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Colombian director Jaime Osorio Márquez, who served as creator and director on HBO Max’s first Colombian series, “A Thousand Fangs” (“Mil Colmillos”), chose to die by assisted suicide on Thursday in Colombia, where euthanasia is legal. He was 46.

He had beaten back an aggressive kidney cancer in 2009 and again in 2012, when it had returned and metastasized. But increasing pain and his growing intolerance of pain medications compelled him to end his life before his health deteriorated further and he became a burden to his family, said his producing partner Federico Duran of Rhayuela Films, who served as showrunner on “A Thousand Fangs.”

“My soul brother left this earthly plane last Thursday,” said a devastated Duran. “He was my great friend, that’s why all the memories of the nearly 15 years of working with him I reserve for myself, at least while I process the pain of his departure. Everyone...

HBO Max launched on May 27th and has been off to a pretty good start with well over 10,000 hours worth of content on the service from day one. If you’re a horror fan, you may be excited to hear that a fairly decent portion of those 10,000 hours include some of the biggest and most popular horror films of all time. So, if you haven’t subscribed yet, now might just be the time to do so.

Do you like Steven Spielberg and massive sharks eating people? If so, you’ll be delighted to hear that you can catch the entire Jaws franchise – which spans four films – on HBO Max right away. If you haven’t ever seen them, now’s a great opportunity to take a trip back in time to catch up on what was arguably the very first blockbuster movie series.

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Exclusive: Mainstream and auteur Colombian companies join efforts for the comeback of El Páramo director.

Bam (Bogotá Audiovisual Market) runs from July 11-15 and is abuzz with positive energy this year.

Colombia’s growing economy, the country’s historic ceasefire deal and, on the film front, an effective film policy to support the local industry and attract foreign investors have given the local industry a visible confidence boost.

At the two ends of the spectrum are the international critical successes of arthouse films such as Oscar nominated Embrace Of The Serpent and Cannes Camera d’Or winner Land And Shade and more mainstream hits such as Netfflix-backed TV series Narcos.

But they are not necessarily fighting in different corners as evidenced by an intriguing new collaboration.

Diana Bustamante, from Burning Blue, the production company behind Land And Shade, has revealed to Screen that her company and Dynamo, the Colombian production powerhouse behind Narcos and The 33, with...

Exclusive: Mainstream and auteur Colombian companies join efforts for the comeback of El Páramo director.

The Bogotá Audiovisual Market (July 11-15) is abuzz with positive energy this year.

Colombia’s growing economy, the country’s historic ceasefire deal and, on the film front, an effective film policy to support the local industry and attract foreign investors have given the local industry a visible confidence boost.

At the two ends of the spectrum are the international critical successes of arthouse films such as Oscar nominated Embrace Of The Serpent and Cannes Camera d’Or winner Land And Shade and more mainstream hits such as Netfflix-backed TV series Narcos.

But they are not necessarily fighting in different corners as evidenced by an intriguing new collaboration.

Diana Bustamante, from Burning Blue, the production company behind Land And Shade, has revealed to Screen that her company and Dynamo, the Colombian production powerhouse behind Narcos and The 33, with [link=nm...

The Squad / El Paramo Trailer. Jaime Osorio Marquez‘s The Squad / El Paramo (2012) movie trailer stars Juan David Restrepo, Mateo Stevel, Andrés Castañeda, Daniela Catz, and Nelson Camayo. The Squad / El Paramo‘s plot synopsis: “All contact with a military base high in the desolate wastelands of Colombia has been lost. The authorities – believing the base to have fallen to a terrorist attack – send a nine-man squad to investigate.When they arrive, the men discover a shocking scene of carnage, and only one survivor – a mute woman in chains.

Gradually the isolation, the inability to communicate with the outside worldand the impossibility of escape begin to undermine the sanity of the soldiers.They start to question the identity of their enemy, and the true nature of the strange, silent woman. Is she a terrorist? A victim? Or something moresinister? Something supernatural… Paranoia takes root. Prisoners of fear and the terrible secret they share,...

Jaime Osorio Marquez' The Squad (El Paramo) is no stranger to these pages, Twitch having covered the film from the very earliest days. But with the picture now launching its festival run and nearing its theatrical release in its native Colombia the full trailer for the military themed horror picture has arrived. All contact with a military base high in the desolate wastelands of Colombia has been lost. The authorities - believing the base to have fallen to a terrorist attack - send a nine-man squad to investigate.When they arrive, the men discover a shocking scene of carnage, and only one survivor - a mute woman in chains.Gradually the isolation, the inability to communicate with the outside worldand the impossibility of escape begin to...

American remake rights to The Squad ( El Paramo ), the Colombian horror film we recently introduced you to , have already been snatched up by a Hollywood producer. Colombia Reports says Scott Lastaiti saw the film, thought it was "chilling," and ultimately purchased the rights. His previous credits include executive producing Turistas , Love in the Time of Cholera and Stan Helsing . Jaime Osorio Marquez directed the film about a group of soldiers who experience something supernatural at a military base. The Squad opens in Colombia on October 7 and we now have the full trailer for you.

Shock happened upon a teaser trailer for a Colombian horror film called El Paramo (aka The Squad ), opening overseas October 7. Jaime Osorio Marquez makes his writing and directing debut with this tale of an elite team of soldiers sent on mission to investigate a military base set on top of a mountain. They come under attack, but the nature of who - or what - their attackers are comes into question. A full trailer is expected soon. Take a look, what do you think? You can visit the official site right here .

A quick new teaser trailer has surfaced for Columbian director Jaime Osorio Marquez’s military horror film “El Paramo” (“The Squad”). The footage doesn’t give away much information about the movie, but what it does do is create a nice amount of tension and fright in a mere 57 seconds. Here’s a synopsis: The military loses contact with a secluded military base in the mountains and convinced that it’s under guerilla attack, a force of nine highly specialized soldiers is sent to investigate. Upon arrival, the only person found inside the base is a peasant woman who is heavily chained. Gradually, the isolation, the inability to communicate with the outside world and the impossibility to escape, undermine the integrity and sanity of the soldiers, causing them to lose the certainties about the identity of the enemy and creating them doubts about the true nature of that strange and silent woman.

It’s not often that we see military-themed horror movies, is it? At least, I can’t think of many. Anywho, here’s one for ya: it’s a Colombian flick called El Paramo, directed by Jaime Osorio Marquez.

And what’s it about? A special high mountain command composed of nine experienced soldiers is sent to a military base in a desolate high-plains moor of Colombia with which contact was lost several days ago, and was believed to be the target of a guerrilla attack. Upon arrival, the only person found inside the base is a peasant woman who is heavily chained. Gradually, the isolation, the inability to communicate with the outside world and the impossibility to escape, undermine the integrity and sanity of the soldiers, causing them to lose the certainties about the identity of the enemy and creating doubts about the true nature of that strange and silent woman.

It’s not often that we see military-themed horror movies, is it? At least, I can’t think of many. Anywho, here’s one for ya: it’s a Colombian flick called El Paramo, directed by Jaime Osorio Marquez.

And what’s it about? A special high mountain command composed of nine experienced soldiers is sent to a military base in a desolate high-plains moor of Colombia with which contact was lost several days ago, and was believed to be the target of a guerrilla attack. Upon arrival, the only person found inside the base is a peasant woman who is heavily chained. Gradually, the isolation, the inability to communicate with the outside world and the impossibility to escape, undermine the integrity and sanity of the soldiers, causing them to lose the certainties about the identity of the enemy and creating doubts about the true nature of that strange and silent woman.