Horror Favourites – Alejandro Cohen Arazi

The Horror Collective will release the award-winning Argentinian horror THE UNBURIED on-demand on home video in North America, Australia and New Zealand on October 4 and we managed to grab the man behind the movie for a quick chat.

Written and directed by Alejandro Cohen Arazi, The Unburied won several awards on the festival circuit including Best Film at the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival and Best Makeup FX at the San Cugat Fantastic in Spain. It also played FrightFest (UK), Dublin Horrorthon (Ireland), Feratum (Mexico) and Rojo Sangre (Argentina).

The film begins as a young man returns home to settle his inheritance after the death of his father. Forced to participate in an occult ritual, he discovers a terrifying family secret.

Originally titled El Cadáver Insepulto (The Unburied Corpse), the film stars Demián Salomón (Terrified), Héctor Alba, Mirta Busnelli and Juan Pablo Cestaro. Produced by Alejandro Cohen Arazi and executive produced by Javier Diment (The Rotten Link) and Vanesa Pagani. International sales by Jinga Films (The House at the End of Time).

Below writer, producer and director Alejandro Cohen Arazi talks about his favorite horror film:

“It’s hard for me to pick just one movie as a favourite, the concept of horror is very wide. But considering what we usually expect for a horror movie, I remember In the mouth of madness.

I have seen the movie for the first time after a time of fanaticism with H. P. Lovecraft, a writer that opened a world to my imagination. The concept of fear in Lovecraft work it’s very sensitive and unique, and it has its power in the words, in literature. And In the mouth of madness I think that seemingly only-in-literature-value is very well adapted to cinema, and I find that fascinating.

Also, I enjoyed the reference to the best selling horror writer like Stephen King and the financial interest of the publishing business that works as a kickstart of the story. That’s a root in social reality in the movie, something that John Carpenter uses a lot in his work that I also like.

And of course, Carpenter is a great filmmaker, regardless my thoughts about the movie. In the mouth of madness is scary as hell, I like rewatch it once in a while.”

Find out more about THE UNBURIED at https://thehorrorcollective.com/ and watch the trailer below.