STARRING: Zorion Eguileor, Gustavo Salmerón, Paula Gallego
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Following the sudden suicide of his wife, Manuel starts acting strangely. He becomes aggressive and believes he is talking with his dead wife. As the temperature rises in a brutal summer heat wave, it appears that Manuel isn’t the only senior citizen behaving oddly and preparing for something otherworldly. All the elderly are acting suspicious, and they all seem to know something the young do not.
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JOH FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars
COMPLETION OF A SENTENCE
October 16, 2023
I FORGOT TO COMPLETE ONE OF MY SENTENCES: THE END OF THE SENTENCE WAS SUPPOSED TO READ "AND FRANCO'S SOLDIER LAUGHED." MEA CULPA!
JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars
CLEVER PARALLELS BETWEEN SUPERNATURAL HORROR & REAL-LIFE HORRORS
October 16, 2023
THE SUPERNATURAL HORRORS THAT DIRECTORS RAUL CEREZO & FERNANDO GONZALEZ-GOMEZ DEPICT IN "THE ELDERLY" ARE VERY VIVID & WHAT MAKES EVEN MORE FRIGHTENING IS THE WAY THAT THEY ARE DEPICTED ALONGSIDE REAL-LIFE HORRORS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE & THE PAST DICTATORSHIP OF THE FASCIST FRANCO REGIME. THE LATTER IS PARTICULARLY POIGNANT WHEN MANUEL (ZORION EGUILEOR) TELLS HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, NAIA (PAULA GALLEGO) ABOUT THE TIME THAT HER GRANDMOTHER & HE WERE CONFRONTED BY ONE OF FRANCO'S SOLDIERS & HE ORDERED THEM TO GIVE HIM THE FASCIST SALUTE, & HE DID SO IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE GRANDMOTHER FROM HARM. WHEN SHE REFUSED TO DO SO, TOO, MANUEL TRIED TO FORCE HER TO DO SO, & FRANCO'S SOLDIER. MANUEL THEN TELLS NAIA THAT HER GRANDMOTHER NEVER FORGAVE HIM FOR THAT LAUGH, & THE REGRETFUL TONE THAT MR. EGUILEOR USES MAKES US REALIZE HOW THAT HAS HAUNTED HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. IT'S DEFINITELY AS HAUNTING AS THE SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS WE SEE IN THE FILM!
