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- Cronos (1993) - 6.7. Cronos tells the story of an antique dealer named Jesus who stumbles across an ancient mechanical scarab that, when it attaches itself to him, provides him eternal youth.
- Julia's Eyes (2011) - 6.7. While the local authorities tell Julia that her sister died from suicide, she is convinced that something drove her sibling to take her own life.
- Sleep Tight (2011) - 7.2. Forced to spend his days waiting on guests who barely acknowledge his existence, miserable apartment concierge Cesar decides that it he can't experience any of the good things life has to offer, no one else will either.
- The Hidden Face (2011) - 7.4. A young man and his girlfriend move to Columbia to go house hunting, but no sooner have they found the perfect place than she abruptly disappears and he's the prime suspect.
Critics Consensus: Creepily atmospheric and haunting, The Devil's Backbone is both a potent ghost story and an intelligent political allegory. Synopsis: After losing his father, 10-year-old...
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- Pan's Labyrinth. Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero. 92 votes. Guillermo del Toro's dark masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth, masterfully intertwines Spanish cinema and horror with its fantastical plot set in the backdrop of post-civil war Spain.
- [REC] Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano. 113 votes. Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's groundbreaking found-footage horror, REC, pushes the envelope of both Spanish cinema and the horror genre, immersing viewers in a claustrophobic nightmare.
- The Devil's Backbone. Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi. 74 votes. Once again showcasing the brilliance of Guillermo del Toro, The Devil's Backbone combines Spanish cinema's rich history of political commentary with elements of supernatural horror.
- [REC] 2. Manuela Velasco, Albert Grabuleda Capdevila, Javier Botet. 64 votes. Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's REC 2 continues to amplify the relentless terror established in its predecessor, further delving into both Spanish and horror themes.
- Contents
- “El Espinazo Del Diablo”
- “Los Ojos de Julia”
- “[Rec]”
- “Tesis”
- “La Madre Muerta”
- “Ahí VA El Diablo”
- “La Casa Del Fin de Los Tiempos”
- “Los Sin Nombre”
- “El Orfanato”
Year:2001 Where to watch: Amazon Prime Guillermo del Toro’s “El espinazo del diablo”is set in 1939, as the Spanish Civil War is coming to an end. The boy Carlos is sent to an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. What’s unusual is that he hears a voice which says, “Many of you will die.” Carlos soon learns that the voice is of a small boy, Santi—a gh...
Year:2010 Where to watch: Amazon Prime Crafted by the master storyteller-director Guillem Morales, this 2010 offering is so full of twists, turns, betrayal and discoverythat your head will still be spinning days after watching it. Julia’s blind twin sister Sara has just died, ostensibly by suicide. Julia, who has a degenerative eye disease, suspect...
Year:2007 Where to watch: Amazon Prime Imagine being in an apartment complex full of zombies. You’re part of a documentary crew that’s trapped inside, recording the whole thing—and trying to stay alive in the process. A reporter-cameraman pair, hoping to document what a group of firefighters does during the evening shift, follows them on a dispatch...
Year:1996 Where to watch: Amazon Prime | iTunes If gore and great storytelling are your regular fare, then you’ll fit right in here. Angela is a university student working on a thesis about audiovisual violence. She finds a snuff filmfeaturing a girl who disappeared two years earlier, and she tries to figure out who videotaped the murder. As Angela...
Year:1993 Where to watch: Amazon (DVD) | Internet Archive A bungled burglary leads to the murder of a woman while her daughter looks on. Twenty years later, the criminal, going by another name and now working in a bar, sees the girl again. The poor girl is suffering from a developmental disability. Her blank stare sends cold chills down the murdere...
Year:2013 Where to watch: Amazon Prime A couple loses their beloved teenage son and daughter to the hills and caves of Tijuana, Mexico. Thankfully, the kids are found alive and well the next day. Or are they? They start to display very strange, antisocial and malevolent behavior upon their return—as if they’re possessed. This prompts the couple to ...
Year:2013 Where to watch: Amazon Prime Imagine being under house arrest inside a haunted house. Imagine living out your days in the house where your husband was murdered and your son vanished into thin air—and you’re the one who’s been convicted of those crimes. This movie happens in two timelines: one in 1981 and another in 2011. When the clock st...
Year:1999 Where to watch: Amazon (DVD) A six-year-old girl’s heavily mutilated body is hoisted out of a deep cistern. Five years later, her mother suddenly receives a phone call where she hears a familiar voice: it’s her daughter! Or at least the voice claims she is. She says she only wanted everybody to believe she was dead, and now she’s asking h...
Year:2007 Where to watch: Amazon Prime | Google Play | iTunes Laura goes back to the old orphanage where she grew up. Together with her husband and adopted son Simon, they’re going to reopen it for disabled children. It doesn’t take long before Simon starts talking about seeing Tomás, a boy his age who wears an old sack for a mask. Simon claims he ...
Below, you’ll find a 15-movie Spanish horror primer, ranging from the early exploitation works of the 1970s to the refined ghost stories of the 21st century. The Awful Dr. Orlof ( Gritos...
Aug 10, 2021 · Jim Vorel. 8. REC (2007) Directors: Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. 2007 was a breakthrough year for post- Blair Witch found footage horror, including the first Paranormal Activity and George ...
Nov 7, 2023 · 7 'The Devil’s Backbone' (2001) The Devil’s Backbone is another del Toro classic that is arguably his most terrifying film. It takes place in civil wartime Spain at a boy’s orphanage where a ...
