TV/Movies Megathread

[Ed Anger]

The economy.

[Syt]

Ide, out of curiosity, what is in your mind the "Spanish type of horror"? Creepy kids? Dark houses?

I can only come up with three Spanish horror movies, to be honest:
[rec]
The Orphanage
Acción Mutante

Though I may have seen Spanish horror movies where I was unaware of their Spanishness.

[Eddie Teach]

That's three more Spanish horror movies than I've seen. Unless you count Pan's Labyrinth.

[katmai]

That's three more Spanish horror movies than I've seen. Unless you count Pan's Labyrinth.

[Admiral Yi]

I was also unaware that Spain made horror movies. 

Seen bits and pieces of Krautische horror movies though.

[katmai]

You've clearly never sat through Pedro Almodovar film.

[Eddie Teach]

That's three more Spanish horror movies than I've seen. Unless you count Pan's Labyrinth.

It's in Spanish, takes place in Spain, what do you want from me? /shrug

[katmai]

To apologize for not knowing the difference between a Spaniard and a Mexican.

[Eddie Teach]

Well, both do have a long history of human sacrifice. 

[The Larch]

To apologize for not knowing the difference between a Spaniard and a Mexican.

http://blocodonia.com/2013/02/03/guia-rapida-de-espana-para-el-resto-del-mundo/

[Eddie Teach]

Canadians don't eat tacos? Is that true?

[Admiral Yi]

Canadians don't eat tacos? Is that true?

Cultural heritage exemption in NAFTA to protect the smoked meat sammich market.

[Grey Fox]

 

[The Larch]

Ide, out of curiosity, what is in your mind the "Spanish type of horror"? Creepy kids? Dark houses?

I can only come up with three Spanish horror movies, to be honest:
[rec]
The Orphanage
Acción Mutante

Though I may have seen Spanish horror movies where I was unaware of their Spanishness.

[Rec] has two sequels, in case you're interested. Btw, the guy who plays the monster is a buddy of a friend of mine. Really creepy looking dude with some kind of congenital disease that makes him look weird.

There's also The Others, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, even if it starred Nicole Kidman and was set on the English Channel. Many other films of this kind used American or British casts and settings, so that might have made them slip through your radar. We're sneaky like that. You might want to check Amenábar's two previous films, Thesis and Open your eyes, as they also have some horror elements, even if they're more like thrillers IMO.

Also, I wouldn't say that Acción Mutante is a horror film, it's more of an action-comedy film IMO. I wonder if you got the tons of references to Spanish stuff that Álex de la Iglesia managed to put in there.  Did you watch his next film, Day of the Beast? It's also a similar action-comedy film, this time based around the coming of the Antichrist.

[viper37]

To apologize for not knowing the difference between a Spaniard and a Mexican.

A Mexican-American shoots a movie in Spain, with Spanish actors&actresses and with American funding.

Aside the director, what makes it a Mexican movie?