Rigoberto Castañeda

Directing

Rigoberto Castañeda

Born

1973-02-27 (53)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico [now Mexico City, Mexico]

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

He wrote his first feature film, "La Llorona," based on a widely known Mexican legend. The Mexican mini-studio Lemon Films immediately picked it up. Based on his script, he directed the horror film Kilómetro 31 in 2007. The result was the highest-grossing film of 2007 in Mexico and the top-grossing Mexican horror film of all time. His debut film also swept the Mexican Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences awards, earning 6 nominations and winning 5 statuettes.

Known for

Behind the camera

Night Shift poster
6.4

A young nurse with a domestic abuse past starts working the night shift at a small hospital, where, during the night, the ghost of a nurse materializes.

Night Shift

2024

Night Shift poster
6.4

A young nurse with a domestic abuse past starts working the night shift at a small hospital, where, during the night, the ghost of a nurse materializes.

Night Shift

2024

Blackout poster
5.4

Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalates into a nightmare.

Blackout

2008

KM 31: Kilometer 31 poster
6.1

While driving through the kilometer 31 of a lonely road, Agata Hameran hits a boy. She leaves her car to help the victim and another car runs over her and she falls in a deep coma. Her twin sister Catalina telepathically feels the pain of Agata and hears her whispering for help. Together with her boyfriend Nuno and Agata's mate Omar, they return to the km 31 of the road, and find out that the place is surrounded by supernatural accidents caused by the ghost of a mother that lost her boy many years ago. Further, Catalina discloses that the spirit of Agata is trapped between the worlds of the living and the dead.

KM 31: Kilometer 31

2006

KM 31: Kilometer 31 poster
6.1

While driving through the kilometer 31 of a lonely road, Agata Hameran hits a boy. She leaves her car to help the victim and another car runs over her and she falls in a deep coma. Her twin sister Catalina telepathically feels the pain of Agata and hears her whispering for help. Together with her boyfriend Nuno and Agata's mate Omar, they return to the km 31 of the road, and find out that the place is surrounded by supernatural accidents caused by the ghost of a mother that lost her boy many years ago. Further, Catalina discloses that the spirit of Agata is trapped between the worlds of the living and the dead.

KM 31: Kilometer 31

2006

Originless poster
5.6

A group of arcanes enjoy fighting vampires.

Originless

2020

Km 31-2 poster
7.0

A woman is searching for her son who got lost under mysterious circumstances.

Km 31-2

2016

Karem the Possession poster
6.3

A possessed young girl from an atheist family refuses to let her new powers go and becomes more than a threat to everyone besides her.

Karem the Possession

2021

Family Blood poster
3.0

Two young people, who knew each other in a previous life, meet again. Alejandro recognizes Yolanda, who is from a strange family that has the disadvantage of living a very long time, which is also to blames for the mysterious disappearance of his father. Alejandro embarks on an adventure to delve into the secret of his fathers’ death and in the meantime, wonder if he’s capable of abandon his life to fulfill his destiny.

Family Blood

2013