L'Emprise du Mal

The chess player Raúl (Gustavo Salmerón) invites his estranged wife Ana (Irene Visedo) and his son Nico (Ricardo Trenor) to travel with him during Christmas to an isolated cabin in a snowy mountain expecting to reconcile with her. On the arrival, Raúl asks the landlord someone to help to chop wood for the family and the helpful carpenter Samuel (Ariel Castro) comes to the house and cut the wood. When Raúl sees his wife giving attention of Samuel, he becomes jealous and his paranoid mind makes him believe that Ana is having a love affair with Samuel. On the Christmas Eve, Raúl invites Samuel to spend the night with his family. Soon Raúl discovers the truth about the Ana and Samuel and what happened during the Christmas dinner.

"La Senda" is an intriguing horror movie about a man with paranoid mind. Gustavo Salmerón has a great performance in the role of an unstable man that wants to rekindle his love and begin a new life with his wife that is separated of him, but that becomes paranoid entwining reality and paranoia. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Caminho do Mal" ("The Path of Evil")