Review of Veronica

Veronica (I) (2017)
7/10
Eerie and ghastly horror movie based on facts about an adolescent who suffers a diabolic possession
20 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The film is based on the events that involved Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro and her family happened on 1991 . In fact , it is set Madrid 1991, where a 15-year-old teen called Veronica : Sandra Escacena , takes care her siblings when her mummy : Ana Torrent , is slaving away long time out of home , at a local bar . Veronica is a responsible teenager that has to become herself the substitute mother caring her three brothers , replacing her at housework . Then Veronica along with her schoolmates , during a weird sun eclipse , play a seance of the Ouija board, including a moving crystal glass and inhalating a rare smoke emerging , when she finds herself a supernatural evil . Veronica is beginning to feel weird presences and strange creature threatening her brothers and herself . Step by step something violent and wild will start to infect everyone around Veronica . And she starts to experience strong paranormal activity in her home . In the background showing up a painting of a pack of wolves chasing a deer and the usual music by Spanish Rock band Heroes Del Silencio . Someone answered your call! . A mystery until today still remains unexplained! ..I don't want to know about evil, only want to know about love!..

Decent terror movie with thrills , chills , tension , and creepy happenings . Scary and terrifying images when an obscure supernatural being plunges from the other side , making sinister and mysterious appearances . At the climax happens shocking and horrific images of possession and violent attacks . A scary horror picture shot in fits and starts with disconcerting plot , regarding a ghastly possession , as a teenager suffering from the effects of being possessed by a devil . Horrifying and terrifying images about a possessed girl by a malevolent and heinous spirit causing creepy , scary , awful and terrible moments . Genuinely horrible moments overcome some obvious plot devices . This is a juicy terrifying material fashioning an iconic diabolic possession , providing screams , thrills , shocks and chilling scenes . It has an extremely known premise about possession that spawns the film in ups and downs . The movie is based on actual events happened in 1991 about a girl from Vallecas slum called Estefania who along with his classmates convocated the spirit of a deceased boyfriend of one of them by means of the Ouija board . Then this 18-year-old girl called Estafania was really possesed , suffering convulsion and shortly after being interned at Gregorio Marañon hospital , and she suddenly died , as she would die on August 14, 1991, six months after first playing the Ouija board ; diagnosis : lung suffocation . And the paranormal activity increased after her death . However, many years before, in the early 70s happened some astonishing events about Poltergeister phenomenon that caused the Police Security Direction hired an expert priest called Jose Maria Pilón to investigate the frightened deeds which he details meticulously the supernatural events observed in the incredible house . Has been said this was first strange case documented by Police about frenzied paranormal phenomenon .

It contains an adequate and sinister cinematography by Pablo Rosso , Paco Plaza's regular cameraman . And frightening , suspenseful musical score by Eugenio Mira , adding modern songs by Heroes Del Silencio . The motion picture was well directed by Paco Plaza . He is a good director with much success particularly in terror genre . He has written or directed with Jaume Balaguero the successful Rec saga formed by : ¨Rec 1, Rec 2 , Rec Genesis and Rec Apocalypse¨ . As well as other terror movies as ¨The second name¨ , ¨Romasanta¨, ¨Christmas tale¨ and he wrote the American film : ¨Quarantine¨ . He has also made some shorts and documentary : OT . And his only and recent thriller, ¨Quien a hierro mata¨, with Luis Tosar . Rating 7/10 . Decent and interesting horror movie . Well worth watching for terror lovers.
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