I’ve been very impressed with the quality of horror films
that have Spain has shared with the world recently. I have found most of the
films I’ve seen to be very intense. One reason this might be is because the stories
tend to focus on children; sometimes the child is dealing with issues of
abandonment or helplessness, other times it’s about the parents’ loss of a
child. For some reason these moments seem to hit my sensibilities more so than
when I see similar situations in American made films. All I know is that some
film makers, such as Guillermo Del Toro, have an incredible talent to take the
fears that children have and make them into the most fascinating and gut
wrenching movies around. Speaking of Del Toro, I am including a few of his
movies that he has directed and produced in this theme week. Although he is
Mexican and not Spanish, these movies take place in Spain and during time periods
that directly affect the storyline. That means I’m going to save “Mama” for a
later date!
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