Of all the new horror shows clogging up streaming services and TV airwaves these days, my favorite of the year (and maybe of the past several years) is one I didn't think I'd like at all. When I first saw ads for Los Espookys in the subway, I thought it would be yet another teen supernatural drama. I mean look at that poster--you could easily drop a teenage witch or two in there without stirring the fog. But the only somewhat correct thing about my assumption is the supernatural part.In reality, Los Espookys is one of the most delightfully odd shows I've ever seen. It concerns a group of friends in an unnamed Mexican city who turn their love of horror into a business staging supernatural events for paying clients. For instance, in one episode the group creates a sea monster for a seaside village needing a tourism boost. In another they help an ambassador stage her own abduction with the help of a cursed mirror. The show is as funny as it is strange--kind of like if Pete and Pete from The Adventures of Pete and Pete grew up, learned Spanish, and got really obsessed with the supernatural.
Los Espookys got renewed for a second season, so hopefully by this time next year we'll all be watching the further adventures of Renaldo, Tati, Ursula, and Andres (and maybe more than six episodes this time, pretty please?). Until then, enjoy the song that opens and closes the show, "Ellos Quieren Sangre" (They Want Blood) by Varsovia.
The trailer doesn't do justice to how hilariously surreal and surreally hilarious the show is, but if you haven't seen it before, this will give you an idea of what you're missing.
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