Death and blood are in the middle of a feud between two families. Something creepy rounds the Silva Farm and makes its victims. The Carvalho Family, stuck to their past and hatred, can't see the secular evil that approaches from the darken woods. Rodrigo Aragao works with special effects for almost 20 years. Curriculum in more than 25 plays of theater, 15 short films, workshops at many cinema events, and creator of the horror play Mausoleum. With his first feature film, Mud Zombies, that is cult regarded by the critics, won international recognition and awards at major festivals. Today, with his second feature film, The Night of The Chuapacabras, Aragao is reference for special effects in Brazil. Very nice bloody Brazilian independent horror film. It comes from a region in the country (Espírito Santo state) which does not use to produce movies. It is very well filmed, in spite of the low budget. The traditional family struggle is interesting, there are some nice dialogs, and acting is far from brilliant but is not bad either. I also liked the Chupacabras ("goat-sucker"), the vampire-like monster that drinks the blood of animals… and of humans. The old sack man ("velho do saco") is even creepier, extremely disturbing, and could have been better used in the story. Besides him, my favorite characters are the two mothers and the Silva father. If there were not the exploitation footage full of spouting blood and green vomiting, the film would be even better. The unrealistic reaction of many characters, particularly in Carvalho family, to the dire slaughtering is another drawback that I shall mention.
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