Warning: Spoilers for Chupa follow!

Chupa follows the young boy Alex's unlikely friendship with a chupacabra, and its ending reveals a powerful message about family. Alex visits his grandfather Chava and his cousins Memo and Luna in Mexico after his father passes away from cancer. While there, he comes in contact with a chupacabra, and the interaction changes his life. A chupacabra is a mythical cryptid in Latin America and has often appeared in folklore. It was first claimed to be seen in Puerto Rico and has been compared to a vampire. In Spanish, "chupar" translates to "to suck," and "cabra" translates to "goat," earning its name as the cryptid is known to suck the blood from goats.

This confronts farmers with a huge problem, with most believing chupacabras to be bad. However, this isn't how the film presents the creature. A scientist named Richard Quinn is after the animal...