Posts Tagged ‘Cuentos de la Bruja’

Press Release and Review of Witch Tales (2020) from Rue Morgue

Horror media icon RUE MORGUE has been kind enough to give WITCH TALES anthology movie a very good write-up and review.
Grace Detwiler calls the film “an enjoyable romp through Pre-Code horror comic history” and “delightful cartoonishness and plenty of practical gore.”
WITCH TALES blu-ray trivia horror contest is now LIVE.
Buy the blu-ray and enter the trivia contest to win 1 of 10 movie props made for the film including prosthetic limbs, severed heads, sexy screen-worn lingerie, and more.
Witch Tales aka Cuentos de la Bruja is the 7th feature film made by Mike Lyddon, filmed entirely in Peru using a bilingual cast to produce both an English and Spanish language version of the film.  Lyddon spent years in New Orleans and co-created two features there – Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras (1999) and Cut Up (1994).

New Orleans Filmmaker Has New Peruvian Horror Film

Filmmaker Mike Lyddon has released his latest feature film, a horror anthology titled CUENTOS DE LA BRUJA (WITCH TALES).
Lyddon made several features in New Orleans including Cut Up, Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras, Horror Anthology Movies Vol. 1 and 2, but this time his filmmaking efforts led him way down south to Peru for this latest fright flick.
On Halloween night, an enchanting witch tells three tales of terror while concocting a very special…and sinister potion of her own.
CUENTOS DE LA BRUJA is now on VIMEO VOD in Spanish language with English subtitles.  You can watch on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast.
During the 2019 movie festival season, CUENTOS DE LA BRUJA was an official entry in 12 festivals and won 6 awards including Best Feature Film, Best B-Movie, and Best Special Make-up Effects.
Click here to watch the trailer.

Mike Lyddon Interview at Halloween International Film Festival

Dateline: Kill Devil Hills, NC. Watch video of the Q&A with filmmaker Mike T. Lyddon after a screening of his new film Cuentos de la Bruja (Witch Tales) at the Halloween International Film Festival in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
The interview was filmed by Festival director Matt Artz and the interview was conducted by co-festival director Sue Artz.
Besides talking about his latest indie horror film, Lyddon also talks about the New Orleans made “Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras” (1999) as well as his previous feature “First Man on Mars” (2016) which is currently available on Tubi TV.  Parts of First Man on Mars were filmed in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Click HERE to visit Mike’s indie film page, Reel Progress on FB.

Nola Filmmaker Releases Peruvian Horror Anthology Movie

Mike Lyddon, known for a string of low budget indie genre films shot in and around New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, has recently released a new film made in Peru onto the film festival circuit for 2019.
Cuentos de la Bruja aka Witch Tales (2019) is a feature length horror anthology movie made entirely in Lima, Peru.
More than mid-way through the fest season, the movie has been in 7 film festivals and has picked up 5 awards including Best Feature Film and Best Make-Up Effects at Something Wicked Film Festival in Atlanta, and Best B-Movie and Best Horror Film and Flicks Film Festival in London.
Watch the latest horror trailer for Cuentos de la Bruja on the Halloween Daily News YT channel.