The Food of Fear
1994, Spanish. Directed by Juan López Moctezuma.
In an underclass neighborhood of Mexico City, a place where a unique troupe features a circus act, led by Don Ramón, he and his wife Petra have to take care of the daughter of a neighbor who has been jailed for drug trafficking. Petra decides that the girl must earn a living, entrusting her several domestic tasks; while befriending Pepito, who works as a clown on the street. Things get complicated when someone with satanic tendencies arrives to Ramon's house, and the visitor develops an interest on Petra. A fight between the three adults causes that the little girl suffers a fatal accident, so the solution will be to use her meat for the tamales sold by Petra.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 1 January 1994
- Original title
- El alimento del miedo
- Country
- Mexico
- Written by
- Juan López Moctezuma, Jorge Victoria
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The Food of Fear runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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The Food of Fear isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1994. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Food of Fear, try The Whisper, The Exorcist, Saint Catherine.
Who directed The Food of Fear?
The Food of Fear (1994) was directed by Juan López Moctezuma and stars Isaura Espinoza, Jorge Victoria, Salvador Sánchez.