Ahí va el diablo
Directed by:
Adrián García BoglianoScreenplay:
Adrián García BoglianoCinematography:
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HERE COMES THE DEVIL combines modern indie filmmaking and storytelling with a hint of '70s-styled psychological horror that may not just be psychological. Francisco Barreiro and Laura Caro play parents Felix and Sol whose preteen son and daughter inexplicably reappear after being lost overnight on a desolate, cave-riddled mountainside after a casual hike became every parent's nightmare. The good luck and good fortune of their return soon changes, as the children's behavior suggests ominous and unspeakable events the night the children were lost that continue even now. As a loving couple - and loving parents - try to care for and protect their children, the ancient and half-whispered legends around the caves and the mountain and those who have gone there before become too strange to believe ... and too dangerous, no matter how insane, to ignore. (Neue Pierrot Le Fou)
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I’ve already praised Bogliano for Penumbra and I could copy part of that comment for Here Comes the Devil. This guy is getting better with each film, always making something more interesting. His latest looks a little artificial at first (the low budget can be seen and the visuals looked like from a South American soap opera), but that problem surprisingly disappears with time. The atmosphere works and, at least in one scene, Bogliano reminds us of his beginnings in gore. Otherwise, the film is creepily unsettling overall.
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Here Comes the Devil has a tense atmosphere that gradually builds up. It's not a sudden escalation, but a gradual, creeping one, which greatly benefits the whole film. There are moments when you won't even be sure if there are any positive characters left, or if all of them are truly dark, including the parents, children, or any of the other episodic roles. This incredibly enhances the film, making it a great horror experience even though there aren't any jump scares. Or maybe that's why.
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