Maldito Amor (2014)

Arturo (Sebastián Badilla, who directed this with his brother Gonzalo) has been waiting to ask María Elena (Trinidad de La Noi) on a date, but he’s waited too long, and now she’s with a magician, Tatán (Nicolás Luisetti). He decides to make her jealous and starts dating Beatriz (Raquel Calderón), the most popular girl in town.

But then there’s a giallo killer who takes out their teacher, Marión (Diana Bolocco), and starts to kill students. Can Arturo and Beatriz find love and live long enough to enjoy it?

At some point, Arturo gets María Elena to watch Tenebrae. There’s also a killer who looks exactly like the murderer in Blood and Black Lace. Each character also gets photos of other movies in their credits; it looks like someone cut and pasted these from Google Images. That said, there’s a bullet through the door like Opera, a crystal bird and J&B. 

This movie was so badly reviewed and did so poorly that the brothers left Chile. There was also a big deal when the cast performed the song that inspired this movie — by the band Supernova — and people beyond upset.

You can watch this on Tubi.

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