Atrocious (2010)

Director:

Fernando Barreda Luna

Writer:

Fernando Barreda Luna

Release Date:

17 August 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

A Local Legend Becomes a Terrifying Reality

Plot:

Two teenage siblings endure a terrifying experience while investigating a rural legend near their family's vacation home.

Plot Keywords:

Labyrinth | Woods | 2010s | Family Vacation | Blood

Cast

Cristian Valencia	...	Cristian
Clara Moraleda	...	July
Chus Pereiro	...	Debora
Sergi Martin	...	Jose
Xavi Doz	...	Santiago
Jose Masegosa	...	Carlos
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rafael Amaya	...	(voice)
Silvia Arnau	...	Policewoman #5
Carlos Blanco	...	Policeman #2
Ferran Casterà Mosquera	...	Policeman #1
Sammy Gad	...	David
Carlos Gaya	...	Policeman #6
Rebecca Gil	...	Policewoman #3
Luis Lorenzo	...	Policeman #9
Hector Perez	...	Policeman #8
Efrem Pinto	...	Policeman #4
Vanesa Ruiz	...	Policewoman #7
Anne Sanz	...	Melinda

Directed by
Fernando Barreda Luna

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fernando Barreda Luna

Produced by
Alberto Ancíbar	....	executive producer
Antonio Barreda Lira	....	executive producer
Laia Coll	....	production supervisor
Luis Cordal	....	associate producer
Oscar Hernández Zúñiga	....	executive producer
Nicolas Magallanes Cavazos	....	executive producer
Octavi Martínez	....	consulting producer
David Sanz	....	producer
Jessica Villegas Lattuada	....	executive producer
Jessica Villegas Lattuada	....	producer

Cinematography by
Ferran Casterà Mosquera		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Fernando Barreda Luna

Production Design by
Andrea Ancibar

Art Direction by
Andrea Ancibar

Costume Design by
Abraham Romagosa

Makeup Department
Marta Prats	....	hair stylist
Marta Prats	....	makeup artist
Montse Vargas	....	assistant hair stylist
Montse Vargas	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
David Vilella	....	production chief

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carlos Blanco	....	second assistant director
Christian C. Feijoo	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Julio Ancíbar	....	set dresser
Rebecca Gil	....	assistant art director
Viktor Guzyk	....	carpenter
Silvia Arnau Monfil	....	property master

Sound Department
Ricard Armentano	....	foley artist
Blai Barba	....	boom operator
Julien Chetle	....	additional audio technician
Óscar Grau	....	sound recordist
Silvia Masdeu	....	post audio coordinator
Jordi Monrós	....	sound mixer
Jaume Puig	....	dolby consultant
Martí Rovira	....	foley technician
Figtree Studios	....	dolby digital sound mix
Sebastian Theihsen	....	foley technician

Visual Effects by
Hector Acosta	....	camera tracker
Hector Acosta	....	cgi artist
Pablo Pueyo	....	digital compositor
Luis Tinoco	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Esteban García Torres	....	first assistant camera
Roger Massip	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
David Gallart	....	consulting editor
Tony López	....	assistant editor
Pepín	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Octavio Flores	....	composer: additional music
Jorge Jaime Pikis	....	composer: additional music
Sergi Pérez Berk	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Bob Buchholz	....	english language director
Sonia Friedman	....	public relations coordinator
Annie Jeeves	....	publicist (uncredited)

Thanks
Oscar Hernández Zúñiga	....	special thanks
Baijetm Jordi	....	special thanks
Josh Kesselman	....	special thanks
Carlota Martinez	....	special thanks
Martha Orozco	....	special thanks
Ozcar Ramírez	....	special thanks
Carla Raygoza	....	special thanks (as Carla Raigoza Molina)
Enrique Renteria	....	special thanks
Alberto Reséndiz	....	special thanks
Maria Ines Roque Rodriguez	....	special thanks
Angel Sala Corbi	....	special thanks
Victor Sanchez	....	special thanks
Oscar German Santarriaga	....	special thanks
Danny Sherman	....	special thanks
Andrea Stavenhagen Vargas	....	special thanks
Marina Stavenhagen	....	special thanks
Carlos Taibo	....	special thanks
Hugo Villa	....	special thanks
René Villarreal	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Catalan Film and Television
• Ibermedia (as Programa IberMedia)
• Nabu Films
• Silencio Rodamos Producciones (as Silencio Rodamos)

Distributors

• Star Films (2012) (Bolivia) (theatrical)
• Star Films (2012) (Ecuador) (theatrical)
• Star Films (2012) (Peru) (theatrical)
• Celluloid Dreams (2010) (worldwide) (all media) (as Celluloid Nightmares)
• Collective, The (2011) (USA) (all media)
• Earth Star Entertainment (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)

Special Effects

• Onirikal Studio (visual effects and animation)

Other Companies

• Digimedia  public relations
• Figtree Studios  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for grisly images and language throughout

Runtime:

75 min | Spain:82 min (original version)

Country:

Spain | Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Spain:15 | Mexico:B15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Cunit, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Catalan Film and Television

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

Really could've been great, but wasted opportunity

After arriving at their family's mansion home in the wilderness, a guy and his friends decide to investigate the local legend of a ghostly woman in the area only to come upon something far more sinister than any legend.

This here managed to be quite a troubling effort, more so for the potential on display rather than the actual results. The fact that this one starts off with a rather creepy ghostly mystery is pretty nice, with a simple-enough folk-tale that could've been started in any small town in the world has a nice way to go about getting it's start, and with the creepy house and woodland setting where this takes place, it has a creepy, chilling vibe that's found in most of these ghostly haunting films. As well, some of the scenes are quite creepy, with the death of the dog, the attack on the sister in the gazebo and finally the house stalking provide this with some generally enjoyable scenes that can generate some nice shocks. However, there's several things that undermine this, not the least of which is the found-footage angle this employs, which means that a lot of the scenes captured never really should have because trying to hold a video camera up to capture them during such moments is quite ludicrous, unless it happens to them you can't see anything so a lot of time is spent running from something we can't see and thus nothing happens, and then the final reel is so insanely stupid it knocks a lot off the film right off the bat. It's also so short that hardly anything happens as well, a product of the camera style and as well really hurts this one, a shame with the potential offered.

Rated R: Violence, Language and violence-against-animals.