In 1997, 17-year-old suburban Buenos Aires filmmakers Pablo Parés and Hernan Sáez pooled $450 to co-write/produce/direct and star in a shot-on-VHS zombie epic of such flesh-ripping, gore-spewing greatness that it instantly drew global cult acclaim and redefined the possibilities of extreme DIY horror. Over the next 20 years, Parés, Sáez and their friends would create two increasingly ambitious – and equally brilliant – viscera-soaked sequels (and several short films) that made them “Argentinian George Romeros who’ve built a small empire of gore flicks”
Practical Effects
Gore effects that put million-dollar studios to shame.
Direction
Loreti and de Cabo capture pure creative chaos.
Production
$450 never looked so gloriously disgusting.
Director
Camilo de Cabo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Plaga Zombie (1997) remains the most famous film ever shot in Wilde, Argentina—a suburb otherwise known for its train station.
The trilogy essentially created Argentina's splatter-horror scene from nothing, inspiring a generation to pick up camcorders and fake blood.
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