Blumhouse's horror arrives in Mexico with Don't Follow Me
Hollywood is once again hunting in Mexico, this time in the horror genre with the film No me sigas (Don't Follow Me), the first production of the studio ' Blumhouse ' in Latin America, known for films such as ' Paranormal Activity ' (2007) or 'Get Out' (2017), and which now chooses the siblings Eduardo and Ximena Lecuona to expand its universe.
"Our goal is to bring Latin American horror cinema to global audiences and this alliance with Blumhouse was a very obvious step (...) They wanted to delve into Latin America and the script for No me sigas was very Blumhouse -style paranormal horror, with a very fun narrative and good scares, that connected with them and they went for it," Lecuona explains in an interview with EFE .
In the story, Carla ( Karla Coronado ) tries to become an important influencer and, to do so, she will pretend that the house she lives in is haunted, although as the days go by she will discover that in the middle of that farce there is some terrible and real entity.
Through their production company Maligno Gorehouse , the Lecuona family has produced films well received by critics and audiences such as the psychological drama Huesera (2022) or the zombie film Párvulos: Hijos del apocalipsis (2024), films set in Mexico.
"We believe that in Mexico we have a lot to do in terms of horror and there are many Mexican stories to tell (...) We draw a lot from our mythology and good horror stories that we have in Mexico City ," explains Lecuona.
Don't Follow Me was filmed with security cameras and numerous scenes have the appearance of having been shot with mobile phones , a technique that may seem novel, but is actually an ode to films like Paranormal Activity and ... (1999) with which the Lecuona brothers learned about the genre during their childhood.
Some of the biggest inspirations for the feature film were found in the Mexican capital and in many of its abandoned buildings about which stories of hauntings circulate, and specifically in one on Insurgentes street, 'El Canadá', where they filmed some of the scariest scenes to immerse themselves in the terrifying atmosphere.
For this story, the Lecuona brothers opted for a small but energetic cast , who could work with their characters and also be subjected to high doses of intensity in 'El Canadá' in an attempt to give their scenes greater realism .
- "We could only stay for 20 minutes (in Canada) because it was unsanitary . We had to stay like that because there was rat droppings and dead pigeons. As an actor, that really immerses you in the film and helps us a lot to portray characters that they don't usually take the time to develop in movies," explains Yankel Stevan , co-star of the film.
Some of the biggest catastrophes that have happened in 'El Canadá' range from numerous fires to terrible structural damage to its foundations caused by the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, which led to the building being evacuated and declared uninhabitable.
"It is full of lives , energies and untold life stories," adds the protagonist Coronado, excitedly.
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