René Cardona Jr.

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René Cardona Jr.

Born May 11, 1939 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Died February 5, 2003 · aged 63

René Cardona Jr. (1939-2003) was a Mexican filmmaker and actor, son of well-known Mexican director René Cardona, and the father of Rene Cardona III (also an actor/director).

Known For

Santa SangreSanta Sangre · 1989
Santa Sangre
★ 7.21989
MovieHorrorDrama
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
Birds of PreyBirds of Prey · 1987
Birds of Prey
★ 4.51987
MovieHorror
Vanessa, a television reporter covering a story of a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident. Travelling to Spain with her cameraman Peter, the two discover the survivors of a town wiped out by the birds thirty years ago. Meanwhile, attacks continue as a child's birthday party ends in tragedy and doves devour a poultry farmer and his wife. Vanessa soon comes to the conclusion that the birds are organizing themselves against the ecological ravages of man, but time is running out as thousands of birds launch an attack against a train Vanessa is traveling on.
Survive!Survive! · 1976
Survive!
★ 5.91976
MovieAdventureDrama
A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism.
Tom ThumbTom Thumb · 1958
Tom Thumb
★ 7.31958
MovieFantasyFamily
A young boy born extraordinarily small must rescue his older brothers from a wicked ogre.
Treasure of the AmazonTreasure of the Amazon · 1985
Treasure of the Amazon
★ 4.51985
MovieActionThriller
An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle.
Night of the Bloody ApesNight of the Bloody Apes · 1969
Night of the Bloody Apes
★ 5.51969
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A surgeon transplants the heart of an ape into his ailing son with horrific results.
CycloneCyclone · 1978
Cyclone
★ 5.21978
MovieHorror
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.
The Bermuda TriangleThe Bermuda Triangle · 1978
The Bermuda Triangle
★ 4.11978
MovieHorrorAdventure
The passengers and crew of a boat on a summer cruise in the Caribbean stray into the famed Bermuda Triangle and mysterious things start happening.

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Guyana: Crime of the CenturyGuyana: Crime of the Century · 1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century
★ 5.01979
MovieDramaThriller
This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman, who after years of evangelism and good deeds, begins his own church in the mid-western United States. When Jim Jones becomes increasingly obsessed with the belief that the CIA is "a wicked enemy" who is out to get him, he emigrates with his congregation to Guyana, where he plans to create a utopia. But Jim Jones' utopia consists of a society where he demands his followers turn their minds, bodies and possessions over to him, one that is rife with orgies, physical violence, mental torture, and sexual abuse of children and adults. Ultimately, Jim Jones' paranoia reaches a fevered pitch that culminates in him taking savage action against his own congregation. (VCI Home Video)

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