Barrio Tales (2012)

Barrio Tales: Directed by Jarret Tarnol. With Alexander Aguila, Carson Aune, Adam Beesely, Maritza Brikisak. Two American teenagers in search of cheap drugs, trespass into the seedy town of Barrio, Mexico. What they find instead is a disturbed story teller and three tales filled with blood, witches and a cannibalistic taco chef.

“I literally didnu0026#39;t know what I was getting into here, as I sat down in 2021 to watch the 2012 movie u0026quot;Barrio Talesu0026quot;. I had never heard about it, but still I sat down to watch it, as it was a horror movie that I hadnu0026#39;t already seen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow, it should be said that u0026quot;Barrio Talesu0026quot; is a horror anthology, for better or worse. Normally I am not overly keen on anthologies, as the majority tends to be dubious ones. But still, I gave u0026quot;Barrio Talesu0026quot; a chance. And it was actually a rather nice surprise of an entertaining anthology.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Barrio Talesu0026quot; consists of three tales and a narrative story that binds the three stories together. I am not going to go into details about each individual segment, as I believe it is something that should be seen and experienced on the screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe first segment is titled u0026quot;Mariau0026quot; and it is actually a rather good segment, with an enjoyable storyline and an interesting approach to curses.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Mariau0026quot; is followed by the second tale titled u0026quot;Uncle Tiou0026#39;s Taco Trucku0026quot;, which I actually also thoroughly enjoyed, as much as I enjoyed the first tale titled u0026quot;Mariau0026quot;. This was definitely a tasty treat in the anthology.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat leads us to the third segment titled u0026quot;El Munstrou0026quot;, which was the runt of the litter. This tale was just a bit too tame for me, it didnu0026#39;t really have much of any horror worth to it, as it was more of a redneck hillbilly family thing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd then there is the narrative that binds the three tales together. While it wasnu0026#39;t really much more than a guy telling the tales, it was actually interesting, because of the atmosphere and the way that storyteller behaved. So it was a nice means of tying the stories together.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI was genuinely entertained by u0026quot;Barrio Talesu0026quot; and found it to be a very pleasant surprise of an anthology. It is one that I can recommend you sit down to watch, should you have the chance. Never mind the laughable cover for the movie, it was something that was sort of discouraging me from actually sitting down to watch u0026quot;Barrio Talesu0026quot;, but I am glad that I looked past that cover.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;Barrio Talesu0026quot; lands on a six out of ten stars.”