Une offrande à la tempête

Offering To The Storm: So the Baztan Trilogy comes to a conclusion. Just as The Legend Of The Bones cast a new light (or darkness) on The Invisible Guardian, this third offering recasts the previous two films. The three (and all of the killings) are inextricably linked as a tale of Folk Horror. Inspector Salazar continues her investigations but suspects die or commit suicide, even those in prison. Someone appears to exercise mind control over life and death. Salazar's mother is missing after jumping in the river but still operates through others. Infants are sacrificed to the Old Gods in the hope of gaining wealth and good fortune. A Cult has revived an age old tradition that lived on in the shadows in the Baztan Valley. The Opus Dei Priest/Psychiatrist appears again as does the enigmatic Investigating Magistrate. Some truly disturbing scenes involving true horror. A worthy addition to the Folk Horror Film Canon. Directed by Fernando González Molina from a screenplay by Luiso Berdejo. In Spanish, English and Basque, subtitled and dubbed. On Netflix. 8/10.

Do not expect more than that. The first two movies were good, this one is only ok. It's a pity though... It had a lot of potential.

The Baztan trilogy is packed full of unusual happenings, murders and unexplainable events. I believe viewers were excited to see some of the unsolved mysteries come to a climax that would bring closure. Unfortunately, this is not the case at all! After hours of watching the characters get pushed to the limit, enduring horrific life-threatening circumstances and even some cryptic elements, we get cheated out of some answers.

Offering to the Storm holds one's attention with similar tactics that we see in the first two films. It's basically a fast pace crime drama with multiple twists and turns that loom over our main character pushing her to the brink. In the end, the villain turns out to be exactly who everyone thought it was, yet the writer took a very unsatisfying route. I honestly believe the characters, the film and the entire trilogy fall apart during the last half our. The last scene is so open-ended that it feels like there could be another sequel. That's a problem because a franchise has to have one element to keep a fanbase........interesting characters. This is especially true concerning the protagonist. Unfortunately she's just not very intriguing.

I enjoyed the first film, The Invisible Guardian, and was surprised that a certain someone wasn't revisited in the other films. I will not be viewing any of these a second time.

There's a mess of subplots and side plots so that most of the movie is filler for the central story. 2hrs 20 is a long slog for a pretty simple story if they just stuck to it but they have to drag along so much. Keep in mind also she's a terrible detective who does almost no detective work.

Not as good as the first two parts. Inspector Salazar also evolves into a creep screwing around on her husband and newborn baby. Disappointing storyline which didn't flow well.