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'The Untamed': A Tale of Sexual Repression And Violence With Sci-Fi Trappings

Don't focus on the space-squid: In Mexican director Amat Escalante's harrowing film, it's only a device to expose and explore the rifts in his characters' relationships.
Alejandra (Ruth Ramos) visits a certain cabin in the woods in <em>The Untamed.</em>

It's pink and fleshy, it's a giant mass of tentacles and it's just crash-landed in Mexico from outer space. What should humankind do with such a marvel?

How about The Nasty?

Welcome to the artfully perverted world of (), a psychological fantasy thriller about what it would be like to have sex with a freaky squid-alien thing. Turns out it's good in bed. Like, good. As soon as the nameless, faceless creature wraps its

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