Sweet Home (2015 film)

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Sweet Home
Directed byRafa Martínez
Written by
  • Rafa Martínez
  • Teresa de Rosendo
  • Ángel Agudo
Starring
Production
companies
  • Castelao Pictures
  • Film Produkcja
Distributed by Filmax (es)
Release date
  • 8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)(Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Poland
LanguageEnglish

Sweet Home is a 2015 Spanish-Polish horror film directed by Rafa Martínez and starring Ingrid García Jonsson and Bruno Sevilla.

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Plot

Alicia, a real estate valuator, decides to occupy a creepy apartment to give a surprise birthday celebration to her boyfriend Simón. The last resident in the building is killed by hooded individuals and Alicia and Simón are assaulted.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Rafa Martínez alongside Teresa de Rosendo and Ángel Agudo. [3] A Spanish-Polish co-production, the film was produced by Castelao Pictures (Filmax) and Film Produkcja, with participation of TVE. [2] [4] It was shot in English in Barcelona. [4]

Release

Distributed by Filmax, [2] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 8 May 2015.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter described the watching experience as "enjoyable nonsense", considering that García Jonsson's performance "keeps all the nonsense just about grounded", carrying the film as a "credible and exciting Final Girl" whereas Oriol Tarrida ("The Liquidator") "does a nicely charismatic job of his liquidating". [2]

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía scored 2½ out of 5 stars, considering that "as energetic as it is reiterative", Sweet Home takes over successful horror film templates ( REC , High Tension , Inside ), but—bar some cinematography solutions—"fails to break those physical barriers that lead to the fourth dimension of horror". [5]

Jordi Batlle Caminal of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, and considered that, while warning about taking it seriously, it is "more than enough" with the "attractive production design", an "elegant direction" and a "grand guignol" finale, to the delight of genre fans. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sweet Home". Filmax. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Holland, Jonathan (12 May 2015). "Sweet Home': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter .
  3. ↑ Vall, Pere (24 August 2014). "Exclusiva: En el rodaje de 'Sweet Home', terror español con súper casa abandonada". Fotogramas .
  4. 1 2 "'Sweet Home' – estreno en cines 8 de mayo". Audiovisual451. 8 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Pinilla, Sergio F. (28 April 2015). "Sweet home". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  6. ↑ Batlle Caminal, Jordi (11 July 2014). "Sweet Home. Para entusiastas del terror ochentero". Fotogramas .
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