A teenage girl moves into a remote country home with her family, only to discover that the gloomy old house has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy them.
Cinematography
Eclipse sequence still haunts my nightmares.
Acting
Anna Paquin carries teenage terror perfectly.
Production
House built wrong — every room feels wrong.
Director
Jaume Balagueró
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dimension Films hacked this to 88 minutes and added a rock soundtrack for US release. Jaume Balagueró disowned it.
This launched Balagueró's career and helped establish the early 2000s Spanish horror wave alongside [REC] and The Orphanage.
US
