

During Beatriz's investigation, it turns out that the sinister museum owner ( Ivo Müller) who had the mask shipped from the Amazon wants the mask for his own benefit, which involves a possible sacrifice of some kidnapped Bolivian children. Aside from Skull, it concerns a crooked cop named Beatriz ( Natallia Rodrigues), investigating a robbery after the artifact is brought to a museum official's home, and then suddenly vanishes, with mutilated corpses in its wake. Written and directed by Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman, “Skull: The Mask” takes its plotting too seriously, unfortunately, and does not have the competence to back it up. At least the blood and guts are going to a cause. It’s different from a slasher’s typical motivation of vengeance or trying to clean house, and the idea of forcefully being sacrificed is kind of morbidly funny. In hand is a jagged cleaver, which it can throw and retract like a yo-yo, while intestines dangle off his arm for good measure. The mask is possessed by the spirit of a god executioner named Anhangá, and one of the standout things about this villain is that he forcefully sacrifices people, ripping out their hearts and taking their blood. After it's brought to São Paulo, it takes over the body of a crime scene clean-up guy (Brazilian wrestler Rurik Jr.), and collects blood on his white jumpsuit as his rampage ensues.
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But then there's a Shudder title like "Skull: The Mask," a movie that has some beautiful, doomed young people on its chopping list, but overthinks its story, and undermines the filmmaking that makes the slashing a cinematic delight.Ī word about our villain, Skull: the mask is an artifact of Brazilian mythology, originally found in the Amazon.


and Clark Spencer, p.g.a. Castro Smith and Bush are screenwriters on the film. Germaine Franco composed the original score.It’s not often that you deeply wish a horror film would just treat its slashing killer with the kind of story that Roger hated, the dead teenager movie. Also lending their voices are Carolina Gaitán and Mauro Castillo as Mirabel’s aunt and uncle, Pepa, and Félix and Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz and Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Mirabel’s cousins Dolores, Camilo, and Antonio, respectively.Įncanto features all-new songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Moana) and is directed by Jared Bush (co-director Zootopia) and Byron Howard ( Zootopia, Tangled), co-directed by Charise Castro Smith (writer The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez), and produced by Yvett Merino, p.g.a. But when the family’s home is threatened, Mirabel may be their only hope. The voice cast also includes Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel María Cecilia Botero as Mirabel’s grandmother Alma aka Abuela John Leguizamo as Mirabel’s estranged Uncle Bruno Angie Cepeda and Wilmer Valderrama as Mirabel’s parents, Julieta and Agustín and Diane Guererro and Jessica Darrow as Mirabel’s sisters, Isabela and Luisa. Each child has been blessed with a magic gift unique to them-each child except Mirabel.

The film tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family who live in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto.
