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

Director:

Álex de la Iglesia

Writers:

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

Release Date:

12 January 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

In Spain, the sports journalist Juan has a perfect life with his wife Sonia: they have just had a baby...

Plot Keywords:

House | Baby | Couple | Vision | Real Estate

Cast

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)
Carolo Ruiz	...	Recepcionista
Juanma Pagazaurtundua	...	Tipo
Isidro Montalvo	...	Vendedor
Adolfo Lasarte	...	Comprador
Carmina Rodríguez	...	Compradora
Elena Jiménez	...	María
César De Juan	...	Pablo
Christopher Torres	...	Eduardo
Eduardo Uceda	...	Niño 3
Isidro Grimaidos	...	Hijo Juan
Vanesa Espín	...	Señora
Márgara Fernández	...	Madre
Rodolfo Sancho	...	Padre
Marta Bódalo	...	Mª Carmen
Jesús Pardo	...	Hombre 2
Carmen Ruiz	...	Doble pers. Sonia
Alfonso Morlón	...	Niño 1
Francisco Muñoz	...	Niño 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abraham Hidalgo	...	Operario 2 (uncredited)

Directed by
Álex de la Iglesia		(as Alex de la Iglesia)

Writing credits
Jorge Guerricaechevarría		(screenplay) &
Álex de la Iglesia		(screenplay) (as Alex de la Iglesia)

Produced by
Álvaro Augustín	....	producer
Carlos Fernández	....	executive producer
Julio Fernández	....	producer
Santiago Gimeno	....	executive producer
Aitor Montánchez	....	executive producer
Félix Rodríguez	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Roque Baños

Cinematography by
José Luis Moreno		(as José Luis Moreno 'Moti')

Film Editing by
Alejandro Lázaro
David Pinillos

Casting by
Mamen Moya

Art Direction by
Biaffra		(as Arturo García 'Biafra')

Costume Design by
María José Lebrero

Makeup Department
José Quetglás	....	makeup artist
Blanca Sánchez	....	hair stylist (as Blanca Sánchez Torres)
Sandra Tejedor	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Fernando Carballido	....	assistant production manager
Federico Escalona	....	assistant unit manager
Sandra Fernandez	....	executive in charge of production (as Sandra Fernández)
David Jareño	....	unit manager

Art Department
Diego Rodríguez Lobalzo	....	property master (as Diego Rodríguez)

Sound Department
Jorge Lerner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Antonio Rodríguez 'Mármol'	....	sound
Carlos Schmukler	....	supervising sound editor (as Charly Schmukler)

Special Effects by
Juan Ramón Molina	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Nike Alonso	....	visual effects producer
Laura Maynadé	....	visual effects coordinator
Ramón Ramos	....	digital compositor
Thorsten Rienth	....	digital compositor
Rafa Solorzano	....	visual effects supervisor
Carlos Trijueque	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Francisco Izaguirre	....	lighting technician

Editorial Department
Manuel Bauer	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Vicente Canales	....	head of sales
Fernando Carballido	....	second production assistant
Federico Escalona	....	production assistant
Pedro José de la Fuente García	....	second production assistant (as Pedro de la Fuente)
Iván Jareño	....	production assistant
Rafael López de la Manzanara Cuadri	....	location manager
Alberto Marini	....	development executive
Helena Moreno Núñez	....	development executive
Anna Oms	....	documentation
Carmina Rodríguez	....	production secretary
Martin Samper	....	making-of director
Elena Serra	....	development executive
Lara Isabel Gómez	....	making-of (uncredited)

Thanks
Luis Lobos Negros	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Estudios Picasso
• Filmax
• Telecinco (for)
• Castelao Producciones (as Castelao Productions)

Distributors

• Telecinco (2006) (Spain) (TV)
• AB4 (2008) (Belgium) (TV)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2008) (UK) (TV) (BBC4)
• KinoVista (2006-2008) (France) (TV)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• P.F.A. Films (2006) (Italy) (all media)
• SBP (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• El Ranchito (visual effects)

Also Known As:

"Películas para no dormir: La habitación del niño" - Spain (original title)

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Spain:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:12 | Mexico:B | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Estudios Picasso

Movie Connections:

References The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

Very decent mystery flick from Álex de la Iglesia

The Baby's Room is Álex de la Iglesia's entry in the Spanish horror TV series "Films to keep you awake". I saw Iglesia's cult hit 'Day of the Beast' fairly recently and was thoroughly impressed by it. Obviously The Baby's Room is not of similar quality, but it's a more than interesting little story and better than the majority of the "Masters of Horror" episodes. If you were to pigeon hole this film, it would go into the 'haunted house' genre, and although there's haunted house themes; Iglesia makes more of it than just that. The plot focuses on a young couple with a baby that have just moved into a new home. After buying a baby monitor, the couple come to believe that somebody may be in the house with them; but the truth is something far more sinister. As a mystery film, this one works well. I can't say that the plot is completely original; though the film didn't turn out to be what I was expecting which is always a bonus. The central couple are both excellent, with Javier Gutiérrez particularly standing out. There are some good moments of suspense and the director does manage to keep us interested for the duration. It boils down to a decent twisted ending and I certainly recommend this film to anyone who can get their hands on it.