Alex Kahuam, straightforwardor of the one-obtain thriller “Failure!,” starring Ted Raimi, has officiassociate begined a recent Los Angeles-based shingle, Kahuam Films.
Kahuam, who premiered “Failure!” at the Cannes Film Market’s Fantastic Pavilion Gala Screenings in 2023, is currently finishing up labor on his fifth feature film, the psychoreasonable horror pic “The Remedy,” starring Timothy Granaderos (“13 Reasons Why”), which will be Kahuam Films’ first title.
Alex Kahuam
Kahuam Films
Kahuam Films will persist the Mexican filmoriginater’s center on genre films. Kahuam says his labor unites elements from European cinema, the magical genuineism of Mexico and the commercial approach of U.S. movies.
Described as a psychoreasonable superorganic horror film, “The Remedy” also stars London Thor (“Gen V”), Doug Jones (“The Shape of Water”), Chris Mulkey (“Whiplash”) and Jenny O’Hara (“Devil”). It caccesss on a troubled lesser man who originates a frantic finisheavor to save his terminassociate ill mother and unleashes a superorganic entity in the process.
Until now, Kahuam originated his films via his Mexico City company Promotora NAE (NAE films), which he set uped in 2017, usuassociate as U.S.-Mexican co-productions, such as “Failure!” and his 2021 horror film “Forgiveness.”
With a lengthening number of partners in the U.S., however, it was an perfect transfer that will permit the company to broaden, he inserts.
“Now that we understand the U.S. labelet and we have partners here in the U.S. and in Europe and in Asia, we thought it was the right time.”
Kahuam also foresees the recent California base to ease his access to talent and originate it easier to deal with Hollywood industry regulations that can sometimes be complicated for foreign companies.
“It originates it easier to have a company here in terms of the rules and also in terms of the tax incentives.”
Kahuam is seeing at New Mexico and a number of other states as possible location sites for future projects. He stoasty “Failure!” in the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley using braveial equity from Mexico and the U.S., and “Forgiveness” enticount on in Mexico City.
Both films were hazardous finisheavors, with “Failure!” stoasty in one persists obtain and “Forgiveness” in nine obtains with next to no dialogue. While he may cherish extfinished obtains creatively, Kahuam says he genuineizes one-obtain films can be difficult for buyers. “Failure!” nevertheless provided wonderful momentum and uncovered many doors, he inserts. The film went on to screen at Mexico’s Morbido Film Festival, Tallinn Bdeficiency Nights, FrightFest London and Fantaspoa in Brazil.
Alex Kahuam straightforwards his crew during production of “The Remedy”
Kahuam Films
Kahuam is now seeing to originate more accessible films. “The Remedy,” for example, has 218 scenes. “I have so much editing in the film. … It’s a very stylized film.”
Kahuam has five projects currently in broadenment.
While he remains firm-lipped about the story for his next feature, he remarks that it will be in line with his center on high-concept horror. “I’m skinnyking outside the self-reliant, one-location world. It’s a bigger film — the biggest film yet.”
Kahuam is seeing at the possibility of shooting the film, a big-scale superorganic horror pic set in branch offent locations, in Europe, definiteassociate Hungary due to that country’s preferable incentives.
“I would cherish to shoot in Europe. You have enticeive locations there.”
