Director: David Casademunt
Cast: Inma Cuesta , Roberto Álamo , Alejandra Howard , Asier Flores , Víctor Benjumea
Plot: A family that lives in isolation from the rest of society find their tranquillity disturbed when a terrifying beast approaches them and tests the ties that bind the family together.
My Movie Review: The movie is dark whimsical tragic that can be viewed as a poem about brokenness and loss, Diego's numerous fear allusions to the dead of his father suggests that it played a significant part in his bringing about this social, psychological, and emotional collapse! The Wasteland is eerie in every sense I like the gloomy haunting environment it created not a waste afterall its beautifully shot and really well acted the kid was convincing and not annoying! Although the film shows how loneliness can be a terrifying emotional breaking point, it does not have much aspects of a typical horror film it eloves with the darkness within but the suspense it generates by showing how isolation and abandonment can destroyed a person's sanity works:) This horror drama is a kind of film that's polarizing either you like it or you don't like I don't mind a slower paced film if it's done right, but The Wasteland is just too slow and threatens to grind to a halt at times, visually it's here that I thought the film was admirable; Cuesta's performance is consistently excellent, and simply the threat of what's out there really shaken up us but the mere fact its a depressing subject this caliber of acting pulls you closer and embrace darkness! The Wasteland has a rather ambiguous ending, but the main take from the psychological horror is that The Beast however real it seemed to Lucia and Diego isn't an actual supernatural being but rather a symbolic manifestation of their fears of being alone and vulnerable in the wake of Salvador's death that takes a toll in a bloody shocking manner which is vividly shown!!!
Critics Reviews: The Wasteland is able to suck you into its candle-lit world of discomfort, but it ends up being not as claustrophobic as it could be. The Wasteland is an attractive slow-burn, not to mention a welcome addition to the wild, wild world of horror Westerns. The Wasteland proves to be a solid start to the horror genre but suffers from pacing issues. While too many creepers come across as derivative and old hat, there are still filmmakers who are constantly finding new ways to use horror. The Wasteland certainly falls among the latter. The Wasteland is an impressive film, horrifically beautiful at times. But there is a sense of missed opportunity, as initial themes are abandoned in favour of portraying survival amidst home invasion. Drifting between two forms of monsters ultimately adds up to less, that it's difficult to remember, on top of everything else, if there was even a beast to begin with. At its best and most memorable, it's perhaps the eeriest and strangest coming-of-age movie ever made. As pretty as the movie can be on a technical level, it can't save itself from the shallow premise and the number of horror clichés that are present in it. Without great fuss or technical fanfare, The Wasteland confronts us with our worst demons through the immense Inma Cuesta and Asier Flores' tremendously moving mother-child relationship. The film constantly conflates darkness with fear, barren with loneliness, and silence with terror. The story shows restraint in a way that benefits the growth of the characters, but may not be enough here to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. An estimable debut, especially in terms of its abilities to create a stifling and rarefied atmosphere:)
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