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Poison for the Fairies (1986) [N/A]

Featuring:
Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás

Written by:
Carlos Enrique Taboada

Directed by:
Carlos Enrique Taboada


Release Date:
October 2, 1986

Original Title:
Veneno para las hadas

Alternate Titles:
Du poison pour les fées
Veneno Para Las Hadas
Veneno para las Hadas
給仙女的毒藥
给仙女的毒药

Genres:
Fantasy | Horror

Production Companies:
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC)

Production Countries:
Mexico

Ratings / Certifications:
MX: B-15 

Runtime: 90

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

Mexico City circa 1965: Flavia is an aristocratic little girl, who is very lonely and bored. At school she meets and befriends a strange and beautiful girl named Verónica, who dreams of becoming a witch. Their games get increasingly sadistic and macabre, and escalate to involve the bloody murder of a piano teacher and macabre mayhem.

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Poison for the Fairies (1986) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.2/10
Awards Won: 7 wins & 5 nominations

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Production

Assistant Camera:
Isidro Rosas

Assistant Director:
Elvia Casillas
Jesús Marín

Assistant Editor:
Rafael Savage

Camera Operator:
Manuel Luna
Felipe Mariscal

Color Timer:
Celia Ruiz

Costume Design:
Clementina Esquivel

Director:
Carlos Enrique Taboada

Director of Photography:
Lupe García

Editor:
Carlos Savage

Foley Artist:
Juan Baños

Makeup Artist:
Magdalena Eriz

Negative Cutter:
Margarita Mejía

Original Music Composer:
Carlos Jiménez Mabarak

Producer:
Héctor López Lechuga

Production Design:
Fernando Ramírez

Property Master:
Francisco García

Screenplay:
Carlos Enrique Taboada

Set Decoration:
Enrique Ramírez

Sound:
Efrén Marín Rojas

Sound Assistant:
Abelardo Trejo

Sound Editor:
Roberto Puente Portillo

Unit Production Manager:
Fidel Pizarro

Writer:
Carlos Enrique Taboada

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