“The Aztec” by Carmen Baca (2020)
“That’s when he knew the pile was not just clothes.”
Oh this was great. It’s sitting in the backseat while the villain has the wheel. It goes south of course, but the journey there is tops.
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“Winnebago Graveyard #1” by Steve Niles, Stephanie Paitreau, Jordie Bellaire, Jen Bartel, Alison Sampson, Aditya Bidikar, Mingjue Helen Chen, Sarah Horrocks (2017)
“Where are the people?”
Ooh good setup here. I’ll return to finish this series for sure. I hope the big bad they introduce here gets a real powerful comeuppance, though it does feel like a setup for torturing some protagonists. Bonus points for a creepy carnival setting.
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Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness dir. Shimako Satō (1995)
“I wanted to introduce you to Lucifer.”
It’s cool to see a movie like this in the mid 90s when American horror was getting more self-aware and cynical. This is a sincere story about realized Satanic panic, with an appropriately anime-styled structure. Some weird softcore scenes between students and abusive teachers were shocking but it’s seemingly the kind of standard stuff kids in Japan are reading in manga.