#Hispanic Horror

[pedros-immaculate-vibes]

Re-listening to Ghost Radio

(For obvious reasons)

BUT I THINK I FIGURED OUT WHAT THE HELL THE ENTIRE CONCEPT IS ABOUT

SPOILERS

Joaquin can go between dimensions.

he had the near-death experience not once, but TWICE, and can now commune with the dead (Gabriel) as well as jump to other realities without intending it.

Examples of characters sidling between two realities that exist simultaneously:

The shaman/Christian priest who can somehow juggle BOTH religious realities at once

How Alondra can juggle both being a professor who is grounded in logic, but dabbles in illogical, supernatural existences

the concept of the same exact thing happening to two boys (Joaquin and Gabriel both lost their parents in the exact same way at the exact same time).

The early chapter where the woman was with her husband/children, then suddenly her family belongs to her neighbor instead

The two separate men who have records of radio shows (reality) in Texas

There are SEVERAL examples of dualities co-existing, and I think that was intentional to give the reader a subtle preparation and to expand the way the reader’s mind can hold more than one truth at a time.

Joaquin doesn’t know why or how his reality keeps shifting. Each time he jumps to a different reality, it’s like he’s tuning in to a different channel (dimension) of reality; however, he can’t control it.

Alondra has the seizure/fit when she sees herself/Colette in the photograph bc she isn’t supposed to see proof of alternate realities; essentially, her program crashes when it’s presented with an alternate reality, unlike with Joaquin bc of his two Near Death Experiences.

Essentially, because he almost died twice, Joaquin is a conduit for some weird shit, and when Gabriel comes back into his life via the radio station, he becomes more sensitized to all of this weird multidimensional shit.

The way they describe his loss of control while driving, how he was “floating” and “sliding” without the ability to control his car after leaving the scene with Barry and the shaman/pastor is a parallel to him “sliding” from one reality to another, like a radio dial.

ALSO, Time is a dimensional construct, so he can fuck with where he is in time accidentally, too. And I think the same is true with death, bc he ends up going to the afterlife at the very end and watching a dimension where Alondra is happy with Watt and never knew he, Joaquin, existed.

Im gonna relisten to this book a third time now with this in mind, and see if it makes more sense.

[talesfromthecrypts]

When you're part of the other side you see it everywhere. But I must travel on.

Satanic Hispanics (2022) dir. Alejandro Brugués, Mike Mendez, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Eduardo Sánchez, & Demián Rugna

[allmythologies]

day 12 of horror mythology: chupacabra

the name of chupacabra comes from the animal's reported vampirism—the chupacabra is said to attack and drink the blood of livestock, including goats.  In puerto rico and in hispanic america it is generally described as a heavy creature, reptilian and alien-like, roughly the size of a small bear, and with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail, while in the southwestern united states it is depicted as more dog-like.

[pickedpiper]

Father Garcia with the strap

[beareadsbookz]

For those who can’t see the images

Book recommendations for hispanic/latinx heritage month:

My Chicano Heart by Daniel A Olivia’s

Lineage Of Rain by Janel Pineda

The Storyteller’s Death by Anna Dávila Cardinal

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado

We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: Police raid a house in El Paso, Texas, and find one lone survivor of a brutal massacre. Taken into custody for questioning, the mysterious man starts telling them strange tales of other worlds, mythical creatures, demons and the undead.

[biracy]

U guys know I Enjoy Rocky Horror but also if I have 2 see one more person claim that to criticize it even slightly is Literally Destroying Queer History I will explode the earth. Like yes Not All Representation Has To Be Perfect or whatever but also I don't think lightly critiquing a very popular to this day film's portrayal of trans people is going to Destroy Queer History With Woke Cancel Culture I think Rocky Horror, the movie, the inanimate object, can deal with it

[scaredcitypodcast]

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[halloweenhundreds]

Satanic Hispanics is an amazing anthology from Mendez and company, an amazing collection of talent. I wish it wasn’t such a dude party but while the tone varies (some good creepy stuff and some gut busting laughs) it’s one of the most consistent anthologies in terms of quality in years and years.

[ps1lover]

Meet Theodora mothers greatest creation

[splatteronmywalls]

[allmythologies]

30 days of horror myths: el hombre del saco

el hombre del saco or better known as the boogeyman is depicted as an old man, with a large bag, he uses this bag to kidnap children. he is ugly, skinny and eats the children he kidnaps. usually children that misbehave.

[fortunatefires]

I'm not even an hour into the sunbearer trials and I'm already in love

[qexclamationmark]

Happy Halloween Ladies & Ghouls

[atinygamer]

Little Nightmares redo - Little Nightmares - 1 (take 2)

[felix-walter]

From "I'm So Depressed" (2023)