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Historia de lo Oculto (2020)

Historia de lo Oculto poster
Original title
Historia de lo oculto
Directed by
Cristian Ponce
Genre
horror film
Country
Argentina, Mexico
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fictional 1980s Argentine TV news program airs its final episode. The journalists try to expose a government link to a corporation that uses black magic.

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What happens

History of the Occult (Spanish: Historia de lo Oculto) is a 2020 thriller horror film written and directed by Cristian Ponce in his feature directorial debut. An international co-production between Argentina and Mexico, the film is presented as the final episode of a fictional 1980s Argentine television news program titled 60 Minutos Antes de la Medianoche ("60 Minutes Before Midnight"), during which the show's journalists attempt to expose a conspiracy that connects their government to a mysterious corporation that practices black magic. History of the Occult premiered at MOTELX (Lisbon International Horror Film Festival) in Portugal on 8 September 2020, and was made available for streaming on Netflix in Spain and Latin America on 15 October 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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