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User Comments for: La Abuela (The Grandmother)

miguelreina says...

2 years ago

It uses horror to build a reflection of the passage of time, of the immediacy of beauty (Vera Valdez, the grandmother, was a model for Coco Chanel), wrapped in a story of witchcraft and decrepitude. It makes clever use of sounds, of the creaks of the old apartment, and has a soundtrack that sets a dark atmosphere rather than simply highlighting the tense moments. But it is a simple horror, low risk, whose references to "Repulsion" (Roman Polanski, 1975) works against him.

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bäversvans says...

12 months ago

Aging is the true body horror.

Predictable but it doesn't have to be a problem. Quite all right with forgivable flaws [spoiler]until the last act where it leans on tropes from the 00s regardless they fit or not [/spoiler]and it becomes the nail in the coffin of meh.

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Cocotus says...

one year ago

[spoiler]Another one to add to the: Terrifying old people sub-genre of horror movies lol Its not my favorite subgenre because I dont like people abusing each other. And of course its done here too. Ohh I hate the damn old hag grandma in this - it pains me to watch Susana being the victim of stupid witches who just cant accept that all things have to die - she changes diapers of the old bitch and what she get in the end... really felt with her :( Lets hope that not all grandmas are like that, that would be really hell!! Of course I hated the ending too. Otherwise as others have stated its a solid low budget horror movie, with good creepy atmosphere.Just the plot is not for me.[/spoiler]

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pigfaced says...

2 years ago

It's creepy, looks and sounds great, Very much "Rosemary's Baby" feels. and scary- that we get old.

unfortunately it tells you exactly what's happening within the first 2 minutes, and if you missed it, four or five more times just after that, and even more throughout with loads of not-at all-subtle imagery.

Not a film for veteran movie watchers.

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Saint Pauly says...

2 years ago

It's like an old movie on late night TV that isn't worth changing channels for.

A Parisian model is called back to Madrid after her grandmother has a stroke. But as she starts taking care of her elderly abuela, mysterious things begin happening.

This feels like a remake of The Omen, but at the opposite end of life. It has the same slow beginning, the same weird events, and the same predictable climax.

I expected more from the director of [Rec].

The scariest thing about this movie is thinking about how people are going to have to change your diapers one day.

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the_dreameater says...

2 years ago

as a horror movie it's nothing groundbreaking, 10 minutes into the movie you already know how it will end, the story isn't incredibly inventive or out there.
still, it works. the jump scares are well put and the way they revolve around age and how everything is so ethereal is nice, and there is no overcomplicated explanation around the plot or it's motivations. a good watch if you like the genre, just nothing too creative when it comes to plot.

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