The difficulty with the unseen, such as ghosts or demons, is that most people don’t believe in them and are not easily convinced to be scared by something that isn’t there.
In movies with monsters, you can show the audience a vampire or zombie and most people will accept it in the context of the story as monsters are visible and part of the overall horror mythos. One of the most difficult parts of any type of horror film that involves the unseen is getting the audience to believe in that which is not right in front of their faces. As the story unfolds, you are drawn into the plight of Cristina and slowly along the path of belief. The area is, as the filmmakers observed in interviews for the film, known for witchcraft, specifically brujos or sorcerers. The story starts off strong with a surprising and effective opening sequence and then skips ahead to the story of Cristina and how she came to be in a homemade cell in Catemaco. Directed by Christopher Alender, written by Marcos Gabriel, and starring Brigitte Kali Canales as Cristine Lopez, Andrea Cortés as Miranda Flores, Julia Vera as Luz, The Bruja, and Sal Lopez as Javi. Instead of the usual demon out of water story where a white person is suddenly possessed by evil, this film is the story of a woman who has returned to her childhood home to face the demons that she carries with her and one that possesses her when she goes where she knows she should not. Still from THE OLD WAYS l Courtesy of Soapbox Films THE OLD WAYS is a film about demons and exorcism, but unlike the films that you are used to, it is set in Veracruz, Mexico, and stars Latino actors.
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