Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer good suspense genre films, either fried cold rice or mysterious. In such an environment, Spain can be described as a surprise. Different from those assembly line suspense films, bloody B-grade films, etc., Spanish suspense does not have an excessive genre film model, often novel and not fallen behind, the plot is condensed with twists and turns, the ending is full of tension and suspense, and each time you watch a movie, you can bring a different fresh experience.
Today we share the excellent suspense films in Spain in the past decade, welcome to add.
2006: The Return, Pan's Labyrinth, Sunflower Night
"The Return"
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Almodóvar's film, the film tells the misfortune between several wives, although they have their own negative energy, but they live strongly through their own way. Although the plot is tragic, the style of the film is dramatic and crazy. The father's aggression against his daughter and the death of his mother make the film itself a tragedy, but the style is more theory.
Pan's Labyrinth
Director: Gilmour del Toro
In the context of World War II, there are dark fairy tales in the dark politics and era, although this film is a fairy tale fantasy plot, but in contrast to the pure fairy tale, the film highlights a sad atmosphere of the times. The little girl protagonist is very cute and sensible, which adds a lot of color to this film.
Sunflower Night
Director: Jog Sanchez-Kabizudo
The film tells the story of a murderous demon from a novel perspective. Through a series of shocking encounters, the director combines a terrible murderous demon, a remote Spanish mountain village, a cave archaeologist, neighborhood discord, a murder case and a conformist police chief. The narrative unfolds in six alternate sections, whose lives are constantly intertwined, each with a very different perspective, all taking care of the overall horror atmosphere and different characters.
2007: Lonely Castle, Death Video, Extreme Space
Death Video
Director: Haomei Banagalu / Paco Plaza
A masterpiece of pseudo-documentary horror films. Pseudo-documentaries are an important part of suspense films, with shaky shots and first-person perspectives bringing a stronger real-life experience and impact, and death videos are one of the most classic representatives of this type of film.
"Lonely Castle"
Director: Juan Antonio Bayana
Lonely Castle Thriller is known as one of the world's top ten thrillers, the film is based on the 123 wooden man game played with closed eyes, but it gives this game a very scary and thrilling meaning. The vertigo and climax of the ending are quite sublimated, and although the film is not dazzling, it does not lose the performance at all.
Extreme Space
Directed by: Luis Pedrahita / Rodrigue Sopena
Several elites from various industries were invited to a party, and each person was code-named a mathematician, and the invitee's code name was the great mathematician "Fermat". The film is a small-budget classic in confined spaces, full of tension and tight rhythm, and around the Goldbach conjecture, a plot similar to the chainsaw horror unfolds.
2008: Crimes of Time and Space
The Sin of Time and Space
Director: Naccio Vegarondo
And "Horror Cruise" the same infinite cycle of brain-burning films, and the year is earlier than "Horror Cruise", although this film is a small cost, the picture is not as exquisite as "Horror Cruise", but the logic of the movie is also very strict, almost no thing in the whole movie is redundant, and the cycle before and after makes people shoot amazingly.
2009: "Lost on magic island", "Broken Embrace", "Death Video 2", "Enigmatic Eyes", "Cell 211"
"Enigmatic Eyes"
Directed By: Juan José Campanella
As a suspense film, this film has an incomparably strong literary and artistic atmosphere, and the whole film is like the past and memories, telling the story, full of sentimentality and loneliness. Although there are no thrilling horror scenes in this film, many of its allegories make people more deeply thought-provoking, and the pair of smart eyes in the soothing shots tell this story of love, friendship, revenge and human nature.
Cell 211
How does a prison guard, who is trapped in a prison because of a riot between the prisoners occupying the prison and the prisoner does not know that he is a prison officer, how can he escape? There are countless prison break genres, and this kind of creativity is the first time to see it, and the reversal of the ending and the emotion of the movie also add a lot to the film.
2010: Julia's Eyes, Buried Alive
Buried Alive
Director: Rodrigo Cortez
Buried alive, only the protagonist alone in a confined space the size of a coffin, can be called the least number of films, and this film does not lose the other big works, which not only satirizes the government, but also creates a thrilling and suspenseful effect, and also brings a wonderful reversal, alternative flag.
Julia's Eyes
The protagonist of this film, Julia, is suffering from blindness in her eyes, and her sister has been killed, and to investigate things in the invisible situation has itself cast a very mysterious and terrifying color on the film, and who is the blurred figure in the line of sight? The steps are thrilling, the suspenseful setting and the rendering of the atmosphere are very interesting.
2011: Skin of My Habitat, Dark Side, When You're Asleep
"The Skin of My Habitat"
Still the theme of desire and violence that Almodóvar excels at, love, secrets, and revenge make the story full of fantasy. Spanish cinema is a more sadistic one, the whole film began with the doctor inventing an artificial skin, gradually developed, the result developed to a degree that no one could have imagined, and the ending was breathtaking.
The Dark Side
Director: Andrés Baez
The two heroines of the film are very good-looking, the creativity of the dark side is very good, the plot is simple, but it is very exciting, the theme of the secret room and psychological thriller movies is often the same, and this film has achieved a new breakthrough. The second half of the reversal is wonderful, away from the cliché of common horror films, showing the darkness of people's hearts, and the excavation of the inferiority of men and women is in place.
"When You're Asleep"
Director: Haume Banagalu
When we were children watching horror movies, we were frightened by these shots of people under the bed, and this film carried forward this theme and created a crime film that was not scary, but full of atmosphere. The psychopathy of Spanish films is different from that of Japan, South Korea and the United States, and it is unique and well worth watching.
2012: "Ignorance and Unconsciousness", "The Mystery of the Female Corpse"
The Mystery of the Female Corpse
Director: Oriol Paul
What is the reason for the sudden disappearance of the female corpse? A small morgue actually laid out a magnificent suspenseful case. When things are revealed little by little, in the end, the paper still can't contain the fire, but no one will think that it will end up like this in the end, and the preparation is in place.
2013: Mom, Murder Papers
"Mom"
Director: Anders Muschetti
This film has many classic elements, which seems to be a full-fledged ghost film, but it is given a very strong two-sided effect. Are ghosts good guys or bad guys? This film adds an emotional element to the ghost film, making the film more humane and more inflammatory.
2014: Swampland
The Swamp
Director: Albert Rodriguez
There is no general crime suspense film ups and downs, more is the reflection of the times, the opening from the perspective of God to gaze at this seemingly calm but full of killing swamp overlooking the camera, very beautiful, especially praised. This film won 10 awards at the 29th Goya Awards in Spain, with the style of "Memories of Killing" and "True Detective", the picture sense is excellent, and the plot of slowly discovering the truth is surprising!
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