Terrified (2017)

AKA: Aterrados

Starring: Ariel Chavarria, Maximiliano Ghione, Norberto Gonzalo
Director: Demian Rugna


Premise:
A neighborhood starts experiencing strange occurrences. When residents start dying off the local police captain call in his old partner who by a chance encounter enlists a team of paranormal researchers to sort out the what might be happening.

My Take:
Any movie that makes me jump multiple times is a good one (it doesn't happen often). This is just a creepy movie dealing with creatures from alternate dimensions crossing over into our plane.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Shudder

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Memory of the Dead (2013)

Starring:
Director: Valentin Javier Diment


Premise:
After her husband dies, the widow invites his closest friends to a country house to grieve. However the widow has a secret plan that will help bring her husband back from the dead.

My Take:
A few good moments of splatter and nice twist at the end are not enough to save this rather mundane flick.

Rating: Warning


Watched: Hulu




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I'll Never Die Alone (2008)

AKA: No Morire Sola

Starring: Gimena Blesa, Marisol Tur, Magdalena De Santo, Camila Loyza Basualdo
Director: Adrian Garcia Bogliano


Premise:
A group of young woman are driving through the country when they witness a murder of another girl. Then find themselves being tracked down by the murderers. The men catch them, rape the woman, beat them, and leave them to die. But the woman managed to collect themselves and fight back against the attackers.

My Take:
A hard film to watch because of the realistic brutality. The director does not shy away from the violence with long, wide shots of the acts. Plenty of gore comes later as the heroines find strength to fend for themselves. A rather difficult and powerful flick with an exploitation feel due to subject matter.

Rating: So Good (but not for every one)

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Penumbra (2012)

Starring: Cristina Brondo
Director: Adrián García Bogliano, Ramiro García Bogliano


Premise:
A woman is showing an apartment to a possible tenant. As she waits with the buyer's agents things soon start to seem amiss and a solor eclipse is nearing.

My Take:
The first half of the movies plays out as dark comedy with a lawyer having a bad day while trying to sell an apartment. She's getting in a fight with a bum, loses her keys, missing an important business meeting, and other little things keep piling up. A number of associates of the buyer start showing up, each one more strange than the next, and she starts to suspect something is amiss. And it is, turns out these people are part of a smal cult who believe the solar esclipse will give life beyong their life. For me, the movie works very well even if the explanation behind the cults motives are a bit odd and unexplained. However the tension is excellently built, the comedy is subtle, and the acting is great.

Rating: So Good






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Phase 7 (2011)

AKA: Fase 7


Director: Nicolás Goldbart

Premise:
An apartment building is quarantined during an outbreak. Several days pass and a man tries to protect his pregnant wife from one of the tenants who starts killing the others off.

My Take:
I enjoyed the flick. It blends the perfect amount of comedy, splatter, and drama in a believable situation. The characters are fantastic.

Rating: So Good





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