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Stars: Conrado Osario, Andrea Esquivel, Yuri Vargas, Sharon Guzman, Johan Camacho | Written and Directed by Juan Diego Escobar Alzate

Luz: The Flower of Evil was shot in two and a half weeks under the simpler title of Luz and renamed to avoid confusion with Tilman Singer’s film of the same name. It’s part of the folk horror revival of the last few years. A revival that includes films like The Witch, Midsommar and Hagazussa. It’s cousin the acid-western has even reappeared in films like Day of the Stranger. Writer/director Juan Diego Escobar Alzate channels Alexandro Jodorowsky to unite the two genres with this, his debut feature.

A major hit on the festival circuit Luz: The Flower of Evil takes a different path from most other folk horror films by not involving older pagan beliefs. It centers itself on Christianity or at least one particular interpretation of it.

Colombian horror about a micro-cult is rather too fascinated by the barbarity of its leader, rather than the daughters he has hidden from the world

This bold and disturbing arthouse horror from first-time feature director Juan Diego Escobar Alzate feels like it could be set sometime in the 19th century. It’s about a tiny religious cult based in the wildly beautiful Colombian mountains: the group’s leader is El Señor (Conrado Osorio), a farmer who looks like a cowboy in the Clint Eastwood mould, with a macho growl; his trio of daughters wear frontier prairie dresses. But we must be closer to the present day: in an early scene the eldest, 23-year-old Laila (Andrea Esquivel), brings him a 1980s cassette player that she has found in the woods and she is spellbound by this unknown contraption. El Señor says the devil lurks inside.

It’s an intriguing set-up, and...

Dark Sky Films is bringing Luz: The Flower of Evil to digital and VOD on September 15th, and we have a look at the official trailer!

"El Señor, the leader of a small cult in the mountains, returns to his village with a child who is purported to be the new Messiah. But when only pain and destruction befall the community, El Señor finds himself under attack from his own followers, including his three daughters, whose burgeoning femininity has already caused them to question their faith.

Equally mystical and terrifying, Luz: The Flower Of Evil is a fantasy folk horror film where tranquility belies a simmering evil."

Written & Directed by: Juan Diego Escobar Alzate Language: English dub and Spanish/Original with English subtitles Genre: Drama Distributor: Dark Sky Films Produced by: Juan Diego Escobar Alzate Cast: Yuri Vargas, Conrado Osorio, Andrea Esquivel, Sharon Guzman, Jim Munoz (TV's One Way Out...

"We are your envoys. Your light, your voice on Earth." Dark Sky has released an official US trailer for a Colombian fantasy western horror titled Luz: The Flower of Evil, originally known as just Luz (not to be confused with the German horror film Luz). This premiered at the Sitges Film Festival last year, and also stopped by the Morbido Film Festival in Mexico. The leader of an isolated cult in the highlands of Colombia finds himself under attack from his followers, including his three daughters, after bringing a false messiah into the community. A parable about God and religion and love and freedom. The film stars Yuri Vargas, Jim Muñoz, Conrado Osorio, Sharon Guzman, Andrea Esquivel, and Daniel Páez. From the looks of it, this seems to be a hyper-stylized, haunting fantasy-western exploring the power that God has over us. Here's the US trailer (+ poster) for Juan Diego Escobar Alzate...

Genre fantasy in style of The Witch, The Wind, We Are What We Are.

Heading into Afm Toronto-based genre label Raven Banner Entertainment has brokered a deal with Mpi Media Group for Colombian fantasy western Luz: The Flower Of Evil.

Mpi Media Group will distribute in the Us, and its Dark Sky Films label will handle international sales at the market in Santa Monica next week. Raven Banner will distribute the film in Canada.

Described as being in the style of The Witch, The Wind and We Are What We Are, Luz: The Flower Of Evil tells the story of...