Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez is scholarly programs research manager at the National Humanities Center. He is author of Baroque Aesthetics in Contemporary American Horror, Colombian Gothic in Cinema and Literature, and The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema.

"Lloronas, Chupacabras, and Other Creatures is well-researched and fresh, inscribed in (still recent) studies in Latin horror. Eljaiek-Rodríguez focuses on the study of local folklore and how it is legitimized (or, in some cases, distorted) by horror cinema and opens his discussion with local scholars, providing a particularly rich interpretation of a topic that has only recently gained visibility. This volume is sure to be of special interest not only for its novel subject matter but also for its readings largely guided by local thought." - Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, coeditor of Bloodstained Narratives: The Giallo Film in Italy and Abroad"Timely and seminal, this volume is a key text, if not the key text, on Latin American folkloric horror figures." - Ann Davies, author of The Nightmares of Presence: Space and Place in Spanish Gothic and Horror Film

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Folklore and Its Ramifications in Latin AmericaChapter 1: Amplified Cries: The Multiple Lloronas of Latin American CinemaChapter 2: Qarqachas, Pishtacos, and Other Andean MonstersChapter 3: El Chupacabras and the US American GazeChapter 4: Lesser-Known but Equally ScaryConclusion: Closing RemarksNotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex

Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez is scholarly programs research manager at the National Humanities Center. He is author of Baroque Aesthetics in Contemporary American Horror, Colombian Gothic in Cinema and Literature, and The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema.

"Lloronas, Chupacabras, and Other Creatures is well-researched and fresh, inscribed in (still recent) studies in Latin horror. Eljaiek-Rodríguez focuses on the study of local folklore and how it is legitimized (or, in some cases, distorted) by horror cinema and opens his discussion with local scholars, providing a particularly rich interpretation of a topic that has only recently gained visibility. This volume is sure to be of special interest not only for its novel subject matter but also for its readings largely guided by local thought." - Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, coeditor of Bloodstained Narratives: The Giallo Film in Italy and Abroad"Timely and seminal, this volume is a key text, if not the key text, on Latin American folkloric horror figures." - Ann Davies, author of The Nightmares of Presence: Space and Place in Spanish Gothic and Horror Film

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Folklore and Its Ramifications in Latin AmericaChapter 1: Amplified Cries: The Multiple Lloronas of Latin American CinemaChapter 2: Qarqachas, Pishtacos, and Other Andean MonstersChapter 3: El Chupacabras and the US American GazeChapter 4: Lesser-Known but Equally ScaryConclusion: Closing RemarksNotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex

Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez is scholarly programs research manager at the National Humanities Center. He is author of Baroque Aesthetics in Contemporary American Horror, Colombian Gothic in Cinema and Literature, and The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema.

"Lloronas, Chupacabras, and Other Creatures is well-researched and fresh, inscribed in (still recent) studies in Latin horror. Eljaiek-Rodríguez focuses on the study of local folklore and how it is legitimized (or, in some cases, distorted) by horror cinema and opens his discussion with local scholars, providing a particularly rich interpretation of a topic that has only recently gained visibility. This volume is sure to be of special interest not only for its novel subject matter but also for its readings largely guided by local thought." - Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, coeditor of Bloodstained Narratives: The Giallo Film in Italy and Abroad"Timely and seminal, this volume is a key text, if not the key text, on Latin American folkloric horror figures." - Ann Davies, author of The Nightmares of Presence: Space and Place in Spanish Gothic and Horror Film

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Folklore and Its Ramifications in Latin AmericaChapter 1: Amplified Cries: The Multiple Lloronas of Latin American CinemaChapter 2: Qarqachas, Pishtacos, and Other Andean MonstersChapter 3: El Chupacabras and the US American GazeChapter 4: Lesser-Known but Equally ScaryConclusion: Closing RemarksNotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex