36 pasos (2006)
2/10
The 36 steps program.
27 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
When visiting the IMDb Horror board (RIP) I would always see the works of Adrian Garcia Bogliano. Taking part in Horror and Latin America viewing challenges on ICM, I decided to search round on Amazon UK for titles which crossed both,and was happy to find two titles which allowed me to take the first of 36 steps towards seeing the early Bogliano output.

View on the film:

Made on a micro budget of $5000 (leading to the crew having to also act in the film) co-writer/(with Ramiro Garcia Bogliano and Honorio Galarza) director Adrian Garcia Bogliano & cinematographer Sergio Fleischer step towards the fittie ladies with washed out, bone dry,low-res digital video, which jabs at the viewer in shaky hand-held camera moves, that also leave potentially interesting detours (such as into animation and gory chops) to be ruined by blending in to the same flat appearance as the rest of the movie.

Matching the look of the flick, the sparks for indie creativity in the revelation that appearances can be deceiving in the laid-back lives of the ladies,is sadly left untouched by plodding dialogue which gives little to distinguish any of the cast,and causes every twist to land with a tied whimper on each of the 36 steps.
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