Emilio Portes

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Emilio Portes

As a Mexico City ́s survivor PORTES has developed an unique style with a dark sense of humor, with unforgettable characters who live on the edge of horror and comedy films. In 2025 his 6th film DON’T LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE premiered at the 54th Rotterdam Film Festival and awarded at Film Festivals as Macabro, Fertaum, Fantasmagoria, Grimmfest, Brooklyn Horror, ScreamFest L.A. ScreamFest New Orleans,…

Known For

Night ShiftNight Shift · 2024
Night Shift
6.42024
MovieHorror
A young nurse with a domestic abuse past starts working the night shift at a small hospital, where, during the night, the ghost of a nurse materializes.
BelzebuthBelzebuth · 2019
Belzebuth
7.22019
MovieHorrorFantasy
While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico and U.S.A, special Agent Emanuel Ritter links this strange case to the coming and rising of the ancient demon Belzebuth. But in order to stop the trail of upcoming infanticides, Ritter shall have to confront himself before dealing with the forces of good and evil.
PastorelaPastorela · 2011
Pastorela
7.12011
MovieFantasyComedy
Agent Jesus Juarez (aka Chucho) has always played the Devil in his town's Nativity Play. This Christmas, when the new pastor of the church recasts the role, the two men engage in a battle between good and evil.
El precio de educarlosEl precio de educarlos · 2024
El precio de educarlos
7.02024
MovieComedyFamily
When the Rebolledo accountants' children finally leave their home, their lonely parents, feeling abandoned, come up with the crazy plan to win the lottery in order to regain the interest of Pali and Marcelo. Posing as millionaires works wonders, so much so that their children give up their personal ventures in order to be close to them. But things get out of control when they demand the same luxuries.
The Crime of Cacaro GumaroThe Crime of Cacaro Gumaro · 2014
The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro
4.42014
MovieComedy
After their fathers death, two brothers dispute the inheritance: the local movie theater known as Linterna Mújica. Their dispute may or not bring the town to its apocalypse, but it will for sure turn it upside-down.
Don't Leave the Kids AloneDon't Leave the Kids Alone · 2026
Don't Leave the Kids Alone
6.52026
MovieHorrorDrama
A mother moves into a new house with her two children. One night she must leave the siblings home alone. What begins as a blast of carefree play soon turns into a claustrophobic horror story.
Sister San SulpicioSister San Sulpicio · 1934
Sister San Sulpicio
9.01934
MovieComedy
Sister San Sulpicio (Spanish:La hermana San Sulpicio) is a 1934 Spanish comedy film directed by Florián Rey and starring Imperio Argentina, Miguel Ligero and Salvador Soler Marí. It is a remake of Rey's 1927 silent film Sister San Sulpicio which had been based on Armando Palacio Valdés's novel of the same title.
If I Never See You AgainIf I Never See You Again · 1997
If I Never See You Again
6.61997
MovieComedy
Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront th city, the nursing home authorities, the police and all those who wish to destroy their dream which finally comes true when they are contracted to serve as musical background for strippers of a second class cabaret. In case i never see you again, is a movie about life, death, melancholy and the quest for happiness.

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