'' Kilometer 31'' (Kilómetro 31 or km 31) is a 2006 Mexican
supernatural horror film
Supernatural horror film is a film genre that combines aspects of supernatural film and horror film. Supernatural occurrences in such films often include ghosts and demons, and many supernatural horror films have elements of religion. Common them ...
, written and directed by
Rigoberto Castañeda. The film is inspired by the Crying Woman legend (
La Llorona
(; ) is a vengeful ghost in Hispanic American folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her. Whoever hears her crying either suffer ...
) and legends about highway ghosts.
Plot
Following a horrible car accident on a rural wooded road near
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
, Agata goes into a coma, and her identical twin sister Catalina begins to experience the pain and terror that her comatose sister is going through. Catalina must try to solve the mystery of her sister's accident next to the Km. 31 marker and discovers a local legend that tells of malignant spirits that prowl the road and who are said to prey on travellers. Following a series of terrifying events, Catalina realizes that their link is growing stronger and that her sister is screaming for help from her unconscious state. With the help of her Spanish boyfriend Nuño, Agata's boyfriend Omar, and local detective Martin Ugalde, she discovers that Agata is trapped between life and death, between reality and a terrible netherworld of evil spirits and ancient legend.
Reception
The film was released on February 2 and was on top in the Mexican box office that weekend.
The film was released in select cinemas in the United Kingdom, with English subtitles, on December 7, 2007 after its premiere at the
Empire Cinema in Leicester Square on 6 November 2007.
Sequel
KM 31-2: Sin Retorno was released on October 28, 2016, again featuring performances by Carlos Aragón and Iliana Fox and being written and directed once again by Rigoberto Castañeda..
See also
*
List of ghost films
Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama.
History
With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and spanned a vari ...
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0460485, Kilómetro 31
2006 films
2006 horror films
Films based on folklore
Mexican supernatural horror films
Folk horror films
Films set in Mexico City
Films set in Mexico
Mexican ghost films
La Llorona films
2000s Mexican films