6 Films to Keep You Awake (2006)
Haven't seen this Spanish
Masters of Horror before. So downloaded the whole bunch couple of months back and saved it for this Halloween month. Overall, all were quite well made & damn good for TV; sad...they didn't continue it for more seasons.
The Christmas Tale
Made by Paco Plaza (one of the directors of REC series), this one is pretty fun & entertaining. The kids' gang kind of reminded me of
The Goonies, liked their character diversity.
>>: B+
A Real Friend
Though not sure about the ending but still Loved it! Pretty sweet & beautiful story. Glad to see
Leatherface out of his old Texas farmhouse, here befriending with a cute little girl in an urban set up.
>>: B
Blame
Directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (
The House that Screamed, Who Can Kill a Child?), it offers a decent story but turned out not as interesting or exciting as I though it'd be at the beginning.
>>: C+
Spectre
After
Blame, this is another 'weak' entry (in compare to others in the bunch). Good story but nothing much new...an old man returning to his home. When he was a teenager, he fell in love and had an affair with a middle-aged 'MALENA'; the problem was everyone in the village thought she was a 'witch'.
>>: B-
To Let
A great intense psycho-thriller from Jaume Balagueró (director of
Sleep Tight & another creator of REC series) and looks like he has become a master of 'Apartment-Horror'!
>>: B+
The Baby's Room
Made by Álex de la Iglesia (
The Day of the Beast, The Last Circus), this is the best one! This pretty interesting Twilight Zone-ish tale centers on a newlywed couple and their first born who just moved into an old "haunted" house and soon strange things start showing up on the baby's audio and video monitors.
>>: A-