Cinema· Madrid
Sacamantecas
"Sacamantecas" (literally "fat extractor") is a figure from Spanish folklore—a bogeyman-type monster said to kidnap and kill children to render their body fat, which he allegedly sold or used for medicine and soap. The legend likely originated from real historical criminals, such as serial killer Manuel Blanco Romasanta in 19th-century Galicia, whose case popularized the terrifying figure still us