Readers familiar with Silvia Moreno-Garcia's "Mexican Gothic" and "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau" will enjoy the thrill ride of her latest horror "Silver Nitrate." Set in 1993 Mexico City, lifelong friends Montserrat and Tristán find themselves at a crossroads in their film industry careers. Montserrat is tired of the manipulative male-run editing rooms, and Tristán is a washed-up soap opera star. When Tristán meets once famed but now down-on-their-luck director Abel Urueta, Abel ropes Montserrat and Tristán into helping him complete the final scene of a film he claims will bring them all luck and break the curse a Nazi occultist placed on him — bringing them all success. But when spirits begin appearing in both Montserrat and Tristán's lives, the pair worry that they've signed onto a film that could end with their demise in the closing credits.