Films to Keep You Awake: The Baby's Room (TV 2006)
"Películas para no dormir: La habitación del niño" (original title)

In Spain, the sports journalist Juan has a perfect life with his wife Sonia: they have just had a baby and moved to an old house that needs to be repaired in a fancy neighborhood. When ... See full summary »

Director:

Álex de la Iglesia

Writers:

Jorge Guerricaechevarría (screenplay), Álex de la Iglesia (screenplay)

Stars:

Javier Gutiérrez, Leonor Watling, Sancho Gracia

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Javier Gutiérrez	...	Juan
Leonor Watling	...	Sonia
Sancho Gracia	...	Domingo
María Asquerino	...	María
Antonio Dechent	...	Fernández
Terele Pávez	...	Mujer de Domingo
Ramón Barea	...	Marcos
Eulàlia Ramon	...	Teresa
Asunción Balaguer	...	Anciana 2
Manuel Tallafé	...	García
Cesáreo Estébanez	...	Martí
Gracia Olayo	...	Enfermera
Enrique Martínez	...	Eslavo
Penélope Velasco	...	Dependienta
Antonio de la Torre	...	Operario (as Antonio de Latorre)

Storyline

In Spain, the sports journalist Juan has a perfect life with his wife Sonia: they have just had a baby and moved to an old house that needs to be repaired in a fancy neighborhood. When Juan's sister and her husband visit the couple, they give them an electronic nanny to monitor the baby's room. During the night, Juan and Sonia hear voices in the room but they do not find anybody. On the next day, Juan hires an alarm system for the house and a monitor to observe the baby's room. When Juan sees a man in the room, he gets a knife to protect his son. However, Sonia believes her husband is insane and moves to her mother's house. Juan investigates the happening with the former journalist Domingo, who explains him the paradoxical experiment Schrodinger's Cat and the existence of parallel worlds. Further, he advises the obsessed Juan to leave the house otherwise could be trapped in another world.

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Plot Keywords:

house | baby | couple | vision | real estate | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

12 January 2007 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Films to Keep You Awake: The Baby's Room

Company Credits

Production Co:

Estudios Picasso, Filmax, Telecinco

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

User Reviews

Haunted house with a witty twist

The movie is based in an episode popular old horror TV-series made by Narciso Ibañez Serrador for the Spanish national TV of the time. Considering that I would say that this is an enjoyable movie. There are some surprises as the story develops and it managed to keep me wondering about the end result. Acting is not too good but it is not horrible either, and the pace is just fine.

In case you are wondering, the horror you would be dealing with here is more of the psychological type. I think it can be interesting also for an American audience, because of the way it is shot. It contains elements that make it similar to the "The Shining".