Chupa (film)

Chupa
Promotional release poster
Directed byJonás Cuarón
Screenplay by
  • Sean Kennedy Moore
  • Joe Barnathan
  • Marcus Rinehart
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyNico Aguilar
Edited byDan Zimmerman
Music byCarlos Rafael Rivera
Production
company
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • April 7, 2023 (2023-04-07)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish

Chupa is a 2023 American fantasy adventure film directed by Jonás Cuarón, written by Sean Kennedy Moore, Joe Barnathan, and Marcus Rinehart from a story by Sean Kennedy Moore, Joe Barnathan, Marcus Rinehart, Brendan Bellomo, and Michael Dougherty, and starring Demián Bichir and Christian Slater with supporting roles done by Evan Whitten, Ashley Ciarra, and Nickolas Verdugo. It tells the story of a boy who visits his grandfather and cousins in Mexico where he comes across a baby chupacabra that is being hunted by a government scientist. Produced by 26th Street Pictures, it was released on April 7, 2023, on Netflix and received mixed to positive reviews from critics.