PELACARAS

About the Film

After her husband’s mysterious disappearance, a mother hides the truth from her daughter, and silence itself becomes the horror consuming them both.

Director: Ricardo Albarrán
Producers: Ricardo Albarrán, Jonathan Moeller, Ricardo Ramirez

United States // 2025 // Horror // Los Shorts
10 minutes

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About the Filmmaker

Ricardo Albarrán is a Mexican-American filmmaker born and raised in Chicago, IL. By day, he works as a management consultant in healthcare, having earned his Master of Public Health from Yale University. By night, he returns to the genre that shaped him: horror. Ricardo’s work explores the intersection of psychological horror, identity, and cultural trauma, weaving in elements of his Mexican heritage and queer experience to tell haunting, personal stories.