Disappear Completely

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Disappear Completely
Disappear Completely (2022) poster.jpg
Promotional release poster
Directed byLuis Javier Henaine
Written by
  • Ricardo Aguado-Fentanes
  • Luis Javier Henaine
Produced by
  • Pablo Zimbrón Alva
  • Gerardo Gatica
  • Luis Javier Henaine
Starring
  • Harold Torres
  • Teté Espinoza
  • Fermín Martínez
  • Vicky Araico
  • Norma Reyna
  • Quetzalli Cortés
Production
companies
  • Moonlight Pictures
  • Varios Lobos
  • Panorama Global
Distributed byMantícora Distribución
Release dates
Running time
100 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Disappear Completely (Spanish : Desaparecer por completo) is a 2022 Mexican supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Luis Javier Henaine, who also co-wrote the film with Ricardo Aguado-Fentanes. It stars Harold Torres.

Contents

Disappear Completely premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2022. [1] [2] It received a theatrical release in Mexico on 29 February 2024 by Mantícora Distribución, [3] and was released on Netflix on 12 April 2024. [1] [2]

Plot

After visiting a crime scene, Santiago, an unscrupulous tabloid photojournalist, becomes cursed and begins to gradually lose each of his five senses.

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 13 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. [4] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [5]

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film a score of three out of four stars; he compared it favorably to the works of John Carpenter or Wes Craven, praising its cinematography and Torres's performance. [6] IndieWire 's Alison Foreman gave the film a grade of "B–", likening it to the American films Drag Me to Hell (2009) and Nightcrawler (2014), and writing that, "its skin-crawling presentation (you will feel, smell, and even taste a few scenes) and uniquely perverse consideration of a terrifying concept make it worth seeing." [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gingold, Michael (12 April 2024). "Exclusive Clip: Netflix's Mexican Horror Film "Disappear Completely"". Rue Morgue . Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Foreman, Alison (14 April 2024). "'Disappear Completely' Review: Netflix's Vicious Vicious Spanish-Language Horror Recalls 'Drag Me to Hell'". IndieWire . Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mantícora estrena Desaparecer por completo". Escena.news (in Spanish). 11 January 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Disappear Completely". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Disappear Completely". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ Tallerico, Brian (12 April 2024). "Disappear Completely". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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