Morbidness is a film that I think would have worked much better as a short.
The majority of the film focuses on the relationship between newlyweds Alicia (Ana Belén) and Diego (Víctor Manuel) as they spend their honeymoon in a remote spot in the countryside. It's not long before the happy couple begin to bicker, the tension exacerbated by some strange occurrences and Alicia's persistent feeling that she is being watched. This all very drawn out and very repetitive, the film only pulling together in the last act, in which Alicia is attacked by a strange man (Michael J. Pollard), the young woman defending herself by fatally hitting her assailant on the head with an iron. When she goes to find Diego, the pair are shot at by the dead man's blind mother (María Vico). Diego manages to disarm the old woman and kills her.
The final scene sees Diego and Alicia disposing of the bodies, and, after removing any incriminating evidence, driving away, the couple having completely forgotten about the carving that Diego made on a tree trunk: a love heart with both of their names and the date. The final shot of the carving is a clever addendum, not just a reminder of how quickly Alicia and Diego's relationship has turned sour but also evidence of their complicity - but it's a long time coming.
4.5/10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.
