Alex De La Iglesia's first short movie plenty of horror , comedy , blood , amusement and embarrassing situations . It deals with a strange man (Alex Angulo) comes into a bar in which there's only one other customer (Saturnino Garcia) and asks the bartender (José Antonio Alvarez) to serve him a Spanish orange drink called Mirinda . But then he refuses to pay for it , saying that the bartender had never warned him that he would have to . Then , the bartender insists and the man takes out a rifle . Then the man asks the other customer to keep serving him more Mirindas, and therefore this other man sees himself forced to replace the bartender , for fear of what the killer will do to him if he doesn't. Things go wrong , when another customer (Ramón Barea) shows up at the bloody Pub .
Alex De la Iglesia's Short in which he blends creepy elements with humor , tongue-in-cheek and thrills ; so , the tone of the film is light-hearted . The short was completely developed with black humor , with a good staging and a white photograph in black and white by Kiko de la Rica . From this ¨Mirindas asesinas¨ Alex would dedicate himself to writing scripts together with Jorge Guerricaechevarría, his inseparable scriptwriter and together they developed the story of "Mirindas Asesinas" in 1991 and subsequently following a lot of films . His debut was very well received and that is how Pedro Almodovar , after seeing the short, and through his production company El Deseo Films collaborated with De la Iglesia's first feature film entitled "Acción Mutante" (1993), a futuristic thriller where a group of mutants Terrorists fight for the rights of the ugly.
Alejandro ¨Alex¨ de la Iglesia Mendoza is an irreverent Spanish director with great storytelling ingenuity . In addition to being a famous director, he has a degree in philosophy from the University of Deusto and a former cartoonist . He was born in Bilbao on December 4, 1965 , and before directing his first short "Mirindas Asesinas" De la Iglesia served as artistic director in the short film "Mamá" (1988) by Pablo Berger in which comedy, science fiction are combined and some horror . Later he performed the same task in the thriller "Todo por la pasta" (1991), by Enrique Urbizu . De La Iglesia , is well known as the Spanish king of black comedy . He's a cool director has got several successes : ¨Dying of laughter¨ , ¨Baby's room¨ , ¨Oxford murders¨ , and ¨Perdita Durango¨ is probably the weirdest Javier Bardem film ever made . And , of course , ¨Day of the beast¨ and ¨La Comunidad¨ obtained the unanimous praise of both the critics and the public and result to be a lot of fun¨, especially for those who enjoy surrealist humor , they won several Goya prizes and and resulted to be a turning point in his meteoric career ; from then on he became his own producer, beginning with '800 bullets' (2002) through the Pánico Films company . In addition , he produced a TV Series : ¨Pluton BRB Nero¨ (2009) with similar characters and atmospheres to ¨Mutant action¨ and he would get international acclaim with "El Dia De la Bestia" , ¨Las brujas de Zugarramurdi¨ (2013) , ¨La chispa de la vida¨ (2011) , ¨Balada triste de trompeta¨ (2010) , El Bar (2017) , Perfectos desconocidos (2017) , among others . Winner of several Goyas (Spanish Oscars), however his movies have not yet reached box office in USA, but he has strong followers , as his films have a kind of comic edge to them . Nonsense, ridicule , laughters , absurdity , disturbing scenes and many other issues ; you can find everything in Alex de La Iglesia flicks . This ¨Mirindas asesinas¨is without a doubt a thrilling and enjoyable Short that captures the essence of the best Alex De La Iglesia, a filmmaker who, at this point in his own story, is respected and admired worldwide and has the most committed fans in the film universe . This Spanish terror/thriller/comedy short was much praised by critics as well as public during its European festival run .¨Mirindas asesinas¨ to be enjoyed for terror aficionados and Alex De Iglesia fans .