(FOUR STARS)
After the very good and a little carpenterian Terrified, Demián Rugna releases another Argentine horror film. Not “Argentina”, because these horrors – the incarnation of evil in a physical and destructive way, without restraint and without distinction of ages or species – seem to arise naturally from the typical rural setting of this country.
Precisely, appealing to credible elements in this world is what makes the plot universal. The most interesting thing about this story with an incarnate demon and supernatural births consists in the protean nature of Evil and that this generates a state of permanent anxiety.
Rugna, a connoisseur of the genre, also knows that there is something satirical and grotesque in horror, and he has the virtue of showing it without being over the top. In fact, a moment where humor sneaks in can explode into the most terrifying, and vice versa. He achieves, then, what a good film of this not always appreciated genre must: place the viewer in the position of fearing
see and want to see at the same time. A lot for a dormant cinematography like ours.
