Silencio

Spanning centuries, Silencio follows multiple generations of a vampiric family as they navigate humanity’s deadliest epidemics: the Black Plague in the 1300s, the AIDS crisis in 1989, and a post-breakthrough world in 2030. Equal parts gothic horror and Capital-C Camp, Eduardo Casanova’s film revels in frilly dresses, hyper-stylized sets, grotesque prosthetics, and ferocious queer anger. Vampires sip blood from teacups, pop lorazepam, and desire bodies marked as “contagious.” Linking plague, AIDS, and a slyly implied COVID-19, Silencio confronts cycles of disease, scapegoating, and survival—offering a monster movie that is also a manifesto and a plea for empathy.