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Tinkerhell
4:50
USA 2024 (2.35:1)
Director – Noah Sterling
A young girl learns the consequences, after she incites the wrath of a very small and very deadly entity.
La Piñata de Cen
7:12
Mexico 2024 (1.85:1)
Director – Victor Hugo Cervantes Guzman
Cen, a friendly panda, must fight the Devil himself, who has stolen his piñata, and thus, the chance to have a great Christmas.
Andromeda
2:00
Mexico 2024 (4:3)
Director – Alejandro Cervantes
“Andrómeda” is an experimental animated short film that explores love, acceptance, and the process of letting go. The story follows Julieta, a young woman who, in the midst of attempting to escape an extraterrestrial abduction, encounters Andrómeda, an enigmatic alien. From their first meeting, Julieta is drawn to Andrómeda, triggering a cosmic connection between them.
Perfect City: The Bravest Kid
6:19
China 2023 (16:9)
Director – Shengwei Zhou
Chased by his nightmare knife hand, the paper boy has to confront his real fear which supposed to be his hope.
Pocket Princess
9:45
Canada 2024
Director: Olivia Loccisano
A young girl must take part in a dangerous task in order to complete her doll collection in this miniature fairytale.
Atrocity Exhibition
7:05
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – Jesus Llamas
“Abandon all hope ye who enter here.”
The Noonday Demon
8:00
Canada 2023 (16:9)
Director – Conall Pendergast
A man visits his childhood sweetheart, who harbors a dangerous secret.
Sulayman
8:04
Philippines 2023 (2.39:1)
Director – Blog Caliguia
A warrior confronts a mysterious menace from the forest in order to protect his village.
DAGON
6:07
Italy 2024 (4:3)
Director – Paolo Gaudio
DAGON is a stop motion animation short film freely inspired by the story of the same name by cult author H.P. Lovecraft. In 1919 San Francisco, a man is standing on the ledge of a building ready to jump. Desperate, he relives in his memories the absurd and shocking episode that led him to the brink of suicide: the encounter with the monstrous and mythological Great Old One, DAGON.
Miedo
4:18
Mexico 2024 (2.35:1)
Director – Angel Ivan Gonzalez De La Macorra Perez
A little bunny goes out browsing at night, without knowing that he will have a panic attack caused by the sound of the wind. His fear comes to life through his shadow unfolded into monstrous creatures that are the reflection of his instinct.
Into the Reds Tale
4:05
USA 2024 (16:9)
Director – Alisdair Zhang
An abomination mimic creature enters the story of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and disguises itself as her, tricking the Big Bad Wolf into walking into a trap.
WAN
13:00
Spain 2024 (2.35:1)
Director – Victor Monigote
There is a Sunset in the forest. After a frantic chase, a fierce-looking hominid confronts an old man and his hyena-dog, with an unexpected result.
Huesos mios
7:15
Mexico 2023 (1.78:1)
Director – Israel Gomez Resendiz
An alchemist decides to interrupt the cycle of life to see his son again, after achieving it he notices that his appearance and behavior is different, despite this he decides to teach him about “life”,a concept that his son will never understand
VHX
4:54
USA 2024 (4:3)
Director – Alisa Stern, Scott Ampleford
A collection of home movies languish on a shelf, longing to be watched again. Little do they know, there’s a fate far worse than being forgotten. VHX is a stop motion animated short made with real vintage VHS tapes.
BLACK AND WHITE IS COLORFUL
Devour
7:00
Argentina 2024 (16:9)
Director – Andrés Borghi, Ivan Rojas
A man and his girlfriend are invited to an elegant dinner as special guests. They don’t know any of the other guests who act strangely towards them. What’s the secret purpose behind this dinner?
IN THE NAME OF…
10:00
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – Marcos Muñoz Flores
After suffering a terrible abuse at the hands of the priest of his church, Abraham finds himself immersed in a world of terror and confusion. Tormented by hallucinations and sinister presences, he struggles to escape the dark labyrinth of faith he once thought he knew. But as he confronts his deepest fears, he discovers that the true nightmare is about to begin.
Amygdala
11:30
Sweden 2023 (16:9)
Director – Oskar Johansson
A mother and her daughter move into an old family house. The daughter has difficulty adjusting to the house, and to the mother’s great horror, begins having increasingly intense dreams of the sea.
Itsasoan Lamiak
Lamiak in the sea
4:00
Spain 2024 (16:9)
Director – Irati Santiago Mujika
In the sea bottom, with murky water, eerie voices and music create an unsettling atmosphere. The image quickly cuts between different underwater scenes, with an edit that blends voices and mysterious sounds. A grandmother tells her grandson about the Lamias, mythological nymphs from the Basque Country who protect those who seek their help. The short film concludes with the assertion that the Lamias still inhabit the sea.
KATRINAS
14:57
Mexico 2023 (2.35:1)
Director – León De León Landázuri
KATRINAS tells the story of Alicia, a young woman who wanders in emptiness and loneliness until she meets MICTE, the old fisherwoman from the town.
MARIA JOSÉ MARIA
14:59
Portugal 2023
Director – Chico Noras
On the same night that a dismembered and decapitated body is found in the city streets, Maria José wakes up startled by the absence of her mother. The authorities try to find the author of this heinous crime, but soon they will face unexpected circum- stances. With a Hitchcockian touch, this psychological horror film, with both gore and absurd humor, is inspired by a true story that horrified Portugal in the mid-nineteenth century.
REFLECTION OF A DEADMAN
8:08
USA 2024 (1.85:1)
Director – Michael Shlain
A man’s obsession with a stranger leads him through the underworld of Paris to an uncanny revelation. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Man of the Crowd.”
Cactus Noir
3:38
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – Marc Maubert
A cactus finds itself in the claws of a femme fatale with a black thumb.
Holy mother, women power
VESPA
14:58
USA 2014 (1.66:1)
Director – Olívia Ramos
Luiza visits her estranged mother’s new home, inadvertently inheriting her role in a peculiar natural cycle.
Rue Tea
14:58
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – Jennifer Remba
During the Mexican Revolution, Isabel flees her violent husband to an abandoned hacienda to have an abortion. As he gets closer to her, she discovers that there is a beast inside her.
Lonely Miss Albright
9:37
USA 2024 (16:9)
Director – Julia Zanin de Paula
Her neighbors call her lonely, but Miss Albright has all the company she will ever need amongst her plant friends – or so she thinks.
Medea Adrift
14:29
Spain 2024 (1.85:1)
Director – Mary Cruz Leo Pérez
In a large block of ice lost in the sea, the lonely Medea tries again and again to snatch her life without success, to escape the sentence imposed by Zeus: to be immortal in this agonizing frozen wasteland.
Eat the Rich
8:46
USA 2024 (2.35:1)
Director – Jenna Payne
An unemployed, about to be evicted woman decides to sacrifice the town mayor/her landlord to the old gods at the solar eclipse and consume his riches.
Evelin and the City of Suitcases
Evelin e la Città delle Valigie
9:59
Italy 2024 (2:1)
Director – Aurora Ovan
On her 20th birthday Evelin is about to receive her last luggage where all her dreams and hopes for the future are well secured, when an obscure figure will show her a way to escape the lies that she’s always knew as truth.
The Eclipse
14:00
USA 2024 (16:9)
Director – Maria Victoria Ponce
A repressed boy must survive a solar eclipse that transforms his mother into a possessed demon.
No Le Digas A Papa
14:44
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – Ale García, Carla Sierra
Three sisters have to cover their tracks before their father discovers them.
CALABAZA
5:13
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – Ana Basulto
Tommy lives in a garden; he is a healthy and strong pumpkin. For this reason, the farmer who has harvested him said he has a “big plan for him”. On Halloween Eve, the farmer chooses Tommy from among all the pumpkins. Will it really be the big moment that Tommy is waiting for?
A Mother’s Love
2:29
Canada 2024
Director: Lisa Ovies
A young girl deals with the consequences of trusting someone online.
Family Values
CARNÍVORA
12:19
USA 2023 (2:1)
Director – Felipe Vargas
When their mother vanishes, two estranged sisters are forced to caretake for their catatonic grandma… only to realize that grandma isn’t grandma at all.
VESPA
14:58
USA 2024 (1.66:1)
Director – Olívia Ramos
Luiza visits her estranged mother’s new home, inadvertently inheriting her role in a peculiar natural cycle.
The Yarn Man
9:59
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – Cremance
Odd thoughts will come to a granny’s mind, while she knits a yarn suit that emulates the
favorite toy of her beloved disabled granddaughter: “The Yarn Man”.
Roger is a Serial Killer
8:30
USA 2024 (16:9)
Director – Don Swaynos
A podcaster implicates her step-father in a series of unsolved murders, which makes for a compelling show but an awkward family reunion.
The Apocalypse of Johnny Dupree
9:17
USA 2024 (2.35:1)
Director – Don Vanderslice
A mother’s anguished search for her missing son leads to a brutal discovery and reveals an ancient curse.
Be Right Back
12:34
Spain 2023 (16:9)
Director – Lucas Paulino, Gabe Ibáñez
Maria, a 7-year-old girl, is left alone at home while her mother goes out to shop for dinner. The time alone extends into the night. When someone knocks at the door, Maria doubts whether it is her mother or not.
Who Calls?
Quien Llama
5:00
Spain 2023 (2,35:1)
Director – J.A. Villalobos
In the middle of the night, a stranger knock on the door of the house asking for help. The couple that resides inside will have to choose whether or not to open the door.
A Terrible Place
Un Lugar Terrible
8:00
Spain 2023 (2.39:1)
Director – Victor Sanchez-beato, Simarro Lozano
A girl and her imaginary friend, a girl dressed as a rabbit, argue in front of a sinister module. Inside the module is a mysterious man who wants to harm the girl.
Scared
Asustada
5:28
Argentina 2014 (16:9)
Director – Adrian Alejo Cernadas
Ivana, a 9-year-old girl, is stalked by an entity in her room at night. The girl’s mother ignores her daughter’s request for help while the supernatural manifestations increase.
Umbra
10:00
Spain 2024 (1.85:1)
Director – Pablo Otero
Adriana, a twelve-year-old girl, waits while her mother recovers after giving birth, but the night is long and a hospital holds many secrets and countless doors to open.
RONCES
13:30
France 2024 (2.39:1)
Director – J.P. BOUIX
After a traumatic marital incident, Maud is preparing to leave town to escape her past. But on the eve of her departure, Jacob, her ex-spouse who has been missing for several months, is back home.
Intercanvi
15:00
Spain 2023 (2.39:1)
Director – Alberto Evangelio
Alba is going to leave the house that she shares with Mrs. Hortensia, through a university exchange program between students and elderly people. Before leaving they celebrate the lady’s birthday, and that night the true intentions of each other are discovered.
DEAD TIME STORIES
BEVERLY HILLS EXORCIST
11:30
USA 2023 (2.39:1)
Director – Rem Scobell
The cost of real estate has skyrocketed to such astronomical levels that even spirits cannot afford to linger. Enter the morally ambiguous world of freelance exorcism in Los Angeles, where Sonya Keller, the city’s top supernatural fixer, leads her team in a battle against the most powerful demon god on the west side.
Nayolo
8:31
Mexico 2024
Director – Juan Adolfo Aispuro, Daniel Jimenez
In a small rural town, Joaquín pursues a young woman, his next victim, but the hunter will become the prey when the young woman reveals her true nature.
This Side Up
10:40
Mexico 2024
Director: Rafael Rosales Rábago
A couple’s relationship gets tested after they discover a mysterious bottomless box.
The Sorrow
13:00
Canada 2023 (1.85:1)
Director – Thomas Affolter
A retired army general and his live-in nurse find they are not alone in a house filled with dark secrets.
Bookworm
Ratón de biblioteca
13:42
Spain 2023 (2,35:1)
Director – Javier Yañez Sanz
Spain, 1979. Irene is an aspiring writer who obsesses with the delicate ghost at the library she works.
Drop
7:34
Kazakhstan 2024 (1.85:1)
Director – Chingiz Ondasynov
A young woman working late at night in an empty office begins receiving creepy videos via AirDrop from an unknown sender.
KORPUS
7:15
USA 2024 (2.35:1)
Director – Alexa De Hoyos, Sinhué F. Benavides
A writer can’t sleep because she doesn’t know how to start her next novel, but in the middle of the night she realizes that is not alone at home…
My Child
11:23
USA 2024 (16:9)
Director – Deniz Akyurek
A recent college graduate must confront his fear of adulthood, his childhood nostalgia, and the supernatural entities which pursue him through the halls of his old elementary school.
D.I.T.
11:00
Spain 2024 (16:9)
Director – Ivan Castell
Luisa, a young production assistant, communicates with Tino, the D.I.T., during a nighttime shoot. Tino, a failed director, reveals to her an unsettling revenge script, where reality and fiction intertwine, unleashing chilling tension.
Nocturna
14:47
Mexico 2024 (2.39:1)
Director – Pablo Olmos Arrayales
Max is on his way back home after a long hard-working day. A drunk woman gets into the same subway car where he travels. His wandering attitude awakens another passenger who has no good intentions. Max will witness what happens at night in the city subway.
Naualli
6:00
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – Adrian G. de la Peña
A grieving man seeks revenge, unwittingly awakening a mystical creature known as the Nagual.
Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place
15:00
Spain 2023 (2.35:1)
Director Biography – Juanjo Avi
J, the junkyard guard, is on duty for one more night accompanied by El Jefe when a serial killer and his victim, whom he clumsily allowed to escape, arrive at his junkyard.
4 Little Angels
Angelitos
14:00
Spain 2023 (2.35:1)
Director – Julio Martí Zahonero
Dani is a young geriatric assistant who starts his new job in an old nursing home taking care of Marisa, an elderly woman in the last few hours of her life. Dani aims to use the situation to get hold of some of the old woman’s jewels and valuables, and unleash some of his most personal perversions. However, Dani may have chosen the wrong person…
Don’t talk to strangers
5:13
Spain 2023 (1.66:1)
Director – Imanol Ortiz López
My mom always told me not to talk to strangers, but Agustín is not a stranger, because whenever we go to his store, he offers me treats.
Don’t take pictures
6:00
Spain 2023 (1.77:1)
Director – Daniel López Izquierdo
In “Don’t Take Pictures” a young adventurer ventures into an abandoned place to prove the existence of an ancient urban legend. Finding traces of a ritual and what appears to be a corpse, he sends a photo to his friend David to prove the rumor is true. While photographing space, the body mysteriously disappears.
No Dogs Die
13:21
USA 2024 (16:9)
Director – William Christopher Watson
A masked murderer who kills anyone abusive to dogs returns. A local detective must unravel the pattern before he strikes again.
Óbito
14:55
Spain 2023
Director – Fernando Amador
Eugenia & Mauricio, a young couple who, due to an economic downturn, see their relationship in jeopardy. Everything changes when Mrs. Lian, owner of the Chinese restaurant where Eugenia works, He offers her €50,000 in exchange for marrying Huang, his late son. Despite the unusual situation, he ends up accepting the macabre proposal, with unexpected consequences.
NAP
14:00
Spain 2023 (2.35:1)
Director – Javier Chavanel
Four people are about to undergo a dangerous experiment. The rules are simple: you will have to sleep if you want to live.
Midnight Frights
8:38
Belgium 2023 (1.85:1)
Director – Clotilde Colson, Alan Santi
- Every evening, Anne and Jean-Luc host the mysterious television program “Midnight Frights”. The program features disturbing, frightening and bloody stories… but all with a touch of humor and light-heartedness. This evening, they tell us the story of Nicole, a groupie of the famous rock star Curtis Wilde.
To Hell with You
14:52
USA 2024
Director – Jason Sheedy
A stubborn demon and a tenacious angel quarrel about the fate of a young man’s soul after a botched exorcism.
Mio
13:40
Chile 2024 (4:3)
Director – Sebastián Felipe Eguiluz
On a couple’s trip, a city girl will visit the country house of her boyfriend’s grandfather, who comes from the old Chilean landowning aristocracy. During her stay, the young woman will discover the cruelest and darkest edges of old traditions rooted in the Chilean countryside.
What A Catch
4:58
United Kingdom 2024 (2.35:1)
Director – Thomas Pickering
On a late-night trip to the lake, a Victorian fisherman’s evening takes a sinister turn.
Cruelty
9:18
USA 2024 (2:1)
Director – Sam Das.
A young trans woman is chased into a junkyard while being followed home late at night. Trapped among the heaps of scrap she must outwit her predator and summon the strength of a goddess in her desperate fight for survival.
DADDY
8:55
Austria 2023
Director – Toni Weiss
After surviving a brutal attack by his own father, 12-year-old Luki and his mother are now haunted by fear and trauma. As they settle into their new, eerie apartment, Luki soon realizes the horror isn’t over. He can’t shake the feeling of being watched. He’s convinced that something has followed them… something evil.
ROMPEME LOS HUESOS
5:24
Mexico 2024 (16:9)
Director – RICARDO CRUZ BUENO
On Aurora and Olaf’s wedding anniversary, Aurora will break and change the way she sees Love until it pierces her insides.
Alguien
8:26
Argentina 2024 (2.39:1)
Director – JUAN LORGES
A father returns home at night. His children should be sleeping, but instead they are hiding and scared. They tell the father that they think there’s someone else in the house, and they convince him to go check.
Stomach It
13:11
USA 2024 (2.00:1)
Director – Peter Klausner
While struggling to emotionally detach from the deceased, a crime scene cleaner believes a monstrous presence is toying with him.
Mirame
2:15
Mexico 2023 (16:9)
Director – Vanessa Miramontes
Una joven artista que se encuentra realizando un autoretrato a altas horas de la noche pronto descubre que no esta sola
Only SNUFF
8:00
Spain 2024 (16:9)
Director – Andrea Segarra Bueno
Ana receives a client at her home. When he finds out that he is being recorded, he becomes violent.
La compañera
13:00
Spain 2024
Director: Alejandro Maclean, Eduardo Maclean
At her best friend’s burial, Marta bumps into an old classmate she used to bully, unaware that she’s changed radically over the last ten years.
Something Weird
Another Alice
14:59
France 2024 (16:9)
Director – Matteo La Capria
Alice leaves a party with her best friend who tries to kiss her. She pushes him away, he becomes violent… Alice then flees into a dreamlike universe, revisiting a wonderland that looks like a nightmare.
Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake
4:30
Canada 2023 (2.39:1)
Director – Javier Badillo
Lupe doesn’t care about her abuela’s cooking lessons, she just wants to rock with her badass punk band. But when Lupe finds herself battling an alien monster with her band, her abuela’s lessons will remind her that punk rock is more than just loud music, and connecting with her Latin roots may just save their lives.
Paspocalypse
6:20
Netherlands 2024 (16:9)
Director – Jasper ten Hoor, Ivan Hidayat
During an evening shift in an empty office building, a young cleaning lady experiences the fright of her life.
Liquidation
9:51
Mexico 2024 (1.85:1)
Director – Fernando Hilerio Brito
Basil is an eight-year-old boy who accompanies his mother to a department store. When she is distracted, Basil takes the opportunity to explore the store, where a fantastical world grows and manifests around him. Venturing through the clothes, his mind takes him to increasingly strange places.
Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded
7:53
Canada 2023 (16:9)
Director – Anna Maguire, Kyle Greenberg
On a trip to Los Angeles to visit a new flame, Anna finds herself lost, stoned and alone… or is she?
Dead Beat
4:05
United Kingdom 2024 (1.78:1)
Director – George Zwier
A tormented writer’s struggle with insomnia and a sinister voice pushes her to the brink, blurring the lines between reality and her grisly script, as she spirals down a path of self-destruction and tragedy.
Factory Drop
15:00
Germany 2024 (21:9)
Director – Petja Pulkrabek
In a bleak future in the year 2118, a gigantic skyscraper called the Factory rises above the ruins of the old world. In the dark lower floors, forced laborers toil tirelessly to produce diamonds. Emotions and contact are strictly forbidden. The worker Mia nearly breaks under this existence until she finds an old music box.
Time to Die (1959)
Tiempo de morir (1959)
10:45
USA 2024 (4:3)
Director – Alaric Rocha
“Tiempo de morir (1959)” follows Dr. Augustin as he uses his time machine to travel back in time over and over in an attempt to save his love, Saurina, from the evil Don Juan Sayago. The film is the first of five presented under the pen name Juan F. Moctezuma II, a fictional Mexican horror director from the 60s and 70s. This is Moctezuma’s first film. While a projectionist at Cine Opera in Mexico City. He stole pieces from films that came through the theater (all films are now in public domain) and then cut them with bits of footage of his own to make this film.
FACES
14:16
USA 2023 (2.39:1)
Director – Blake Simon
A mysterious entity’s search for identity turns deadly when a group of college students unknowingly get too close.
Devil’s Reflection
9:17
Iran 2024 (16:9)
Director Biography – Sahar Mirzaeianfar, Kamran Mohammadi
A school janitor who is hard of hearing, is attacked and harassed by demonic spirits on a rainy night.
It Came from Inside!
12:02
USA 2024 (2.39:1)
Director – Aura Martinez Sandoval, Jackson Rees
On Halloween night, an aloof young couple find a corpse, a cassette tape, and a mysterious transmission device. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by the mystery of their discovery. Who — or what — is the device designed to summon?
13_OCT_1985_ARCHIVE
2:00
Switzerland 2023
Director Biography – Nicolas Dozol
Viewing of a recovered unclassified archive dated October 13, 1985.
Jasmine Tea
6:01
Venezuela 2024 (2.39:1)
Director – Javier Chacon
In the midst of an apocalyptic meteor shower destroying everything around him, a man embarks on a perilous journey to hear a final message from the love of his life.
Wake up
Despierta
4:17
Ecuador 2023 (16:9)
Director – Juan Aguilar Feijóo
A man receives several alert messages because something strange is stalking him. It is early morning, when you can no longer distinguish reality from a nightmare.
MIEDO A LA OSCURIDAD
Fear of the dark
10:00
Argentina 2024 (16:9)
Director – Guille Gatti
Nico, a young 9-year-old can´t handle lights of in his room.
The Manic Helm
5:42
Australia 2024 (2.39:1)
Director – Alexander Peter Lercher
A penniless father gambles on winning the Doctor’s game of mind manipulation, in order to create a better life for his son.
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS
3:15
USA 2024 (4:3)
Director – Zahm Waters
An orgiastic mutant monster post-modern pop art pigeon-fueled horror apocalypse!!!
Last Cigarette
13:58
Japan 2024 (2.00:1)
Director – Dario Alfredo Caamanxxo
Two teenage friends sitting by the beach go through their first heartbreak experience while facing the end of the world.
Pit Stop
5:41
USA 2024 (2.40)
Director – David A. Flores
A prisoner and guard are stranded and out of gas, but they’re not alone.
Closed Circuit
13:50
Australia 2024 (2.39:1)
Director – Karl Redgen
During a routine graveyard shift, a security guard spots a mysterious black dog on the monitors. When he investigates, the dog chases him through dark corridors and transforms into a towering 7-foot demon. As he struggles to escape, reality distorts into chaos.
Acufene
12:19
Italy 2024 (4:3)
Director – Davide Cipolat
A musician hears a haunting lament from the pipes of his sink, accompanied by a shrill tinnitus. He records it to add to the piece he is composing, but this disturbing frequency brings to the surface memories of a woman from his past.
Parasomnia
10:38
Spain 2024 (2.35:1)
Director – Daniel Noblom
As the traffic light turns green, a young man is paralyzed when he’s about to cross the street. Completely rigid, he can’t move anything but his eyes. Around him, people do not seem to notice him and continue on their way, ignoring him… while the environment becomes increasingly strange, disturbing and threatening.
AND WE’VE CALLED THEM
2:00
Turkey 2024 (4:3)
Director – BUĞRA MERT ALKAYALAR
There are certain protocols to follow for Close Encounters Five. As long as you follow them and follow them step by step you can have an effective experience.
Who Killed Kenny?
10:46
Mexico 2023 (16:9)
Director – Andrea Grain, Alejandro Orozco, Luis Fernando Orozco
In the quiet of the night, a six-year-old boy’s peaceful sleep is disrupted by an unforeseen intrusion, changing his life forever. Emerging from the closet is Kenny, a monster driven by hunger, who initially rushes towards the child. But, in a twist of fate, the monster becomes fond of the boy, deciding to “adopt” him as a protégé. This marks the beginning of an extraordinary friendship between the boy and the monster.
