Infiesto

Infiesto: What at the outset looks like a film about a serial killer/kidnapping ring morphs into a Spanish Folk Horror thriller. It begins in march 2020 just as the covid lockdowns were first implemented. A girl who has been missing for nearly 3 months suddenly turns up. She has escaped from her abductors but is traumatised, remembers little. Two detectives who themselves are suffering from family separation due to the quarantines and curfews investigate the case and soon connect it to other missing young people. Strange characters are encountered and the obvious assumption is that a people trafficking gang is at work. But strange symbols are observed and the words of suspects suggest that a Cult with a hidden leader is involved. Sacrifices to appease an Old God, the coming of The End Times are all in the mix with the pandemic itself. The Asturias mountains where the detectives hunt for the Cult members and their victims provide a stark and eerie background. From old farm barns through the woods and pursuit along narrow roads, Cultists determined not to be taken alive must be pursued. Quite violent and gory in parts but much of the horror is psychological. This film could have been fleshed out and would have benefited from a twenty minute extension to it's 97 minute running time. Written and directed by Patxi Amezcua. On Netflix. 8/10.

I know that I am not a great fan of serial killers films. But there were great ones such as SEVEN of course, the best ever, and several other ones. But this one has nothing to remind of, nothing exceptional to remember. You have the unavoidable detectives duet and the rest is predictable, with the also unavoidable raining scenes, a cliché for serial killers films. No real surprise, if you have seen at least ten serial killer schemes in your life. I prefered THE PLAGUES OF BRESLAU, made in 2018. The only unusual thing is that it takes place at the beginning of the COVID plague, but is it useful to give quality to this flat movie? To enhance the interest to see it? I don't think so.

It's not bad, it keeps exciting until the end, although I can't give it more than 5 stars.

Too much negligence by the police makes it more exciting and also more frustrating, the movie tries to copy the crime thriller genre of other good movies, but it doesn't reach the level, they tried.

It's poorly executed and some actors, like Marta Castro, one of the police inspectors, are not very convincing in my opinion. On the other hand the actor Luis Zahera, Marquina in the movie, is my favorite, he is a greeeat actor that I know from other movies and series. It's a pity that he only has a small supporting role.

The theme about the covid in Spain is the worst, once again remembering the trauma that was experienced during the confinements in Spain, nothing relevant to the theme of the movie, I almost did not see it just for this, although I must say they didn't pushed the issue too much. So in my opinion it cannot be called a covid thriller, a terrible way to classify it, but a thriller filmed in Asturias, green Spain, and the most attractive thing about this movie.

(2023) Infiesta (In Spanish with English subtitles) THRILLER

It takes place during the year of Covid, and two homicide detectives of Samuel García (Isak Férriz) and Marta Castro(Iria Del Río) are assigned to the abduction case when a young ragged and disheveled girl reappears in the middle of the road before she is then put in a hospital. When the two detectives are coming up to see her, they apparently have their own problems at home, while Samuel is forbidden to see his mother at a care home, Marta's boyfriend has covid. By the time they got their first real lead a guy, Manuel Gomez known as "Dog Killer" somewhat owns a winery, only when he's found out he shoots himself.

The movie was involving for about a hour and 20 minutes up until the third bad guy was discovered, totally ignores proper police protocol. Like, the police had the photo all along and they do not investigate everyone in the photo immediately, how ridiculous! Netflix must have wanted them to wrap the movie up or something!

Entertaining movie but if this was lockdown why are the main characters not wearing masks? This is a disappointing aspect of this movie especially the hospital scenes.

The dubbing is unusual and slightly off putting, and possibly meant for a British audience rather than international. The landscape appears as a sepia visual possibly to denote the uncertainty of the covid lockdown anxiety.

It is surreal to see no one on the roads, as the main characters piece together the mystery of the abducted girl.

But it develops nicely along with the added bonus of good music to interpret the mood of the story telling.