Mexican Gothic - The Films of Carlos Enrique Taboada (1975-1986) (Vinegar Syndrome)

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Originally Posted by ShawDonkey

Darker than night was best Really interesting one and then Rapiña which was so good also. However Poison for fairies was a bit dull. It concentrates far too much into Flavia and Veronice, either or both are in about every scene. Strange decision from director faces of adults are almost never shown. When around 45 minutes gone was quite tired of seeing V&F. It helps locations and sets are nice, score is ok so helped to get into the end of movie and last minutes were good but it`s a movie I likely never revisit.

Appreciate the reviews. I found Poison for the fairies to be the only good film in the set. I didn't think it was that strange to only show Flavia and Veronica's faces because they want you to see everything at their level and the adults were not really integral to the story.

The reason you see the two girls in the film so much is because the film is literally about them and their toxic relationship.

The other two movies in the set to me were soap operas and will not be anything I will ever watch again.