Second Name

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Second Name
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Directed by Paco Plaza
Screenplay by
Based onPact of the Fathers
by Ramsey Campbell
Produced byJulio Fernández
Starring
  • Erica Prior
  • Denis Rafter
  • Craig Stevenson
  • John O'Toole
CinematographyPablo Rosso
Edited byJosé Ramón Lorenzo Picado
Music byMikel Salas
Production
companies
Distributed by Filmax
Release date
  • 15 November 2002 (2002-11-15)
Running time
93 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageEnglish

Second Name (Spanish: El segundo nombre) is a 2002 Spanish horror film directed by Paco Plaza based on 2001 horror novel Pact of the Fathers by Ramsey Campbell.

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Plot

Daniella investigates her family's past in the wake of the suicide of her father. The plot gets to involves a sect called the Abrahamites, who sacrifice their first borns following an alternative interpretation of God's Will in the near-sacrifice of Isaac.

Cast

Release

Distributed by Filmax, [1] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 15 November 2002. [2]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety wrote that "the somber, graceful chiller" film "is better plotted than played". [1]

Awards and nominations

Cinénygma - Luxembourg International Film Festival

Fantasporto

Sitges Film Festival

Turia Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Holland, Jonathan (27 November 2002). "Second Name". Variety .
  2. "El segundo nombre". Fotogramas . 29 May 2008.