Good haunted house movie, it could have been better

monchomata

Good horror movie, Excellent production values, actors range from good to average, but the movie really abuse of the scarejumps. Although thats a good thing if you like it.
The plot its ok, but it could have been better. It looks like a excuse for the scarejumps, although there arent plot holes, ( the reaction to an event could look a bit weird for modern standards, and it could look like a plot hole, but its understandable in the context of the family) and there are some ok twists, and they tried to make an interesting history. But they abuse so much of scarejumps, and use so much tropes of the clasic haunted house movie, that the plot would be a 5 or a 4, and its the weakest part of the movie.
But still an interesting movie if you like haunted house movies, and i think its an interesting and decent horror movie overall.
The movie happens in the 70s, in spain, so maybe the setting can be a bit alien to american viewers. Take in account that it was a very traditional and catholic country, divorce and abort were still illegal, that explains some of the bits in the story. Franco died the year before, the country is still a dictatorship.
The protagonists are a family of farmers, with almost not skills, trying to get a better life in the big city. They find an old and big apartament in a classic neighbourghood of madrid.
I liked how it solves the "why the protagonist just dont run away from haunted house"?.
You wont regret watching this movie, but maybe youll think that it could have been better

score 7/10

monchomata 19 January 2020

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5418771/