At the End of the Spectra

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At the End of the Spectra
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Spanish Al Final del Espectro
Directed byJuan Felipe Orozco
Written byJuan Felipe Orozco
Carlos Esteban Orozco
Produced byJuan Felipe Orozco
Alejandro Arango
StarringNoëlle Schonwald
Kepa Amuchastegui
Silvia de Dios
Julieth Restrepo
Manuel José Chavez
Carlos Serrato
CinematographyLuis Otero
Manuel Castañeda
Music byCarlos Esteban Orozco
Release date
  • December 15, 2006 (2006-12-15)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryColombia
LanguageSpanish

At the end of the Spectra (Spanish : Al final del espectro) is a 2006 Colombian horror film produced, directed and co-written by Juan Felipe Orozco.

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Plot

After a traumatic situation that turns Vega into an agoraphobe, she decides to live like a hermit in an apartment at her father's suggestion. Her life changes radically as she begins to see the inexplicable and hear the unignorable. As her horrific visions intensify, Vega begins to piece together a dark jigsaw puzzle illuminating evil's malign power. A series of explosive situations: a sinister presence in the apartment, her neighbor's bizarre obsession, and a dark forgotten past, bring the story to a chilling, claustrophobic and tense spiral.

Cast

Production

The apartment where Vega lived was originally an abandoned gym. The darkness of the place is similar to that of old apartments in downtown Bogotá.

Release

The film was released on December 15, 2006, and had a successful opening week. At the End of the Spectra was in the first position of the Colombian Box office. [1]

Remakes

During 2007 news broke out that Roy Lee was planning to do an English remake with Nicole Kidman as the lead, targeting a 2010 release date. [2] [3] No information about this remake has appear ever since.

In 2013 a Mexican remake was released, called Demon Inside , directed by Alfonso Pineda Ulloa and starring Paz Vega in the lead. [4] [5]

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