Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes.

Today’s theme: Bleeding Skull!

I love that the VHS cover for this seemingly rips off the art of Stefano Tamburini and Tanino Liberatore’s RanXerox.

This is a Mexican SOV horror film that begins with extended sequences of a women’s locker room and billiards, punctuated by sinister killers scored to old Slayer tracks, which is the best Slayer. Slayer over Mexican SOV horror is even better. Throw in an Ouija board and I’m there, even if this is boring for long stretches.

I’m patient.

Director Xorge Noble — or Jorge — also made El virus del poder, Masacre en Matamoros: la secta satánica, Cartel de la droga, El reloj de la muerte and Asesino de medianoche, Mexican movies that you can’t tell if they’re slashers, narco or giallo movies from the covers, but sure can tell that Luis Aguilar is in them. Noble is often in his films, and he’s Ivan here, the killer, which is a good evil name.

Here’s what I do know: if you find a spirit board, don’t use it. Nothing good that can outweigh a killer coming back from the dead can make up for it. This combines public domain organ classical music with a totally ripped-off Slayer cover of “Hell Awaits” played over and over, which is a strange mix, but I am there for all of it.

Silvia (played by Rebecca Silva, who bears a resemblance to Lina Romay) is the one who brings Ivan back. He’s the same guy who killed her mother and assaulted her sister before her dad bashed his brains in with a bottle of beer, which is fitting, as he’s the only horror movie killer I’ve seen wear a straw Corona hat.

I wanted more blood and Satan and got, well, not a lot. I did get a fog that can eat away the clothing of nubile teens, and I’m, again, OK with that.

If you want to know more, TrashMex said it much better than I can.

You can watch this on YouTube.