Horror has a history of subversive casting. Linda Blair in The Exorcist , Javier Bardem’s icy stillness in No Country for Old Men , and more recently, Bill Skarsgård’s unsettling physicality as Pennywise. But Colombia has never seen its own folklore weaponized through such intentional dissonance.

: A prominent Colombian producer and director who specializes in "casting" and "reality" style adult content.

The "casting couch" genre relies heavily on a power dynamic of inequity. The narrative typically positions an authoritative figure (the producer) against a naive, financially motivated subject (the applicant).