Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #39: Watch Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid Now on Shudder

Many of the film lovers of the universe didn’t perhaps even know you were anticipating this wonder. After a terrific theatrical run, an ever increasing one, the illustrious Tigers Are Not Afraid from writer/director Issa López is now right there on demand at the good old scare-folks at Shudder.

Watch Tigers Are Not Afraid on Shudder Now

The streaming service, Shudder, now gives its members across the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland the chance to watch this darkly moving fairy tale. And its a chance you ought not to pass you by. The Mexican film, Tigers Are Not Afraid, follows a small group of children slumming in a world of violence and drug cartels.

Fellow Mexican, Guillermo del Toro, has been singing the film’s praises, completely backing and promoting Issa López’s remarkable achievement, in what has been a very long journey. “Shudder is an outstanding curator of the best and the weirdest of international fantastic cinema,” López stated at the news of Shudder’s acquisition, “including many of my favorite new movies from trailblazing filmmakers. The opportunity to have Tigers Are Not Afraid among them is an absolute honor.”