Shudder Day: Satanic Hispanics (2022/3)

 At long last, I get around to this.

Shudder is just full of Horror Anthologies and this one has been hyped up a bit.

In the Framing Device, the lone survivor of a massacre is acting both really vague and really urgent.

They ask him about stuff from his pockets, setting up the Stories.

In the first Tale, a man is obsessed with two things- not doing anything with his life and patterns.

Well, the latter comes into play in a way that he could not have foreseen.
It might affect the former pretty drastically.

In the second Tale (by Eduardo Sanchez), we learn about a Vampire enjoying a night out on the Town.

It takes a comedic turn, however, when the 'poor guy' has to get home before sunrise and he didn't take Daylight Savings into account.

Desposito!

In the third Tale, a man is haunted by trauma...and a very real threat.

He's made an enemy of a Bruja (aka a Witch) and there's going to be hell (or blood) to pay!

In the finale Tale (by the Director of Juan of the Dead), a man (Jonah Ray Rodrigues) is the last survivor of a group that was cursed for observing a dark ritual.

Can he take matters into his own hands to save himself?

The whole thing wraps up as the man's warnings about how he can't linger really turn out to be true.

Let's just say that the Police Station in The Terminator had it better off.

What will happen to the stranger?

To find out, Stream it now.

Another fun Horror Anthology with the same strengths and weaknesses.

As always, the mix of Stories can be a good one- like Chocolate and Cherries-, an alright one- like Chocolate and Oranges- or a just plain bad one- Chocolate and Anchovies.

So, you have the Intro Tale which is a bit of a slow burn right away. 
The second one is fun and perhaps might have been a good one to actually start with. 
The third one is very dark and violent, providing a stark contrast to the last one.
The final one is a funny one again, so perhaps having it to bookend the Film's Story Section would have been best.

That said, I enjoyed all of the Stories on their own, especially the Framing Device.

As always, my ranking (which doesn't mean that one is bad, to be clear)- Framing Device, Vampire, Jonah Ray's one, the first Tale and then the Bruja one.
I am counting the finale- which is great!- with the Framing Device, so it does give it an edge.

All in all, a fun Film with some really neat ideas and direction.

Now if you don't mind, I need to cut my fingernails...

Seriously, this one is well-done.  A good-to-great Anthology makes me want to seek out the other Directors' works and this is no exception.