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"La Herencia Valdemar (Valdemar's Heritage) is the first of a two-part story based on tale written by H. P. Lovecraft. It's the last picture of Spanish actor Paul Naschy whom career is linked to terror (specially with his classical character "Waldemar Daninsky". It is a very good film, with many topics of Cthulhu stories but in the good side. Film has two parts, one in present time, when the character of Silvia Abascal has to make a study about the value of an ancient mansion (Valdemar House); the second one is in the 19th century, and explains the origin of the mansion. There are many little things for smiling, as the names of some minor characters or the handle of the staff of Eusebio Poncela character. An interesting point is the fact that the film had no public money, a good exception in Spanish cinema. Secuel of the film is now in post-production.

La celda 211 es una película sólida, que demuestra una vez más que determinados géneros -como en este caso el drama carcelario- no es patrimonio exclusivo de la cinematografía de un único país. Hay que destacar la recreación del colectivo de presos, fiel reflejo de los clásicos modelos de "quinqui", y sobre todo, la magistral interpretación de Luis Tosar como "El Malamadre", y de un Antonio Resines que demuestra su versatilidad. Los puntos oscuros de la cinta se compensan con unas grandes dosis de bien logrado realismo. El "tempo" de la narración está bien conseguido, aunque algunos detalles podrían haberse pasado por alto, como la remembranza que Oliver hace de su vida cotidiana. Altamente recomendable y, en mi opinión, la mejor película española de 2009.

I have a very good remembrance from the original series. I don't know if those remembers will be destroyed if I'd watch again an episode. But I had preferred the idea of David Soul than this horrible picture. Stiller and Wilson are two of the worst actors I ever watched in a picture. Maybe the first could be an acceptable Starsky, but the second made a very stupid Hutch. At last, this is a very good example about how to destroy a good idea. To tell you the truth, I think the film has many good points. Seventies background, for example, is good: cars, clothes, caracterization of support actors... But the big problem is Stiller and Wilson.