Belzebuth is a 2017 Mexican horror film directed by Emilio Portes, starring Joaquín Cosío and Tobin Bell.[2][3][4][5]

Belzebuth
Film poster
Directed byEmilio Portes
Written byEmilio Portes
Luis Carlos Fuentes
Produced byRodrigo Herranz
StarringJoaquín Cosío
Tobin Bell
CinematographyRamon Orozco
Edited byEmilio Portes
Rodrigo Rios
Music byAldo Max Rodriguez
Production
company
Pastorela Peliculas
Distributed byVideocine
Release dates
  • 14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) (Sitges)[1]
  • 11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) (Mexico)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Box office$1,504,642

Synopsis

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The story begins in a hospital with detective Emmanuel Ritter and his wife celebrating the birth of their baby son. When Ritter receives a call from his office, he leaves and a nurse takes the baby to the nursery. Another nurse, who took the next shift, locks the nursery door, takes out a scalpel, and starts to stab Ritter's son and other infants in the nursery. Before anyone can break into the nursery, the nurse has killed all the newborns and slit her own throat.

Many years later, Ritter remains traumatized and emotionally distant, unable to process the death of his son. At work, he learns of a mass shooting at an elementary school. This turns out to be only one of a series of gruesome massacres in the area. Ritter embarks on a paranormal investigation, looking for an excommunicated priest and trying to find the evil force responsible for the shocking incidents.

Cast

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  • Joaquín Cosío as Emmanuel Ritter
  • Tate Ellington as Ivan Franco
  • Tobin Bell as Vasilio Canetti
  • Giovanna Zacarías as Leonor
  • Yunuen Pardo as Beatríz
  • Jose Sefami as Demetrio
  • Aida López as Elena
  • Enoc Leaño as Jefe Najera
  • Felipe Tututi as Enzo
  • Norma Angélica as Doña Eulalia
  • Mercedes Hernández as Aurora Moreno
  • Liam Villa as Isa
  • Damaris Rubio as Reportera
  • Carlos "Conde" Fabregat as Belzebuth

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "BELZEBUTH". Sitges Film Festival. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ Ebaben, Dax (3 September 2019). "[Review] 'Belzebuth' Feels Like a Swift Punch in the Jaw". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ Hunter, Rob (18 June 2019). "'Belzebuth' Review: No Child Is Safe When the Devil Comes Calling (Cinepocalypse)". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ Eric Ortiz Garcia (17 January 2019). "Review: BELZEBUTH, The Horrors Of A Bad Script". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ Thompson, Simon (8 July 2020). "'Saw's Tobin Bell Talks Mexican Horror 'Belzebuth' And Jigsaw". Forbes. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Belzebuth". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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