In 'Chupa,' director Jonás Cuarón gives the chupacabra, a frightful fairytale monster, a family-friendly twist. But what’s the story behind the legendary creature?
In 2021, Randy Rogers Band and La Maquinaria teamed up to release a song inspired by the creature calledCuarón wanted to play with “the reversal of the myth" and remove the horror surrounding the beast.
He thought about animals that kids have an innate connection with to create the final design of Chupa, adding that they used a real dog to film Chupa’s scenes. He also enjoyed the idea of tapping into a legend that he was familiar with. “I was excited because I knew I could do a movie for family audiences but that I could also ground in a reality I knew,” he says.Tony Rivetti Jr./Netflix / Tony Rivetti Jr./NetflixActor Demián Bichir grew up hearing the stories of chupacabras but was never “good at buying bizarre stories,” he tells TODAY.com. “I remember the first time I heard it, it was crazy.
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