Poison for the Fairies

1986 [SPANISH]

Drama / Fantasy / Horror

14
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 3208 3.2K

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Plot summary

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

Director

Carlos Enrique Taboada Photo
Carlos Enrique Taboada

Top cast

Rosa Furman Photo
Rosa Furman as Señora Krinsky
Miguel Cane Photo
Miguel Cane as Jaime
Leonor Llausás Photo
Leonor Llausás as La Bruja
Hortensia Santoveña Photo
Hortensia Santoveña as Sor Eulalia
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825.77 MB
1280*690
Spanish 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 5
1.5 GB
1920*1036
Spanish 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by brujavu 7 / 10

Artfully Told and Entirely Plausible

Reviewed by lynette_has_issues 7 / 10

A soft-spoken shocker

At first, Poison for the Fairies may remind American viewers of the classic "Wonderful World of Disney" feature films, leading some people to believe they have been tricked into watching a children's movie. However, it is not for children. It is instead an atmospheric, absorbing fairy tale about two little girls and their intense, unsettling friendship--if one can rightly call a relationship based on psychological dominance as "friendly." The plot is deceptively simple: Lonely, aristocratic Flavia comes to a new school, where she instantly grabs the attention of Veronica, a girl from a lower-class family, who pretends to be a witch in order to comfort herself for a lack of power in the real world. All the other girls have long since learned to ignore Veronica, but Flavia is just innocent enough to believe that Veronica truly is a witch, her beliefs helped along once several macabre coincidences seem to reinforce Veronica's claims that she possesses black magic. Gradually the line between childhood friendship and a master and slave is blurred, and Veronica's games of make-believe witchcraft have filled Flavia with a fear and despair that are far too real.People who expect a traditional horror film will definitely be disappointed in Poison for the Fairies. The pace of the film, along with the lack of violence or even blood, may be too slow for some viewers to tolerate. Visually, the film looks dated, and certain stylistic techniques (particularly the lengths to which the camera goes in avoiding the faces of adults) seem a little hackneyed. But all in all, this is a film of culminating, creepy horror building to a shocking but inevitable denouement, and well worth a watch.
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