Herrán
David Guerrero
Music byMario Gomez Vignes
CinematographyGabriel Beristain
Edited byKaren Lamassonne
Luis Ospina
Production
companies
Producciones Visuales
Focine[1]
Distributed byZona A[1]
Release date
  • 31 October 1983 (1983-10-31) (Colombia)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryColombia
LanguageSpanish

Plot

On August 6, 1956 the Grandmother from an upper-class family in Cali dies. The descendants are called to her house to hear the will of the grandmother, two of the heirs are teenagers Andrés Alfonso and his half sister Margaret, who has just arrived from the United States. At dawn of the next day, a mysterious explosion occurs in the city, so the family moves to its house in the countryside. Andrés and Margaret are asked to go to a nearly farm, "La Emma", for supplies and to tell their great-uncle Enrique about the death of the grandmother (his sister), who also left him an inheritance.

Enrique is considered the "black sheep" of the family because of his Communistic beliefs. Andrés and Margaret slowly develop a strong attraction, resulting in an incestuous relationship that mirrors their ancestors, whose ghosts begin possessing both them. The lovers start murdering and spreading terror in the region. Both become cannibalistic and vampiric creatures, similar to indigenous myths as "Madremonte". By taking a victim's son of a peasant family, the brothers are killed and buried.

The family is seeking Andrés and Margaret, ignoring their actions. Later, a farmer discovers the place where the two teenagers were buried and left it shocked after seeing the lovers rise from their grave.

Cast
  • Adriana Herrán as Margareth
  • David Guerrero as Andrés Alfonso
  • Santiago García as Andrés' father
  • Vicky Hernandez as Julia

Reception

Critical reception

Bloody Flesh was re-released for DVD on January 8, 2013. George Pacheco, blogger from 10K bullets, called the film "a memorable little film, despite its apparent, initial limitations".[2] Ian Jane, from Rock Shock Pop, wrote "There’s a bit of a learning curve here, maybe, but even with those obstacles it’s easy to appreciate the mood and atmosphere that Mayolo... is able to conjure up in the latter half of this odd movie."[3]

Accolades

The film participated in the 1984 Bogotá Film Festival, where it won the Best Cinematography award. The next year was screened at Fantasporto, where was nominated for Best Film and won the Best Actress award for Adriana Herrán.

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References
  1. "Cine Colombiano: CARNE DE TU CARNE".
  2. Cotton, Jeff Den Boer & Ron. "Bloody Flesh (Carne de tu carne) – 10,000 Bullets". 10kbullets.com.
  3. "Rock! Shock! Pop! - Bloody Flesh". www.rockshockpop.com.
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