Ambicioso proyecto de Bigas Luna que no llega a cuajar por su dificultad en plasmar visualmente una idea tan original y sugestiva como comprometida. La primera parte de la película conecta más con el tipo de cine simbólico y recargado característico de su realizador y, sin lugar a dudas, es la más conseguida e interesante. Personajes esotéricos y morbosos. Una madre y su hijo, solitarios y d... read more
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Recommendation from the giraffe
Wow, just when I was starting to feel very jaded towards the horror film genre comes this creepy ass film. I honestly can't remember a film that was creepy from the first credits to the last credit rolling. Pretty sure that watching it in a theater would have given me nightmares. Still, if I ever see this playing at some local dollar theater... I'll be sure to be there.
The film within a film is very effective and you never really become that bored with ether f"
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“Ambicioso proyecto de Bigas Luna que no llega a cuajar por su dificultad en plasmar visualmente una idea tan original y sugestiva como comprometida. La primera parte de la película conecta más con el tipo de cine simbólico y recargado característico de su realizador y, sin lugar a dudas, es la más conseguida e interesante. Personajes esotéricos y morbosos. Una madre y su hijo, solitarios y desquiciados en una casa en continua penumbra, inquietante, llena de objetos y de seres vivos de la más variopinta naturaleza y condición.
A raiz de esta introducción de especie de bajada a un infierno doméstico y del suceso que desencadenará una sucesión de crímenes, la película empieza a volverse contra el espectador. Y, ciertamente, intenta hacernos partícipes de primera mano ” read more
"This film is one wild ride from beginning to end. Track this one down!
A telepathic mother demands her son to collect severed ears for mysterious purpose.
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the giraffe added this to a list 1 year, 8 months ago
"First viewing - Oct. 18th (on the big screen!)
That'd be Zelda Rubinstein, best known as the psychic in Poltergeist, and she shines in her role in this little-known 80s horror gem. Apparently this was one of her favorite roles she ever had, and it's not hard to see why.
This is one of those films that to divulge any piece of the plot would give too much away, so you'll get nothing from me but encouragement to check it out. It's very original, and each actor knocks it out of the park for their"
the giraffe added this to a list 1 year, 9 months ago
"Small budget horror that is so fucking good you'll be straight up flabbergasted! Don't read any plot summaries on it. Most of them ruin the damn movie. BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE FLICK!
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