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86 Verónica
[2017]
Screenplay Fernando Navarro & Paco Plaza
Director Paco Plaza
Cinematography Pablo Rosso
Music Chucky Namanera
Leads Sandra
Escacena, Iván Chavero, Claudia Placer, Bruna González, Ana Torrent, Consuelo Trujillo
Production Apaches Entertainment, Expediente La Película
A.I.E., Film Factory
IMDb 6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes 88%
Surprisingly
this is the first horror film to make it onto the blog (Gerald’s Game
wasn’t all that scary). Usually I find trailers are more horrifying than the
films they promote, but this film has had quite a lot of press, so I thought I’d
give it a watch. Luckily in the company of a few friends. You are crazy if you watch
horror films on your own, that’s a fact. This wasn’t anything special and I
think if it had been in English, rather than Spanish, it would have been
exposed as even worse. It suffered from the old problem of seeing the scary
thing too early on. Once you’ve seen it, it’s no longer as scary. Thems are
just the rules. I have got to give it some praise however as the acting was
pretty impressive from such a young cast. Verónica (Escacena) and her young
siblings were all brilliant and the younger ones were making me laugh more than
they made me scared. I’m sure this was to lull us into a false sense of
security, but it had the opposite effect. I should mention it is loosely based
on a true story, which instantly doubles it’s scare factor, however without
those extra points it is just another film about possession. I think I’m being
a little unfair as the ending is believable in a way, and the ending of a
horror film is what sets it apart from other horrors. For example, The
Babadook is an excellent horror movie because the ending is open to
interpretation, and one of these interpretations is not supernatural. I think
with the true story behind it, Plaza has fucked up. It is close to being more
than just an easy horror to put on for some cheap scares, but in the end that
is all it was for me.
Acting 3 / 4
Writing 2 / 4
Cinematography 3
/ 4
Music 2 / 4
HWF rating 2 / 4