A teenage girl moves into a remote country home with her family, only to discover that the gloomy old house has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy them.
Directed by Jaume Balagueró
spain
loss of loved one
psychopath
child murder
solar eclipse
haunted house
family
ritual sacrifice
dead children
mass child killing
blood sacrifice
ghost child
sacred architecture
child sacrifice
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IMDB
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Letterboxd
2.6 / 5
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Cast
Anna Paquin
Regina
Lena Olin
Maria
Iain Glen
Mark
Giancarlo Giannini
Albert Rua
Fele Martínez
Carlos
Fermí Reixach
Villalobos
Craig Stevenson
Electrician
Reg Wilson
Librarian
Ferran Lahoz
Taxi driver Regina
Robert Forcadell
Passerby in rain
Crew
Jaume Balagueró
Director
Jaume Balagueró
Screenplay
Xavi Giménez
Director of Photography
Carlos Fernández
Executive Producer
Julio Fernández
Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Brian Yuzna
Producer
Matt Western
Casting
Martín Sánchez Fernández
Painter
Óscar Faura
Second Unit Director of Photography
José Ángel Manrique
Grip
Popular Reviews
27 reviews
Nelly
6.0★ · 02/20/26
Since when are you afraid of the dark?> I don't like the dark here, it keeps eating my pencils.Got the creepiness right i guess. The ending's the best part of the movie and that's it. Also why do they even leave Paul alone so much telling him to go upstairs every single time? Why does the mom ignore all the supernatural shit going on in the house like it's nothing lmao
Since when are you afraid of the dark?> I don't like the dark here, it keeps eating my pencils.Got the creepiness right i guess. The ending's the best part of the movie and that's it. Also why do they even leave Paul alone so much telling him to go upstairs every single time? Why does the mom ignore all the supernatural shit going on in the house like it's nothing lmao
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Nathan Byrne
1.2★ · 09/22/25
88 minutes of slop.
88 minutes of a mess, I’ve just finished watching this and I’m honestly so confused as to what I just watched?
Shocking shocking shocking. Avoid if you can
88 minutes of slop.
88 minutes of a mess, I’ve just finished watching this and I’m honestly so confused as to what I just watched?
Shocking shocking shocking. Avoid if you can
Spence
5.0★ · 09/25/21
I feel like someone got drunk with their friends one night and pitched this vaguely interesting concept. And everyone else was so drunk that they told them to make a movie. And that’s this movie
I watched both the theatrical version and the director’s cut in quick succession because the theatrical one was so weird and confusing. The director’s cut is better, clarifying character motivations and plot stuff and strengthening the bond between Anna Paquin’s character and her boyfriend(?). I highly recommend watching that version if you watch this at all. But overall, neither cut is satisfying.
The story just isn’t well-written or nuanced enough to make you care about what’s happening. Some of the characters are so oblivious that it’s hard to watch. And it seems like they had no money for a stunt coordinator because people never get attacked, spooky shit just moves around and then someone turns out the lights and you hear screaming. The creators didn’t even seem to know how to do transitions, so they put title cards between scenes?? It is bad.
If you really want to watch a movie that will have you asking,”Why is there a naked old woman crawling on the ceiling?” then you can watch this, I guess, but don’t expect any answers to any of your questions.
I feel like someone got drunk with their friends one night and pitched this vaguely interesting concept. And everyone else was so drunk that they told them to make a movie. And that’s this movie
I watched both the theatrical version and the director’s cut in quick succession because the theatrical one was so weird and confusing. The director’s cut is better, clarifying character motivations and plot stuff and strengthening the bond between Anna Paquin’s character and her boyfriend(?). I highly recommend watching that version if you watch this at all. But overall, neither cut is satisfying.
The story just isn’t well-written or nuanced enough to make you care about what’s happening. Some of the characters are so oblivious that it’s hard to watch. And it seems like they had no money for a stunt coordinator because people never get attacked, spooky shit just moves around and then someone turns out the lights and you hear screaming. The creators didn’t even seem to know how to do transitions, so they put title cards between scenes?? It is bad.
If you really want to watch a movie that will have you asking,”Why is there a naked old woman crawling on the ceiling?” then you can watch this, I guess, but don’t expect any answers to any of your questions.
