Console best movie i've ever seen.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

azsara My best friend and I chose this movie to accompany our popcorn and wine for Girls Night! We turned down the lights, poured ourselves a glass and got underneath our blankets for what was sure to be a fright fest!Okay so the first hour or so went by slowly. Scratch that it went by REALLY freaking slowly.All of a sudden there is movement beneath the blankets....a tentative head emerges. " Umm do you think something is going to happen soon?" She asks me."Sure" I said. "It didn't do too badly on IMDb right?! What was it? 6/10? Something has got to happen soon. Just watch it".I'm not going to lie...there were points in the remaining hour of the movie where I seriously considered walking over to the corner of my kitchen and banging my head silently against the cold brick wall. Just for some kind of mental stimulation. Alas, we perservered and reached a point where there is a reveal of sorts between two characters. Lyndsey and I sat bolt upright and she reached over...clutching my hand.She looked at me. Eyes shining brightly with hope and anticipation. "This is it, she breathed...something is finally happening...."We turn back to the TV , clutching each other, barely daring to breath. Surely these last 2 hours of slow, monotonous, Nameless nonsense will be worth it....Surely the respected, intelligent members of IMDb wouldn't give an average but respectable score of 6 to a Spanish piece of diaper rash?The credits roll and we sit back. Looking blankly at each other through the sudden stillness. What a pile of garbage that was!4/10

p-stepien The morbid discovery of a girl tortured and mutilated beyond recognition is identified as the daughter of editor Claudia (Emma Vilarasau) and her husband Marc (Brendan Price) thanks to a fairly rare leg defect (one leg bone is shorter than the other). After years Claudia is still unable to accept her apparent death and has fallen into an addiction to medical drugs. When her dead daughter Angela calls her mother hinting that in fact she may be alive Claudia ventures to a now-deserted clinic hinted by her daughter. There she comes across a wall covered with onyric angelic pictures. Soon, with the help of recently retired cop Massera (Karra Elejalde), they start to investigate the possibility that her daughter may still be alive.Spanish horror has come up with a deeply appealing horror formula, which detaches itself from the mindless gore of the French or American scene, while avoiding formulaic repetitiveness so widespread in Asian ghost flicks. Movies like "Tesis" and "The Nameless" initiated the whole boom, which gave room for the creation of instant classics such as "The Orphanage". As such "The Nameless" seems to be most inclined towards the atmospheric brilliance of early Argento movies, while showing a much more well formed understanding of dramaturgy and character building, which gives the movie a touch of realism. Thus creating a skin crawling experience, which may not terrify, instead introduces a lingering sensation of unease. The concept behind the story isn't new, actually very similar to "Martyrs", where the sinister ordeal is the creation of a deranged cult (the titular Nameless) led by an idea that perverted angelic divinity is key to achieving a profound state of being. Inasmuch as the whole backbone of the group ideology is pretty far-fetched fortunately it is not detrimental to the overall story, requiring simply a slight suspension of belief.Jaume Balagueró's debut feature (future movies include "Rec" and "Fragiles") signified a stark achievement for the Spanish cinema industry, proving it had capacity to compete in the American dominated genre and even outdo them. Various key awards at Fantasporto or Sitges confirmed something was abuzz in Spanish horror, maybe yet without a true visionary to be the poster-boy, but with quality abundant to outdo Americans with quality (not quantity). Its stylish European cinematography and pacing feels much better suited for horror movies, something well understood by Italian legends or i.e. Stanley Kubrick, but somehow forgotten by the jump-cut era of modern 'sophisticated' filmmaking. Fright requires build-up, not jumps and cuts, so a lingering shadowy scene slowly unravelling the terror works much better than a sudden burst of noise. The tension is nicely constructed around an investigative plot, which helps build the story consequently slipping in unravelled secrets, murky revelations and then bringing about the well-wrought denouement, showing how controlled and focused Jaume Balagueró direction is.

insomniac_rod I found this movie under the unfortunate title "La Secta". Here in México movie distributors don't give a rat's ass for correct translation when it comes to Horror.Anyways, this was an exciting and suspenseful ride courtesy by Spain. I dug the whole undercover situation but in my opinion, the supernatural events are what make this a creepy experience.When it comes to cops involved in horror I'm the most happy man in the world. This wasn't the exception. When the detective gets interested in the case of the lost girl, things make much more sense. The newspaper reporter also adds some interesting facts to the plot.But the mother-daughter relationship is the most heart breaking and scary sub-plot. I dig it completely.But this movie is not only about drama. Oh no, it features ghoulish images you won't forget. Brutal gore and jump out scares.I strongly recommend this movie for those who enjoy intelligent Horror movies with a heart, intriguing plot, and suspense.

HumanoidOfFlesh Claudia Gifford is traumatized after police find the brutally murdered body of her daughter Angela.But five years later she receives a phone call from Angela,saying she is alive and that 'they' only wanted Claudia to believe that she was dead.Joined by retired detective Bruno Massera,Claudia follows a trail of clues that Angela urges her to take.But in so doing they realize that Angela is an innocent that has been chosen for sacrifice by a cult that practice ecstatic salvation through ultimate perversion."The Nameless" by Jaume Balaguero is based on Ramsey Cambell's novel "The Pact of the Fathers".The film actually won various awards at Sitges, Fantasporto and Brussels fantastic/horror film festivals.Balaguero easily creates extremely dark atmosphere and the use of light and shadows is certainly impressive.The acting is great and the climax is shockingly effective.Overall,I'd highly recommend this film for anyone interested in horror genre.9 out of 10.