Under the Salt

Under the Salt

2008 · 127 min · ES · 5.7 (24 votes)
Dir. Mario Muñoz · Starring Ricardo Polanco, Humberto Zurita, Irene Azuela, Plutarco Haza, Juan Carlos Barreto, Emilio Guerrero

Some things should be kept beneath.

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A series of murders leads Commander Trujillo to Santa Rosa de la Sal a town close to a salt mine, where he meets Victor Zepeda - a lonely teenager who works in his father's funeral home and spends his free time making crude animated horror films - who's strange behavior seems to point at him as the culprit of the crimes.

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This film feels like a dusty, forgotten VHS tape unearthed from a creepy small town. It's a slow-burn descent into a world of morbid fascination and unsettling atmosphere, where the mundane hides a chilling darkness.

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