Brazil lauds film critics for trashing "Turistas"
Brazil lauds film critics for trashing "Turistas"
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's state tourism body applauded U.S. film critics on Tuesday for trashing a horror movie in which tourists get slaughtered in the country and said it was taking measures to offset any damage to its image abroad. Some Brazilian media went into a frenzy over "Turistas," quoting disgusted Brazilian viewers who went to see it in the United States where it hit the screens on Friday. In the movie directed by John Stockwell, young American backpackers are attacked and mugged by locals, lured by bikini-clad beauties only to get drugged by spiked "caipirinha" cocktails. They then have their internal organs removed by a crazy surgeon who runs a human organ trafficking ring. Jeanine Pires, president of the tourism body Embratur, told Reuters it had instructed its overseas publicity agency to repair any damage from "Turistas."
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