Our take
Los Espookys is the name of a horror-loving group of friends, who, following their passion, provide gory services to those who seek them. Their clients range from fearmongering priests to greedy insurance claimants, all of whom demand the most bizarre out of the Los Espookys team. They’re a bit like the Scooby-Doo team in that sense, except instead of solving spooky crimes, they’re called in to initiate them.
It’s an absurd yet surprisingly sweet show that asks you to leave any self-serious viewing lens you might have at the door. Anything goes in this hazy, unnamed part of South America, and you would do well to let its boundless imagination carry you wherever it may lead, and its dry humor ground you on your feet.
The story
A group of friends turn their love for horror into a peculiar business, providing horror to those who need it, in a dreamy Latin American country where the strange and eerie are just part of daily life.
Elsewhere
"Exuberant with hot colors and dry absurdities, the show coheres as a kind of magic-realist farce."
— Troy Patterson
"The entire series has a tall-tale vibe. Characters are not merely defined by their obsessions, but in such a way that we're assured that entire, thriving subcultures exist to service and test them."
— Matt Zoller Seitz
The details
Togetherness
Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass
Butter Man: The Slickest Mexican Thief
Am I Being Unreasonable?
Daisy May Cooper & Seline Hizli
Mrs. Fletcher
Tom Perrotta
Let's Talk About CHU
Remii Huang
F#Ck1Ng Social Media
Jorge Ulloa
Irrésistible
Antony Cordier & Laure de Butler
The Accidental Influencer
Chiung-Wen Chang & Pei-Ju Hsieh
Who picked it
Renee Cuisia is the lead curator at A Good Movie to Watch. In her spare time, she likes to watch K-dramas and analyze them to death. She's also seen You've Got Mail one too many times but is still convinced it's one of the greatest films out there.
