20 minutes of pure dread. Spanish horror proves the dark holds secrets.
Lucía escapes from a painful past in her hometown and moves into an old house in the heart of Madrid, looking to start afresh. But she soon discovers that the house is home to inexplicable phenomena.
Acting
Veki Velilla's silent terror says everything without words.
Practical Effects
Javier Botet's creature design—body horror at its most intimate.
Cinematography
Madrid's shadows become a suffocating second character.
Director
German Mairen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Javier Botet (Monstruo Hombre) has Marfan syndrome and built a career playing elongated creatures in Mama, Slender Man, and The Conjuring 2.
The film taps into Spain's 'quinqui' cinema tradition of urban working-class horror, updated for Madrid's gentrifying barrios.
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