DVD
REVIEW: 6 Films to Keep You Awake
08/16/08
Six chilling
tales from the best horror directors from Spain arrive in
the 4-disc DVD set – 6 Films to Keep You Awake. The
compilation features the terrifying films The Baby’s Room,
directed by Álex de la Iglesia (Common Wealth), The
Christmas Tale, directed by Paco Plaza (Werewolf Hunter), A
Real Friend, directed by Enrique Urbizu (Box 507), To Let,
directed by Jaume Balagueró (The Dark), Spectre, directed by
Mateo Gil (Nobody Knows Anybody) and Blame, directed by
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (1-2-3). Special bonus features
include a “Making Of” featurette for each of the six films.
A must-have for any horror fan, 6 Films to Keep You Awake
will be available on August 19, 2008
The Baby’s Room: A couple and their newborn
arrive at their new home, a wonderful old house that has
been renovated to meet their every need. However, something
is living in the baby’s room, something whose presence they
can feel each night right there beside their child. It is
watching and waiting.
The
Christmas: A
group of children playing in the woods find a woman dressed
as Santa Claus who has fallen to the bottom of a well. They
discover she is a thief on the run with a substantial haul.
They decide to make a deal – her freedom for the money. When
the money is in hand, the children’s greed changes their
plans, and they decide to keep her captive. Then, one day
they unexpectedly find the well is empty. Santa knows who’s
been naughty this year and is coming with a sack of deadly
gifts!
A Real Friend Synopsis: Ten-year-old Estrella
spends a lot of time alone at home…or so it appears to
everyone else. Like many children, she has imaginary
friends, but hers are a bit different. Her friends are
monsters. One day, Estrella makes friends with a new
monster, a vampire that seems to be more real than the
others.
To Let:
Carolina and Tony have looked at dozens of potential
apartments, and none of them have worked. When their realtor
assures them that a newly refurbished and renovated
apartment will be a perfect fit, they decide to check it
out. Upon arrival, they find an abandoned looking building
without any residents or people in sight. They go up to the
3rd floor and enter the apartment, which is something they
should never have done.
Spectre: An
elderly writer visits the small coastal village where he was
born and raised. He reminisces of his childhood and a
beautiful, mysterious woman he has been unable to forget. As
he walks through his old village he catches a glimpse of the
same woman he fell in love with in his youth. However, she
has not aged since the day he saw her. He follows her but is
not ready for what he finds.
Blame: Ana, a
gynecologist, invites Gloria, a nurse and friend from the
hospital, and Gloria’s daughter Vicky, to come and live with
her so Gloria can be her new assistant. The house, a section
of which is used as a private clinic, is light, cheerful and
peaceful. However, something sinister is alive in there.
Once Gloria has moved in, Ana reveals that her private
practice is in fact an abortion clinic. It is a clinic where
truth, pain, life and death all intermingle and where the
patients and doctors are never truly alone.
VIDEO:
The Baby’s Room, Blame: 16x9 Full Letterbox (1.85)
The Christmas Tale, A Real Friend, To Let, Spectre: 16x9
Full Frame (1.78)
AUDIO:
Dolby Stereo
Subtitles - English
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