Mystery , terror , intrigue about a woman seeking clues about his lover's killing . Spanish horror film full of thrills , suspense , chills , intrigue and plot twists . It gives a terrifying and disturbingly adult view of fears in which posses an element of witchery . The motion picture is pretty well , although sometimes slow moving and packs turns ; however is entertaining for continuous suspense and unsettling atmosphere . It deals with Lara (Maria Barranco) , a radio host expert on psychic phenomena , she learns her estranged lover (Gustavo Salmeron) has been found dead in a small Spanish village . She aware that he was carrying out secret experiments searching for tortured souls trapped behind the energy of the living world. This leads her to an old abandoned house whose owner is a villager named Lazaro (Angel De Andres Lopez) , and where various faces have appeared and disappeared at irregular intervals , screaming faces seem to form within of the walls . In fact , the film is partially based on facts , as the Faces of Bélmez is an alleged paranormal phenomenon in a private house in Spain which started in 1971 when residents claimed images of faces appeared in the concrete floor of the house. These images have continuously formed and disappeared on the floor of the home. Located at the Pereira family home at Moraleda, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain, the Bélmez faces have been responsible for bringing large numbers of sightseers to Bélmez and many residents believe that the faces were not made by human hand. The phenomenon is considered by some parapsychologists the best-documented and "without doubt the most important paranormal phenomenon in the century" .
This exciting , bizarre film contains tension , thriller, drama , mystery , plot twists and shocks , including decent scares with tense terror sequences especially in its final part , in a creepy denouement . Interesting screenplay by the same director revolving the mental disintegration of a woman overwhelmed by her lover's disappearance and the various astonishing surprises she finds . Filmmaker Agusti Villaronga also wrote the strange plot , embarking into the phantasmagorical, or even quasi-surrealist story . The picture is thrilling and some moment brilliant, and the actors are quite reliable. As Maria Barranco as the host of a radio call-in show , Terele Pávez as Dolores , Ruth Gabriel as Julia , Simón Andreu as Simón , Pedro Mari Sánchez as Juan Miguel Picazo as Galiana , Maite Brik as Madre and special appearance by Gustavo Salmeron in a little role as her lover and appearing in his most part by means of flashbacks . Although is sometimes slow moving , overlong and stagy , however is entertaining for continuous suspense . Intelligent edition, special use of dark sets and slick utilization of shock images make this one, an acceptable terror film . Sinister and mysterious atmosphere is finely photographed by magnificent cameraman Javier Aguirresarobe which heightens the suspense . Aguirresarobe subsequently would make a prestigious career in Hollywood such as ¨Fright night , ¨The twilight saga: eclipse¨, ¨The road¨ , ¨The others¨ and many others . Suspenseful and stirring musical score by Javier Navarrete who has composed for successful terror movies such as ¨Mirrors¨ , ¨Pan's labyrinth¨, ¨Thirteen chimes¨ ,¨The devil's backbone¨ and ¨The hole¨.
The motion picture was compellingly directed by Agusti Villaronga . Agusti was born in 1953 in Majorca, Balearic Islands, he uses to do films including genuine chills , suspense , mystery and dark atmospheres . His movies pack excellent creation of taut , thriller , emotions and rare atmospheres such as ¨Aro Tolbukhin¨ , ¨El mar¨ , ¨El Niño de la Luna¨ and especially ¨In a glass cage¨ or ¨Tras el Cristal¨ . His greatest success was ¨Black bread¨ or Pa Negre¨ winning several Goyas .
