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Zone of Silence

1990 · 82 min Mystery Horror
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

A man in the 1920s commandeers a train and flees into the desert, only to violently crash into the present day. Elsewhere in Mexico's Zone of Silence, a treasure hunter discovers a conquistador's hoard guarded by a vengeful ghost. Two young women are hunted by a malevolent, sentient automobile, while a thief who steals a fortune makes his escape by hurtling backwards through time. These bizarre tales converge in an anomalous desert where the laws of physics fray and history bleeds into the now.

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Original Title La zona del silencio
Year 1990
Country Mexico
Genre Mystery, Horror
Director Rodolfo de Anda
Runtime 82 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.2/10 (18 votes)

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The film weaves a bizarre tapestry of local legend and roadside myth, prioritizing a mood of profound disorientation over conventional narrative. Its power lies in the raw, tactile texture of its desert nightmare, where machinery and history gain a sinister agency.

What lingers after the screen fades is the sensation of having witnessed fractured folk tales, each a haunting, incomplete artifact. This is cinema that evokes rather than explains, leaving the chill of an ancient, untamed dread. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Rodolfo de Anda

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