80
Time Out
The logic wouldn’t hold up under scrutiny, but García Bogliano’s unnerving mood, complemented by grungy camerawork and a shroud of sonic chaos, provides an emotional strain that makes anything possible.
Here Comes the Devil (Ahí va el diablo)
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- Mexico
- 2012
- · 97m
Director
Adrián García Bogliano
Cast
Francisco Barreiro,
Giancarlo Ruiz,
Laura Caro,
Alan Martinez,
Michèle Garcia,
David Arturo Cabezud
Genre
Horror,
Thriller
A couple lose their children during a family outing near a hill that the locals believe to be cursed. The police eventually find them and reunite them with their parents, but their unusual behavior and other strange occurrences convince the couple that something is not right.
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What are critics saying?
80
Time Out by Matt Patches
The logic wouldn’t hold up under scrutiny, but García Bogliano’s unnerving mood, complemented by grungy camerawork and a shroud of sonic chaos, provides an emotional strain that makes anything possible.
70
Village Voice by Rob Staeger
Bogliano is not a subtle director — check his sudden zooms on items of portent — but he painstakingly shows us Caro opening her mind to the possibility of supernatural evil, and he's careful not to tip his hand too soon as to whether it's real or imagined.
60
The Dissolve by Noel Murray
Bogliano provides a steady series of jolts, all the way to an ending that’s twisty but ultimately unsatisfying.
50
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
A muddled supernatural thriller that fails to capitalize on either its horrific prologue or eerie location.
50
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
Bogliano — who hit it big in indie horror with "Penumbra" and "Room for Tourists" — is a mood man, adept at unease and admirably judicious about shock moments, if not exactly skilled with storytelling or pacing.
50
Variety by Dennis Harvey
Promises much in an ominously atmospheric package that nods to 1970s genre stylings. But the payoff is on the meh side.
50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore
It barely has a fright in it on its own, this bloody, Mexican-made supernatural thriller set in the hill country near Tijuana. But open it with a hot “Blue is the Warmest Color” sex scene, toss in a few other hot and heavy moments and a generous helping of nudity and you can be sure, at least, of getting a Hollywood studio’s attention.
50
Slant Magazine by Jesse Cataldo
The film is eventually revealed as less interested in subverting or playing off its influences than rigorously retracing them.
25
RogerEbert.com
The problem is that writer-director Adrián García Bogliano can't decide what kind of horror movie he wants it to be.
25
RogerEbert.com by Jen Chaney
The problem is that writer-director Adrián García Bogliano can't decide what kind of horror movie he wants it to be.
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