Four teenagers get caught up in the midst of a deadly war between dark, ancient forces in a far away countryhouse in The Devil Lives Here (aka: O Diabo Mora Aqui, or The Fostering). The film enjoyed a world-wide festival run (including Sitges Film Festival, Morbido FilmFest, Brussels International Film Festival) and was the winner of Best Foreign Film at the 2016 FilmQuest.

Three friends, Ale, Magu and Jorge, go on a trip to visit their friend Apolo at his family’s farm for a weekend of fun. At the same time, Sebastião and his younger brother Luciano are getting ready to perform the spiritual ritual their family has been tasked with every nine months, for centuries. On the night the two groups meet, they find out that what they thought were scary tales becomes more than real. It is now up to them to prevent evil to be born and take over the world.

This is the feature film debut for directors Dante Vescio & Rodrigo Gasparini, who proved their directing bona fides on their M is for Mailbox segment of ABCs of Death 2.5.

Producer M. M. Izidoro explains the genesis of the film: “…I really wanted to do something based on the folklore and mythology of my home country of Brazil….I wanted to talk about all the urban legends but also mix Brazilian history and taboo subjects like the afro-brazilian religions, slavery, mental illness and sexuality….I had to find a way to frame the story in a way that was familiar, but allowed me the freedom to go to all the places I needed. So that’s where the “teens in a cabin” device came from.”

The movie hits DVD and VOD/streaming simultaneously on December 13, and the gloriously gory trailer is below. Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3lvXklJeA&feature=youtu.be