11. Casa de los muertos

Birth and death are natural stages of life. But sometimes death is not the final chapter… Often, restless spirits roam the earth seeking to inflict their eternal fury on the living. Latin Jazz Guitarist Eddie Benitez moves his family to Tempe, Arizona, hoping to resurrect his musical career. But his optimism fades when unexplainable occurrences plague the house and his son becomes gravely ill. Doctors are unable to diagnose the mysterious ailment and Eddie begins to think a supernatural entity may be to blame. When he delves into the history of the house, he learns that his son's room was the scene of a horrific suicide. Eddie fears the spirit of a dead man is inflicting the illness on his son, slowly killing him. With his son's life at stake, Eddie turns to his Puerto Rican roots to combat the deadly ghost and save his family.

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In 1974, Latin jazz guitarist Eddie Benitez finds himself face-to-face with a demonic spirit for the first time at age 14 who was possessing a cab driver. Nearly thirty years later and starting a family, he moves his family to a new home in Tempe, Arizona, hoping to get back into the music career he had ended many years before. Soon, he once again finds himself faced with the supernatural for the first time in three decades when his son begins to fall sick. An exorcism is performed to get rid of the spirit. Soon a former resident reveals to Eddie about her past experiences in the house he lives in that was started by her own father who died in the house. She had denied any involvement in mentioning her father because she was trying to protect her mother who had found out not only about his past of racism but also had been abused by him. The former resident warns him to move his family out of the house because her father's ghost isn't done with them yet. Realizing this, Eddie moves his family out of the house right away.

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