Trash-Mex is closing our their series of four classic Mexican horror films with one of the wildest films ever made: Chano Urueta’s El barón del terror (1962), aka The Brainiac!
In 1661, the Inquisition sentences Baron d’Estera (Abel Salazar) to be burned at the stake for his sorcery. Three hundred years later, the Baron returns to Mexico City on a comet, to exact a peculiar form of vengeance upon the descendants of his tormentors… by sucking out their brains!
Starring Abel Salazar as the resurrected aristocrat with a taste for gray matter, El barón del terror is a deliriously demented slice of Mexican horror, serving up grotesque creature effects and one of the wildest monster designs in the genre. Come for the cursed Baron, stay for the brain buffet!
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Trash-Mex continues their 4 Clásicos De Terror series with Chano Urueta’s El espejo de la bruja (1962)!
When Elena (Dina de Marco) is murdered by her husband, Eduardo (Armando Calvo), the couple’s housekeeper, Sara (Isabela Corona), plots to take revenge. Summoning Elena through the witch’s mirror, Sara exacts ghastly vengeance upon Eduardo and his new wife, Deborah (Rosita Arenas).
A wicked slice of Mexican Gothic horror, El espejo de la bruja is a deliriously atmospheric descent into the macabre. Look into the mirror if you dare!
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Our 4 Clásicos De Terror: Presented by Trash-Mex continues with Fernando Méndez’s Misterios de ultratumba (1959)!
Doctor Mazali (Rafael Bertrand) makes a pact with his dying colleague, Dr Aldama (Antonio Raxel), in order to learn the secrets of the afterlife. Instead, the spirit of Aldama exerts a supernatural influence on him from beyond the grave, summoning his daughter, Patricia (Mapita Cortés), to Mazali’s asylum, where a series of horrific events ensue.
From the director of El vampiro, this atmospheric Mexican horror gem is steeped in gothic dread and deals with the terror of what awaits us beyond the grave. The dead have a message…and you won’t want to miss it!
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Trash-Mex is back at The Frida Cinema to present four classic Mexican horror films from the 1950s & ’60s, kicking off with Fernando Méndez’s El vampiro (1957)!
The beautiful, bereaved Marta (Ariadna Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (German Robles) offers to buy her decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood in order to revive his entombed brother.
Widely regarded as the film that kickstarted Mexico’s golden age of horror, El vampiro is a landmark of Mexican genre cinema, complete with a villain whose influence would haunt vampire movies for decades. Don’t miss your chance to sink your teeth into this immortal classic!
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Join cult filmmaker and drag icon Peaches Christ, Sleepaway Camp star Felissa Rose, and filmmaker and podcaster Michael Varrati for an unforgettable evening celebrating one of the most gloriously shocking horror films of all time!
The event begins with a live pre-show featuring performances, conversation with Peaches, Felissa, and Michael, behind-the-scenes stories, audience participation, and a 1980s Camp Costume Contest, followed by a screening of Sleepaway Camp. A limited VIP Meet & Greet experience ($80) will also be available. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a first-time camper, this is a unique chance to experience Sleepaway Camp like never before!
VIP ticket holders will be invited to a special meet-and-greet with Felissa Rose, Peaches Christ, and Michael Varrati at 6:30PM including a photo opportunity and autographs (up to two items per guest).
6:30 PM Doors Open for VIP ticket holders | 7 PM Doors open for general admission ticket holders | 7:30 PM Live pre-show | 8:30 PM Feature Presentation
Frida Cinema member discount and comp passes do not apply!
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Just added: Pain in the Neck stars Lauren Payton and Alyssa Eells will be joining us in-person to host our Sapphic Vampire Double Feature!
We’re giving you a double dose of lesbian vampire cinema with our Daughters of Darkness + The Vampire Lovers showcase!
First, travel to a secluded Belgian hotel for Harry Kümel’s Daughters of Darkness (1971), where newlyweds Stefan and Valerie encounter the mysterious Countess Elizabeth Báthory (Delphine Seyrig) and her beautiful companion Ilona. What begins as an uneasy encounter soon becomes a decadent nightmare with all kinds of twist and turns. And then, after a 10 minute intermission…
Sink your teeth into Hammer’s The Vampire Lovers (1970), Roy Ward Baker’s lush adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla. Ingrid Pitt stars as the seductive and deadly Carmilla, who sets her sights on a succession of young women, including the innocent Emma Morton (Madeline Smith), in one of Hammer’s most unabashedly sensual horror films.
About Pain in the Neck: After the apocalypse hits Hollywood, Ruby’s acting career is dead, her landlord’s a chatty zombie, and her roommate, Helena, is a vampire that drinks her blood in exchange for protection. As the two big personalities clash, Ruby and Helena struggle through self-tapes, jealousy, and sharing a bedroom. Ruby and Helena’s arrangement should be simple– it shouldn’t involve falling in love. (Spoiler: none of the gay characters die, because one of them is already undead.)
Pain in the Neck is an 8-episode series that premiered on 9/17 on YouTube @ButterflyAndBat.TV, with weekly episodes leading up to Halloween!
One ticket gets you access to both films. There will be a ten minute intermission. Frida Cinema discounts and comp passes DO apply!
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You can’t run from who you are.
Our first Volunteer of the Month pick for October 2026 comes courtesy of Dorian, who has Luca Guadagnino’s cannibalistic road trip movie, Bones and All!
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
With Taylor Russell delivering a heartbreaking performance alongside Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, and Michael Stuhlbarg, Guadagnino turns cannibalism into an unexpectedly tender metaphor, culminating in one of the oddest films of his career. Which, if you know his work, is really saying something!
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Something wicked is haunting the dating scene in Mag Mag, the wildly unhinged Japanese horror-comedy from first-time feature director Yuriyan Retriever!
When Sanae’s beloved is murdered by the mysterious Mag Mag ghost, she sets out for revenge. But as she digs deeper into the strange string of deaths surrounding the spirit, she discovers that the people involved may have much more complicated connections than she ever imagined.
A venomous twist on classic J-horror, Mag Mag has enough bizarre twists to keep you guessing until the last frame. Yuriyan Retriever’s feature debut has already made waves on the festival circuit, winning awards at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma and Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, while Sara Minami brings an appropriately unhinged energy to the center of it all.
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The walls are closing in with Ghost in the Cell, the wild new Indonesian horror film from acclaimed filmmaker Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves, Impetigore)!
Inside a brutal high-security prison ruled by rival gangs and corrupt guards, a series of gruesome murders begins leaving inmates dead in increasingly horrific…and impossible…ways. When it becomes clear that an invisible supernatural force is stalking the prison, enemies are forced to put aside their differences and work together to figure out what is killing them before they’re next.
Mixing supernatural horror with prison drama and adding in absolutely outrageous gore, Ghost in the Cell is the latest genre free-for-all from one of Indonesia’s most exciting filmmakers.
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If you can’t meet your perfect boyfriend…make him.
Our second Volunteer of the Month pick for October 2026 comes courtesy of Tessa, who has chosen Lisa Frankenstein, one of the 2020s most exciting new cult classics!
Lisa (Kathryn Newton) is having a rough time. She’s stuck in a miserable home life, haunted by the memory of her late mother, and nursing a crush on a handsome corpse buried in the local cemetery. Then, after a freak electrical storm, that corpse comes back to life…and suddenly Lisa’s dream date is six feet under and very much ready to fall in love.
From writer Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body) and director Zelda Williams, Lisa Frankenstein is a neon-soaked tribute to ’80s teen romance, gothic horror, and everything between. Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse make for an unlikely and irresistibly strange couple as Lisa’s quest for love turns into a very unconventional resurrection romance.
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