Satanic Hispanics is a 2022 horror anthology film written by Alejandro Méndez, Demián Rugna, Lino K. Villa and Pete Barnstrom, directed by Mike Mendez, Demián Rugna, Eduardo Sánchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués and starring Efren Ramirez, Greg Grunberg, Jacob Vargas, Hemky Madera, Patricia Velásquez and Jonah Ray.
[1][2][3][4] A SWAT team bust into a facility to find numerous dead bodies, all of whom seemingly did so from a gunshot to the head.
They find one survivor, a man simply called The Traveler, who attempts to sever his hand, only to be caught and brought in for questioning.
He does end up identifying one of the bodies as belonging to a man named Gustavo, though he does not know if he knew him before or after his death and proceeds to tell his story.
Gustavo's sister Jessy wants him to put his bright mind to use by entering a gameshow in Japan to earn money, though he is reluctant to do so due to his fear of making a mistake.
When the detectives still don't believe him, the Traveler decides to reveal the explanation behind the recent victims with blood loss: a vampire.
Unable to transform into a bat due to having not done so in a long time, El Vampiro steals a scooter, but gets knocked down by three clowns.
A man comes to throw his trash away and sees two skeletons locked in an embrace, believing them to be leftover Halloween decorations.
Madre Tierra and her Nahuales go back to the safehouse and break down one of the walls, revealing wrapped up bodies (implied to be De la Cruz's family).
Gibbons asks about an unusual bullet in the Traveler's possession and he explains that it is filled with the sawdust from the holy cross and is coated in the iron made from the nails.
It is revealed that the police have the gun needed to fire the bullet to defeat San La Muerte, but when the Traveler demands it, they refuse to give it to him.
One week prior, Malcolm and Miguel enter an antique store and meet with El Jefe and ask for a weapon to defeat Cuban deities.
El Jefe tells a homoerotic story about how he came to acquire the Hammer of Zanzibar which is revealed to resemble a giant wooden dildo.
Arden and Gibbons refuse to listen to anymore stories and plan to put him back in his cell when the lights begin to flicker.
The website's consensus reads: "A smooth blend of scares and dark humor, Satanic Hispanics is a well-crafted horror anthology whose occasionally jarring tonal shifts are easy to forgive.
[15] Reyna Cervantes of IGN gave the film a mixed review and wrote, "Unfortunately it’s also held back by some uneven storytelling and humor that doesn’t always land.
"[1] J Hurtado of Screen Anarchy gave the film a positive review and wrote, "What do you get when you bring five of the most talented Hispanic genre filmmakers in the indie space together on a horrorific anthology project?
"[17] Josh Bell of Comic Book Resources also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "As a showcase for a group of underappreciated Latino horror filmmakers, Satanic Hispanics accomplishes its goal.
"[18] Matthew Jackson of Paste also gave the film a positive review, calling it "an absolute blast of gore, laughter and surprising emotional heft.