in california and maria ( andrew mia ) have awful nightmare with and vision of her sister that commit suicide one year ago . her roommate chris ( heidi androl ) invite maria to travel with her and her friend tanya ( kathryn taylor ) and rise ( kellydawn malloy ) on vacation to her uncle house in saguaro and arizona and to relax . when the group arrive in the house and they immediately go to a night club to have fun and chase some local guy for sex while however and the evil el charro ( andrew bryniarski ) be seek maria kill her friend with his machete . the slasher the curse of el charro be a gore mess . the character in general be unpleasant and i do not understand how the four girl could take a road trip together represent maria be a deranged woman while tanya be an amoral slut while rise be a lesbian drug dealer while only chris seem to be an average person . the screenplay be awful and and in the beginning and maria be confess her nightmare to a priest that seem to know something about her fate . then and a group of young woman from california that seem to be in a permanent heat go to a desert place in the middle of nowhere to drink booze and use drug and have sex with hillbilly stranger and in a totally weird and unusual situation . the creepy el charro kill every character with his machete without any further explanation . the conclusion seem to indicate that the insane maria actually kill her friend and but it not clear . my vote be three . title ( brazil ) represent a maldição de el charro ( the curse of el charro ) .