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skygiantsNobody told me about Los Espookys! I had to discover it completely by myself on the plane to Amsterdam! I'm a little affronted!
Anyway, I spent much of my recent sickbed time binging through the rest of Los Espookys (it's only six half-hour episodes so there's sadly little to binge) so let me tell you about Los Espookys, a surreal Spanish-language HBO comedy about a plucky troupe of Goths attempting to live their dream of creating fantastic horror special effects while occasionally being mildly inconvenienced by the actual supernatural.
Trailer:
The cast:
Renaldo, the heart of the team and token cheerful Goth, ever ready with a smile and a second backup plan when things go wrong! the team is his dream and he's sure they're a dream team. really wishes his mom would get off his back about dating; he's not interested in love, only horror!
Úrsula, the artist and also the pragmatist; has a dead-eyed stare and a dead-end job as a dental assistant and is going to make certain the team gets paid at the end of the day in something other than restaurant vouchers. a lesbian icon. Los Espookys knows what the people want.
Andrés, chocolate prince, the team's beautiful self-absorbed soul; all about the aesthetic; torn between his horror dreams and his family's pressure to marry his beautiful but mercenary boyfriend in order to unite their family's chocolate and cookie empires; seeking answers about his mysterious origins but, you know, kind of half-heartedly, there's a lot going on
And then there's Úrsula's sister Tati, token straight, token non-Goth, token ... normal is not the word I'm looking for here ... she experiences reality differently from everybody else, is all. she's not made for a nine-to-five.
It's about the power of imagination! The power of friendship! The power of a supernatural water demon who could the reveal dark secrets of your past but only if you make sure she has access to a high-quality download of The King's Speech, a wonderfully meticulous period drama starring Colin Firth!
Anyway, I spent much of my recent sickbed time binging through the rest of Los Espookys (it's only six half-hour episodes so there's sadly little to binge) so let me tell you about Los Espookys, a surreal Spanish-language HBO comedy about a plucky troupe of Goths attempting to live their dream of creating fantastic horror special effects while occasionally being mildly inconvenienced by the actual supernatural.
Trailer:
The cast:
Renaldo, the heart of the team and token cheerful Goth, ever ready with a smile and a second backup plan when things go wrong! the team is his dream and he's sure they're a dream team. really wishes his mom would get off his back about dating; he's not interested in love, only horror!
Úrsula, the artist and also the pragmatist; has a dead-eyed stare and a dead-end job as a dental assistant and is going to make certain the team gets paid at the end of the day in something other than restaurant vouchers. a lesbian icon. Los Espookys knows what the people want.
Andrés, chocolate prince, the team's beautiful self-absorbed soul; all about the aesthetic; torn between his horror dreams and his family's pressure to marry his beautiful but mercenary boyfriend in order to unite their family's chocolate and cookie empires; seeking answers about his mysterious origins but, you know, kind of half-heartedly, there's a lot going on
And then there's Úrsula's sister Tati, token straight, token non-Goth, token ... normal is not the word I'm looking for here ... she experiences reality differently from everybody else, is all. she's not made for a nine-to-five.
It's about the power of imagination! The power of friendship! The power of a supernatural water demon who could the reveal dark secrets of your past but only if you make sure she has access to a high-quality download of The King's Speech, a wonderfully meticulous period drama starring Colin Firth!
