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Though it’s suffered its share of fallow points at the box-office over the decades, horror films are generally considered one of the safer bets in risk-averse Hollywood. A typical film which delves into dark and creepy areas of the human psyche (ghosts and assorted supernatural ghoulies are optional) can be made at a much lower cost than their contemporaries which ply their own movie magic on spandex-cloaked superhero flicks or all-out action extravaganzas (see: Any Fast and Furious movie), thus ensuring more of a return profit-wise to nervous investors. And hey, if you’re the director and/or producer of a horror film which is also good and receiving rhapsodic early praise ahead of a wider general release, even better. Don’t believe our Five-and-Dime philosophy? Then get ye to your local movie palace where even as we bat out these timeless bromides the latest film to fall under the horror/thriller moniker, director Oz Perkins’ ultra-creepy Longlegs, is making some serious waves at the all-important box-office. With that movie’s success, get set for a whole new crop of buzzed-about scary movies headed your way, starting with a little Spanish film which is garnering some spookily amazing reviews, The Wait…
From our fellow horror movie aficionados over at Variety comes the intriguing news today of a new scary movie that’s liable to have you headed to double-check the locks on your doors, The Wait. This little gem of a Spanish-language film (known as La Espera in its original language) has certainly caught the attention of Hollywood, as it was announced that production house Film Movement has officially purchased the North American distribution rights to the F. Javier Gutierrez-directed flick. The purchase comes just as the movie is riding a crest of positive buzz from its premiere at the Fantastic Fest.
The Wait takes place deep in the heart of the Andalusian wilds. A groundskeeper of the famed hunting property owned by the feared Don Francisco called Eladio accepts an ill-thought out bribe from a seasoned hunter, after which his very world seems to dissolve into bouts of guilt and revenge.
But what are the lucky few who have managed to swing a sneak showing of The Wait saying about it? A lot, actually: Fotogramas said that the movie is “powerful and devastating.” Not to be outdone in the manner of hyperbole, Screen Zealots said that the story “takes viewers along on a macabre descent into hell.”
In a press release announcing the wider release of The Wait via Film Movement, Gutierrez said “I’m truly excited to share with American audiences this unsettling story of guilt, loss, revenge and class divides. Deeply human and rich with symbolism and biblical references, ‘The Wait’ is my most personal and uncompromising film to date.”
Your own wait for The Wait will come to an end when it is released by Film Movement on digital and cable for the autumn of 2024.
