#Jaume Balagueró

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Ester Exposito in Venus (2022), director Jaume Balagueró

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Venus - Jaume Balagueró 2022

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It's not where they died. It's not even where they lived. It's much simpler than that. They simply stay near what they loved. That's what keeps them here.

Fragile (2005) Dir. Jaume Balagueró

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[REC] (2007) - Dir: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

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Horror haterating hollerating:

EATING MISS CAMPBELL (2022): Scattershot, self-consciously edgy Troma pastiche/parody of HEATHERS, JAWBREAKER, and GINGER SNAPS, about a sardonic, fourth-wall-breaking Goth British vegan lesbian teen (Lyndsey Craine), whose attraction to her new American English teacher (Lala Barlow) coincides with her discovery of a powerful appetite for human flesh, and with a deranged new high school contest whose winner will receive a handgun and the opportunity to turn it on either their classmates or themselves. One of those comedies that's so determined to offend that the best response is to just roll your eyes, it would probably work better if it were at least a little bit coherent and less cluttered with unfunny private jokes. Nonetheless, Craine's bitchy snark is kind of fun, and the script takes potshots at so many satiric targets that it does occasionally hit one or two. CONTAINS LESBIANS? The protagonist and the titular Miss Campbell are both gay, but note that the double entendre title is meant very literally in both senses. VERDICT: Depending on your tolerance for sophomoric edgelord bullshit and jokes about school shootings, CSA, and teen suicide (not to mention the cannibalism!), you might find this either mildly amusing or the worst thing you've ever seen; fans of the CHUCKY show may appreciate its brand of glib, self-aware ghoulishness.

VENUS (2022): Occasionally creepy but ultimately rather routine horror movie about a nightclub dancer named Lucía (Ester Expósito), who seeks refuge with her estranged sister Rocío (Ángela Cremonte) after stealing a bag of drugs from her employers and ends up acting in loco parentis for her young niece Alba (Inés Fernández) after Rocío unexpectedly flees in terror of an old woman downstairs (Magüi Mira), who Alba says has the power to enter other people's dreams. Allegedly based on the H.P. Lovecraft story "The Dreams in the Witch House" (WEIRD TALES, July 1933), although the resemblance is very slight, the story's gradual segue from gritty drama to horror is interesting, but the disparate pieces never quite gel and the eventual explanation of what's going on is ho-hum. Expósito is very good at this sort of thing, and she has a nice rapport with Fernández — excellent as a little girl who doesn't yet understand when she should be afraid — but the supernatural elements never attain a really Lovecraftian sense of dread, and pale next to grislier but more mundane moments like a memorably gruesome scene where Lucía tries to patch herself up after being stabbed. CONTAINS LESBIANS? No. VERDICT: Not bad of its type, but it could have used more Lovecraft and less ROSEMARY'S BABY.

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Venus (Jaume Balagueró, 2022).

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Take her away. Please.

Venus (2022) dir. Jaume Balagueró

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VENUS. Tráiler Oficial en HD. Exclusivamente en cines.

Dir: Jaume Balagueró Star: Ester Expósito / Inés Fernández / Ángela Cremonte

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The found footage flick [REC] freaked out moviegoers in Spain this week 15 years ago. 📹🧟‍♂️🚒

“𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙿𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚘. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚏*𝚌𝚔’𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚎.”

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@asongofstarkandtargaryen I found that there's another horror film for this year. Its title is "Venus", directed by Jaume Balagueró and produced by Álex de la Iglesia.

Synopsis

Horror film based on a short story by the famous writer H.P Lovecraft, 'Dreams of the Witch's House'.

The story follows a young disco dancer, Lucía (Ester Expósito) who steals an important cache of ecstasy pills from the owners of the club owner's box office. When she is caught in flight by one of the security members, he plunges a knife into her leg, although she manages to escape. Bleeding profusely and wanting to avoid the hospital Lucía seeks refuge in the house of her sister, Nina (Alejandra Meco), who lives on the outskirts of Madrid in a dilapidated block of flats called Venus.

There she will also meet his niece Alba (Inés Fernández) who she has not visited for years. The girl begins to tell her apparently paranormal things that happen upstairs and start to worry her.

Immediately, Lucía begins to notice that there is something strange in that place, as well as in the behavior of the neighbors who inhabit it. When her sister disappears one morning, Lucía has no choice but to watch over her niece and protect her from an ancient horror that lurks behind the walls of the old building.

Meanwhile, her old bosses are following her steps seeking revenge for the robbery.

Cast

Ester Expósito

Alejandra Meco

Inés Fernández

Ángela Cremonte

Magüi Mira

Fernando Valdivieso

Federico Aguado

Duration: 100 min.

Premiere: December 2, 2022

Director: Jaume Balagueró

Producer: Álex de la Iglesia

Screenplay: Fernando Navarro, Jaume Balagueró (Story: H.P. Lovecraft)

Music: Vanessa Garde

Photography: Pablo Rosso

Companies: Pokeepsie Films, The Fear Collection

Filming locations: It was shot in Madrid (Madrid, Fuenlabrada and El Álamo) and Toledo.

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Venus - Jaume Balagueró 2022

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Alicia de Jaume Balagueró (1994)

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This is how that story ends. The saddest story of them all. And like all stories, one day, it will be forgotten. All that will remain will be a trace of black ink on a piece of paper. But I know it was real. I know she was real.

Muse (2017), dir. Jaume Balagueró

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