Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Miguel Angel Vivas Stars: Fernando Cayo, Dritan Biba, Ana Wagener, Manuela Velles. Some of the best horror films seem to be emerging from Spain at the moment. Kidnapped is a taut and efficiently brutal thriller that will certainly unsettle many in the audience. The film draws upon real events as a starting point. Each year in Europe there are some 300,000 home invasions, …
THE LAST CIRCUS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alex de la Iglesia Stars: Carlos Arece, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang The Last Circus (also known as Balada Triste de Trompeta or A Sad Trumpet Ballad) was a bold choice for opening night film of the recent Spanish Film Festival. This is a startling and confronting film that will not appeal to everyone. Directed with verve by Alex de la Iglesia (The Oxford Murders, …
JULIA’S EYES
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Guillem Morales Stars: Belen Rueda, Luis Homar. Julia’s Eyes is a strong but cliched and rather generic Gothic suspense thriller that closed the Spanish Film Festival. Julia (Belen Rueda, from The Orphanage, etc) is gradually going blind from a degenerative disease. It is the same disease that plagued her twin sister. But when her sister is found dead as the …