Huesera: The Bone Woman

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Huesera: The Bone Woman

Released Feb 10, 2023

1h 33m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.

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Critics Consensus

A bone-chilling body horror, Huesera offers genre fans a twisted take on What to Expect When You're Expecting.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A horror film that doubles as a parable of post-partum depression, something with the creeping anxiety of Polanski’s Repulsion or Rosemary’s Baby.

Rated: 3/5

May 9, 2023

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Announces the welcome arrival of a new horror filmmaker [Michelle Garza Cervera] who knows how to tell a damn good, multi-layered story that has a purpose and a vision.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 8, 2023

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Huesera: The Bone Woman is not for the faint of heart.

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 14, 2023

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Gianmarco Farfán

Cinencuentro

Huesera raises the fear of motherhood from a suffocating, anxious, not at all tender feminine vision, desacralizing said stage and terrifying quite a few women. [Full review in Spanish]

Aug 27, 2024

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

Ghouls Magazine

Huesera contains some truly frightening moments of dread and terror, and not just in its traditional scenes of psychological horror, but also manages to tap into the basic gut wrenching fears of any new parents.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 9, 2024

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

Huesera' is a brave film, with an inescapable queer background, that does not shy away from the allegories that usually create division among fans of the genre and that frames its horror within the character's anxieties... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

May 10, 2024

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Audience Member

Siendo sincero, no entiende el por qué esta película es elogiada y está en la categoría de horror y horror corporal. muy suaves con este y con una trama no clara, innovadora ni mucho menos entretenida. Lo poco rescatable es la escenografía y la cámara. pd: Sé que hace alegoría a esa ansiedad que se puede adquirir y la necesidad de buscar una identidad, pero muy mala pelicula.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/28/25

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Diet Dr. Paul .

Unsettling, but not in an “enjoyable” way. I really tried to like this film but found the lead to be entirely unlikable in every way! I hear that some people absolutely love this movie but I found it extremely mediocre.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Arturo B

Mis expectativas en películas de terror ya son bajas, pero esta se sintió muy lineal de principio a fin no hay sustos, revelaciones o desenlaces que hagan cambiar el ritmo de la película casi como ver un protector de pantalla con movimiento por hora y media

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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Logan D

Valeria (Natalia Solian) is pregnant with her first child but begins to see visions of a broken woman. Outstanding acting from the lead in this disquieting tale of tokophobia (fear of pregnancy) and post-partum depression. It's about the battle of expectations against the desires of being queer. Some great jump scares. Recommended

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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Ana S

Totalmente olvidable

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Paul M

It's marketed as a horror film and that was what I was after. The horror elements are very low key - it's more like the woman is having paranoid delusions. The movie does ramp up the horror aspects near the end though. I suspect this has gotten such a hihg rating because it's mostly not a horror film. If you are after a movie about a pregnant woman and later mother of newborn who's having paranoid delusions and goes to a spiritualist to solve it, it's probably up your alley. If you are a regular horror fan I would give this a miss.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Synopsis

Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.

Director: Michelle Garza Cervera
Producer: Paulina Villavicencio, Edher Campos
Screenwriter: Michelle Garza Cervera, Abia Castillo
Distributor: XYZ Films
Production Co: Machete Producciones
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 10, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 16, 2023
Runtime: 1h 33m

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