Bullets1 Whenever a horror movie proclaims itself to be based on a true story, alarm bells start ringing. This movie proves to be no exception.Quick rundown of the plot: a woman gets hit by a truck on KM31, goes in to a coma. Her twin sister (they mention the fact they're identical twin sisters at least once every ten minutes) gets psychic powers from somewhere; a little kid ghost turns up, there's some nonsense in the forest and everyone dies. It's something like that. The plot is incomprehensible and constantly contradicts itself. Not helping is the fact the main actors Iliana Fox (playing both twins, both of whom appear to be a coma), Adria Collado (who looks like he SHOULD be able to act) and Raul Mendez (who also appears to be in a coma) have trouble expressing to the audience exactly what the f*ck is going on at any stage or, more importantly, why we should care. We are given literally no information on the four characters other than their first names and the fact that they're all dating one another - who is dating whom is an afterthought.An unnecessarily and unrealistically confrontational cop is thrown in to the mix for no other reason than to try and tidy up the plot, but he fails miserably adding yet another unwanted and contradictory subplot. The whole thing ends up in an unintentionally unresolved mess with the audience at a complete loss as to what we have been watching for the past two hours, or indeed, why.The MAIN failing in this movie, however, are the ghosts themselves. The audience is given no reason to fear them other than the fact they ARE ghosts. Of the five ghosts that appear in the movie, one is an idiot, two are passive to the point of uselessness and two simply could not be more helpful if they tried. It is a lazy tool of screenwriters to just stick a monster in their movie and expect the audience to be scared of them. There has to be a reason for us to be scared. Patrick Swayze was a ghost in that movie (can't remember it's name) as was Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense. Ghosts aren't necessarily scary - the writer must give us a reason to be scared of them. There are a few decent shots in this movie which do nothing other than highlight how bad the rest of it is. It's boring, confusing, badly acted and badly directed. The ending is ultimately unsatisfying and the fact that it appears to have spawned a sequel - out in 2014 (maybe) - is beyond baffling. Give this one a miss.

thisissubtitledmovies excerpt, full review at my location.KM31 excited Mexican horror enthusiasts with its release in 2006, following a lengthy baron period. Castaneda's ambitious project looked to combine style with a Mexican folk legend. With the Latino horror crown firmly on del Toro's head, this is the first horror eye-opener to come from Mexico since his chiller Cronos. KM31 went on to become one of Mexico's biggest box office successes, but it's difficult to understand why. Casteneda has sacrificed good storytelling for poor imitation of an already tired style of filmmaking. This is not a terrible horror film, just a terrible disappointment.

kosmasp Now maybe I could've given this movie also a 6/10, but I liked the overall effort of the movie and the actors involved in it. And I also have to admit, that I have a thing for Spanish movies. I have rated them bad before, but if the overall making of the movie and the story is right, I'll give them good ratings.Without giving away anything, the title stands for something that is very important in the film. I didn't know what it stands for, but even if you do, it doesn't spoil anything as some other movie titles does. And of course this will be very important for our main characters, who will go through/over a lot of obstacles during the movie. Being as this is a horror movie, there will be some scares, but this is not a slasher movie, this is a psychological thriller. I did enjoy it and you might too, if you like those sorts of movies.

HumanoidOfFlesh After the death of their mother when they were children,twins Agata and Catalina develop a psychic skill allowing them to communicate over great distances.But Agata falls into a coma after an accident on kilometer 31 and Catalina experiences all her pain.Tormented by Agata's psychic screams for help,Catalina sets out to find what really happened to Agata and finds that her twin has fallen victim of the ancient and terrifying curse of La Llorona,the screaming woman.The main problem of "Km 31" is that the film is heavily americanized.Sure,it utilizes some old-school Mexican folklore tales as the back-story,but the filmmakers just don't do enough with it.The acting is solid,the film is beautifully made and some moments are mildly creepy,but horror fans expecting something gruesome should really give this one a pass.