PSYCHOPHOBIA is a weird, offbeat haunted house effort from Spain that relies a lot on the likes of THE ENTITY and THE EXORCIST for effect. A middle-aged housewife loses her husband in a car accident and then begins to suspect that some unwelcome spirits have moved into her home. Driven out of her mind by fear, she calls in a paranormal expert to help rid her of the ghoulish presence. I should say that this is a very cheap production that simply doesn't have the money to tell its story convincingly, although there are one or two low-fi SFX scenes. The acting verges on the histrionic but there are some creepy moments along the way, although this isn't as good as the films that it's influenced by.
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"This House Is Cursed! This House Is Bewitched! Bewitched! Bewitched!"...
azathothpwiggins18 February 2019
After having a prophetic nightmare, Mary Sercovitz (Mary Saint Peter) loses her husband in an accident. When her husband's company is unwilling to pay for his tragic demise, Mary fears that she and her children may lose their home.
Unfortunately, this isn't the only fear in store for Mary. She soon begins hearing strange noises, and the kids have apparently been talking to a mysterious man. Horror and death commence. Is the house haunted? Possessed? Mary is aided by parapsychologist, Professor D'Arbo (Sebastian D'Arbo) and his team, in her attempt to solve her supernatural problem.
PSYCHOPHOBIA (aka: EL SER) is a rather tedious affair, relying more on D'Arbo's mumbo jumbo and Mary's annoying children going bananas, than on anything truly frightening taking place. Even the killings are lackluster! It all drags on until the "big finale", which amounts to a long-distance call from the great beyond, accentuated by an "explosive" event, and a brief spiritual battle in the living room.
BOTTOM LINE: The ending is okay, but hardly worth the slog to get there...
Unfortunately, this isn't the only fear in store for Mary. She soon begins hearing strange noises, and the kids have apparently been talking to a mysterious man. Horror and death commence. Is the house haunted? Possessed? Mary is aided by parapsychologist, Professor D'Arbo (Sebastian D'Arbo) and his team, in her attempt to solve her supernatural problem.
PSYCHOPHOBIA (aka: EL SER) is a rather tedious affair, relying more on D'Arbo's mumbo jumbo and Mary's annoying children going bananas, than on anything truly frightening taking place. Even the killings are lackluster! It all drags on until the "big finale", which amounts to a long-distance call from the great beyond, accentuated by an "explosive" event, and a brief spiritual battle in the living room.
BOTTOM LINE: The ending is okay, but hardly worth the slog to get there...
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