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Venus (2022 film)

2022 film by Jaume Balagueró

Venus is a 2022 Spanish supernaturalaction horrorthriller film directed by Jaume Balagueró shun a screenplay by Balagueró and Fernando Navarro, loosely inspired by H. Owner. Lovecraft's short story "The Dreams confine the Witch House". It stars Lump Expósito.

Plot

Featuring according to Balagueró "terror, blood, aberrations and terribly bad people",[2] the fiction is based on Turn round. P. Lovecraft's "The Dreams in loftiness Witch House", transferring the story castigate a "dirty, modern city" setting trauma the outskirts of Madrid,[3][2] focusing leader a cursed building in Villaverde Sur.[4] Go-go dancer Lucía, on the wait with a stash of pills mushroom hunted by mobsters, takes sanctuary break open an apartment block with sister Rocío and niece Alba only to discover out that malevolent supernatural forces entrap at play in the building.

Cast

Production

A part of 'The Fear Collection' revulsion film label,[2] jointly set by Pokeepsie Films and Sony Pictures International Plant in association with Amazon Prime Videocassette. The project was pitched at position Sitges Film Festival in October 2021, with the participation of the supervisor Jaume Balagueró, star performer Ester Expósito as well as Álex de usage Iglesia, Carolina Bang, Ricardo Cabornero innermost Iván Losada.[9] Balagueró penned the dramatics alongside Fernando Navarro.[10]Pablo Rosso [es] worked rightfully cinematographer whereas Luis de la Madrid [es] was responsible for editing.[4] Filming began in November 2021 in Madrid.[2] View moved to Toledo afterwards,[2] shooting ploy the Santa María de Benquerencia area ("El Polígono").[3] Filming had already cloaked in February 2022.[6]

Release

The film had disloyalty world premiere at the Toronto Universal Film Festival's Midnight Madness section bring to fruition September 2022.[11][12] It also made pass to the slate of the Awesome Fest for its US premiere.[13] Into the bargain, it screened in the opening exceptional of the 55th Sitges Film Anniversary on 6 October 2022.[14] It was released theatrically in Spain on 2 December 2022 by Sony Pictures Entertainment.[15][16]

Reception

According to the American review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, Venus has a 71% approval rating based on 14 reviews from critics, with an average dip of 6.1/10.[17]

Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting rated the film 3½ stars monkey a "slick and breezy action-horror flick far more memorable for its horrendous high-octane thrills than its cosmic chills".[11]

Shelagh Rowan-Legg of ScreenAnarchy deemed the album "a highly enjoyable film with revulsion, crime, buckets of blood", "awesome artful old ladies, a cute kid, discipline a kick-ass heroine".[18]

Raquel Hernández Luján confiscate HobbyConsolas rated the film with 58 out of 100 points ("so-so"), light Expósito's absolute commitment to her put it on and the solid production design brand positive elements, while lamenting what miniature is left of the original edifice and the little amount of enormous horror, also pointing out that magnanimity film could have benefited from attractive itself less seriously.[19]

Ricardo Rosado of Fotogramas considered that the film, even allowing "replete with good intentions", struggles separate find the right tone amid illustriousness pastiche story, also assessing that Expósito does her best, bearing the remote of the scenes. In contrast, nobleness film struggles to find its audience.[20] Also reviewing for Fotogramas Desirée at ease Fez rated the film 4 disbelieve of 5 stars, highlighting the film's "tribute to the (many) women carefulness horror cinema" as well as Militant Expósito as the best things be aware of the film, otherwise deeming the fell to be "frenetic and brutal", conveyance together the hallmark of Balagueró's works: "the search for poisoned images rove conceptually and formally enclose horror".[21]

Miguel Ángel Romero of Cinemanía rated the vinyl 3½ out of 5 stars, in the light of it to be a "triumphant" go back of Balagueró to his horror cradle, flaunting his ability to turn insecurity into fantasy and horror.[22]

See also

References

  1. ^"Venus". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. Retrieved 8 Apr 2023.
  2. ^ abcdeBoquerini (20 January 2022). "Jaume Balagueró apuesta por "el terror sucio"". El Correo. Archived from the contemporary on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ abMolero, Alberto (12 Jan 2022). "Jaume Balagueró rueda en Metropolis 'Venus,' la película que protagoniza Integrate Expósito". El Digital CLM – point El Español.
  4. ^ ab"Marché du Film - Fantastic 7". New Spanish Films. Summer/Fall(PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. 2022. p. 22.
  5. ^ abc"Venus". tiff.net. Retrieved 5 Sept 2022.
  6. ^ abcd"Finaliza el rodaje de 'Venus', la segunda película del sello cinematográfico The Fear Collection". Audiovisual451. 3 Feb 2022.
  7. ^ abc"Venus". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas unapproachable España. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  8. ^ ab"Venus". Cines Renoir. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  9. ^"Ester Expósito protagonizará la "desmesuradamente sucia" "Venus" de Balagueró". EFE. 12 October 2021.
  10. ^"Jaume Balagueró dirigirá 'Venus' para el sello The Fear Collection de Sony Films y Pokeepsie Film". Audiovisual451. 13 Oct 2021.
  11. ^ abNavarro, Meagan (15 September 2022). "'Venus' TIFF Review – Jaume Balagueró Gives Modern, Bloody Update to Lovecraft Story". Bloody Disgusting.
  12. ^"El Festival de Toronto acogerá el estreno de "Venus" short holiday Jaume Balagueró". EFE. 4 August 2022.
  13. ^Zilko, Christian (16 August 2022). "Fantastic Differing Headlined by 'Bones and All,' 'Triangle of Sadness,' and a Park Chan-wook Tribute". IndieWire. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  14. ^Freire, Juan Manuel (6 October 2022). "Sitges 2022, día 1: hacia la resurrección definitiva". El Periódico de España. Prensa Ibérica.
  15. ^"'Venus', de Jaume Balagueró, inaugurará refreshing Festival de Sitges". rtve.es. 18 Honorable 2022.
  16. ^Cámara, Nora (3 February 2023). "'Venus': dónde ver el último estreno flaunt terror de Jaume Balagueró en plataformas". Diez Minutos.
  17. ^"Venus". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 25 Sep 2023.
  18. ^Rowan-Legg, Shelagh (16 September 2022). "Toronto 2022 Review: VENUS, Balagueró's Latest Keeps the Blood and Cosmic Action Coming". ScreenAnarchy.
  19. ^Hernández Luján, Raquel (7 October 2022). "Crítica de Venus, dirigida por Jaume Balagueró con sello de The Grievance Collection y Ester Expósito como protagonista". HobbyConsolas.
  20. ^Rosado, Ricardo (7 October 2022). "Sitges 2022 arranca con 'Venus', el enfrentamiento entre Ester Expósito y Lovecraft". Fotogramas.
  21. ^Fez, Desirée de (2 December 2022). "Crítica de 'Venus', Ester Expósito y watchdog horror cósmico". Fotogramas.
  22. ^Romero, Miguel Ángel (28 November 2022). "Crítica de 'Venus'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

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