(a.k.a. VOCES; streaming/Netflix movie; director/co-story source: Àngel Gómez Hernández. Co-screenwriter: Santiago Díaz. Co-story source: Victor Gado.)
Review
LISTEN is an overlong and mostly by-the-numbers Spanish spook house-possession film. A couple (Daniel and Ruth), with their nine-year-old son Eric, move into a house to renovate and sell it. When Eric starts hearing voices and drawing disturbing pictures, his parents become concerned. They hire a child psychologist, kicking off a number of unnatural deaths. This prompts Daniel and Ruth to hire two paranormal specialists, an old man (Germán) and his daughter (Sara) who have their own tragic pasts they’re dealing with.
LISTEN is a decent flick if you’re not looking for anything original, with laid-on-thick drama, spooky camera shots, solid acting, bold-not-shocking-deaths, and one effective twist near the end that may floor those not paying attention to what’s going on. It also helps if you don’t mind a film with lots of lag scenes, story-effective pacing sacrificed for the sake of atmosphere. If you’re not sick of this movie by its finish, stick around to the end of its credits for the crappy-looking sequel it leaves an opening for.
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