(2010) ***1/2
Laura and her father, Wilson, meet up at a remote home in order to
ready and renew the property for the seller and his prospective buyer.
After the two settle in for the night, Laura begins to hear noises
coming from upstairs, where they were explicitly instructed not to go.
After waking up her father and convincing him to investigate things
quickly go awry. For the next 80 minutes we follow Laura as she
conducts her own investigation, discovering terrible secrets along the
way.
Wow, more Spanish horror! La Casa Muda’s gimmick is that director
Gustavo Hernandez shot the entire film in one continuous shot. Keenly aware of
this fact I watched very closely to see if he “cheated” and I was
unable to find a single instance where the camera cut away, which is
quite a feat given the confined space where the story takes place and
the horrors that are uncovered. Unlike the recent American remake, La
Casa Muda does not spoon-feed you the “story”. Instead, we are just
as confused as Laura as she slowly pieces together what is going on in
this house of horrors. The closing credits are a must-see as they
reveal the full story. An excellent 5-minute post credits coda raises
my rating a half star.
(2007) * First of all let me say that as far as I could tell there are absolutely no dead teenagers in this entire film. Every year just ...
9 comments:
Sounds fantastic you have me sold!
Oh and welcome to the party JPX, you have some catching up to do.
I said the same thing exact thing in his other review! Jinx, you owe me a coke Catfreek.
There isn't much Spanish horror out there but they tend to deliver.
Haha too funny JSP
I'm sold too, this sounds excellent!
Sometimes I wonder if the MPAA comes in and slaps amateurish "not scary enough!" judgements all over American horror movies and they have to go in and add blunt musical cues.
I'm glad to hear other countries still know better.
great find, jpx! the single take thing sound very suspenseful.
Nice review. That single take thing does sound worth checking out.
ahoy, jpx.
interesting that this one garnered so much praise from you yet only received 3.5.
care to comment on why?
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