El último fin de semana

I decided to try something new and watch a non-English "horror" movie. I am from Norway and the quality of the horror-movies here are really good. And I had faith that this would be entertaining material from Spain, and it was, but in a negative sense. I have to say I was reasonably surprised and fascinated by how bad this movie is. The plot of the film is chaotic, strange dialogue, fantastically bad acting. The fact that this film is featured on Netflix probably says more about this platform than this film. Its us, the paying public, who become victims of this new era, where diversity is prioritized over quality. I love Spain, and i love Spanish, but I wish I could give this movie 0 stars.

This Spanish film is centred on four people having a weekend away in a remote coastal village. Diana, who is expecting a promotion at work wants a girls weekend away and has invited her friend Lisi and office junior Leo to join her for a weekend at her late grandmother's house; Lisi invites recently divorced Roque to join them as she is hoping to get lucky with him. Once there Leo starts to worry about a strange man she keeps seeing but the others just want to enjoy themselves. After a pleasant day at the beach they have an accident. They will now have to decide what to do; a matter complicated by the arrival of Diana's sister, Sandra. Tensions fray and it soon becomes clear that there is something very odd about the village... not all of them will be going home.

I was quite surprised to see just how low this film score; it is no masterpiece but I enjoyed its low budget weirdness. The opening scenes implied there was violence to come but for the next half hour or so things were gentle. Until the accident it could have been a slice of life story about a group of friends on holiday or even a romantic comedy... Lisi's attempts to seduce Roque were quite amusing. After the accident tensions raise nicely as the group try to decide what to do. Once we get to see more of the villages things do get rather strange... the ultimate explanation for the villagers strangeness is a bit weak but provided a, probably, unintentional laugh. Clearly, given the low rating, this won't be for everybody but if you enjoy low budget horror with a distinct '70s feel it is rather fun. There is some violence but for the most part it isn't very graphic and there is some moderate nudity. Overall I'd say this is just about worth a watch if you like low budget horror that isn't too disturbing.