Eskalofrío (Shiver, 2008)
Again, I'm going to have to inform you that I suck terribly, as I am not going to be writing a full blog today. I've been SUPER busy all day, and I just now have time to write and I'm freaking tired. How sad. 10:00 p.m. and I wish I were asleep already. Oh well, let's get at least a little bit of this off the ground.
Eskalofrío is a Spanish horror film with a very interesting premise. I will say that I was creeped out for a lot of the film. Part of the fear comes from the fact that the killings all take place outside, usually in a thick forest, and it's dark. My greatest childhood fear was of the dark. And to this day, I do not like to be near a forested area at night. This has been an issue for me for a long time, and I do not have any rational explanation for it. I will say that growing up, even when I was in high school and college, if I was home alone at my parents' house at night, I had to make sure the vertical blinds were close, facing the opposite direction from me, in the living (great) room. There were enormous windows and sliding glass doors that faced back to some woods behind our house. Not thick... there was a house behind that, maybe 50 yards back. But it freaked me out, not being able to see into those woods, but anyone could see in to where I was sitting. And this was way before The Blair Witch Project, so there's no blaming it on that!!
OK... that interesting premise part I mentioned... yes, the fear being based in the woods at night is valid, but it isn't new. (OK, really, not much is new in horror movies now!) The idea behind the killer is what I found quite fascinating, both who and what the killer is. I am not going to reveal that, at least not now (I may reconsider), because it takes a while to figure out the whole story behind it. When that is revealed, that only adds to the fear and suspense. The killer's personality and being are created out from an actual case.
This here is Santi. No, he is not a vampire. Probably wishes he were... bastard kids tease him relentlessly. Why? Because he has an allergy to sunlight. I mean, really? If he were a vampire, would you really want to be teasing him? Hmm? No. I didn't think so.
Alright. Bed. Tired. Will write more SOON.
Go forth in fear!
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