One of those movies in which "things aren't as they seem". The movie lies and cheats the viewer by making us think that people are possessed by demons - when in fact they're possessed by God.
Say what? God? Since when does THAT happen? Now, I appreciate being deceived by a film, but within reason i.e. the deception has to make sense. This movie breaks a very basic rule of religious horror and that's: only Satan possesses bodies, making them behave in weird demonic ways.
It's a pity, because there is very nice quasi-apocalyptic scenery, and a solid mood. That ending also could have been a lot better if there were more to it than just the major twist - which at first appears fun but on closer scrutiny turns out to be dumb or at least flawed, for the reason I mentioned previously.
Pretty good - for a Spanish film though. Usually they suck. Spanish cinema rarely delivers a good product. This had potential, but it's ruined by a dumb way of cheating the viewer. If the film had devised a cleverer way of portraying Satanists as the good guys, the film would have worked.
The VHS tape scenes are very cheesy.
Perhaps there was a low budget so it couldn't afford to even slightly show us the Armageddon.
Say what? God? Since when does THAT happen? Now, I appreciate being deceived by a film, but within reason i.e. the deception has to make sense. This movie breaks a very basic rule of religious horror and that's: only Satan possesses bodies, making them behave in weird demonic ways.
It's a pity, because there is very nice quasi-apocalyptic scenery, and a solid mood. That ending also could have been a lot better if there were more to it than just the major twist - which at first appears fun but on closer scrutiny turns out to be dumb or at least flawed, for the reason I mentioned previously.
Pretty good - for a Spanish film though. Usually they suck. Spanish cinema rarely delivers a good product. This had potential, but it's ruined by a dumb way of cheating the viewer. If the film had devised a cleverer way of portraying Satanists as the good guys, the film would have worked.
The VHS tape scenes are very cheesy.
Perhaps there was a low budget so it couldn't afford to even slightly show us the Armageddon.