A fender bender becomes something far worse in this Portuguese nightmare fuel.
K just crashed his Mercedes-Benz into a tree, moments after trying to avoid running down a small wild animal that ran across his path. He is on a backwater road in the countryside and it’s a very dark night. His evening has only just begun...
Direction
Tight 20-minute escalation with no fat
Sound
Sound design that makes your skin crawl
Director
João Miguel Real
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Macabre draws on Iberian rural folklore where the wilderness actively punishes city interlopers—a recurring anxiety in Portuguese cinema.
The directors met at film school and made this on a shoestring; the Mercedes was borrowed and they only had one night to shoot the car scenes.
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