At the end of the 80s, he introduced Mexican television The marked time, a program that supported new talents to show their craft through stories where horror, fantasy and the mysterious grabbed the attention of viewers, and it immediately became a favorite program and over time one of the cult titles among lovers of the genre.
As a kind of tribute, ViX assembled a group of Latin American creators specializing in horror to create a new version of the series, creating atmospheres that will make viewers crawl into each of their stories and which you can now enjoy here.
Gigi Saul Guerrero, Andrés Beltrán, Adrián García Bogliano, Andrés Rothschild, Issac Ezban, Laura Casabé, Lex Ortega, Michelle Garza Cervera and Roque Falabella drew on some of the chapters that marked the history of the series to show a modern and terrifying vision . of each of them.
In this way, in nine chapters, the producers Patricio Wills and Carlos Bardasano wanted to subtly reflect the horror that floods the very experience of life.
The story of The Marked Hour
Originals The Marked Hour (a program you can also watch on ViX) started in 1988 with a weekly episode every Tuesday at 10pm in Mexico. The series told short, original stories with elements such as haunted amusement parks, dragons, ghosts and urban legends. All shows featured the “Woman in Black”, representing death, a televised presence that no doubt terrified audiences of the time.
This anthology was created by Carmen Armendariz which was surrounded by talented creatives and marked the career of directors Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and Emmanuel Lubezki. and careers of famous actors and actresses such as: Arcelia Ramírez, Carmen Salinas, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Eduardo Palomo, Enrique Rocha, Erika Buenfil, Evita Muñoz “Chachita”, Humberto Zurita, Margarita Isabel, María Rojo, Ofelia Patric Guilima, Salvador Sánchez and many others.
“De ogres” is the only episode where Del Toro, Cuarón and Lubezki worked together and is considered a cult episode.
For this Halloween and Day of the Dead season, La Hora Marcada is a show you can’t stop watching.
Source: univision
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