¿quieres jugar Hacky Sack? Original and scary in Spanish.
If you are a subtitle snob look away now as this Spanish language ghost film probably wont be for you, if you don’t mind the subtitles then read on as 5 minutes in you forget about the subtitles altogether and realise this film is a little gem.
The tale of a family that opens an orphanage for disabled children only to find the ghosts of the past refuse to stay in the cellar.
The directorial debut of the talented Juan Antonio Bayona, this is everything current American horror is not, completely devoid of cheap shock tactics as Bayona delivers an assured and clever film that never resorts to blood and gore to entertain its audience, instead using story and character to drive the film towards its genuinely heartbreaking final scenes.
Overall the Blu-Ray edition is very good, a good array of fairly entertaining and informative featurettes and documentaries. The picture quality is fine and dandy but the sound is the discs high point, the DTS-Master HD fully exploits the eerie atmosphere with pin sharp bangs and creaks emanating from all corners of the room.
Overall a genuinely original film deserving of a wider audience, though with New Line picking up the rights to produce a remake, hopefully, that is just what it will get.
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