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Angustia

  • 19871987
  • 16+16+
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
4K
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Angustia (1987)
HorrorThriller
A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
4K
YOUR RATING
    • Bigas Luna
    • Bigas Luna(screenplay by)
    • Michael Berlin(screenplay dialogue by)
  • Stars
    • Zelda Rubinstein
    • Michael Lerner
    • Talia Paul
    • Bigas Luna
    • Bigas Luna(screenplay by)
    • Michael Berlin(screenplay dialogue by)
  • Stars
    • Zelda Rubinstein
    • Michael Lerner
    • Talia Paul
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    • 55User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
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    Zelda Rubinstein
    Zelda Rubinstein
    • Mother
    Michael Lerner
    Michael Lerner
    • John
    Talia Paul
    • Patty
    Àngel Jové
    Àngel Jové
    • Killer
    • (as Angel Jove)
    Clara Pastor
    • Linda
    Isabel García Lorca
    • Caroline
    • (as Isabel Garcia Lorca)
    Nat Baker
    • Teaching Doctor - Old Movie
    Edward Ledden
    • Doctor - Old Movie
    Gustavo Gili
    • Student 1 - Old Movie
    Antonio Regueiro
    • Student 2 - Old Movie
    Joaquín Ribas
    • Student 3 - Old Movie
    • (as Joaquin Ribas)
    Janet Porter
    • Laboratory Nurse - Old Movie
    Patrice Manget
    • Nurse at Clinic - Old Movie
    • (as Patricia Manget)
    Merche Gascón
    • Nurse at Clinic - Old Movie
    • (as Merche Gascon)
    Jose M. Chucarro
    • Boyfriend - Old Movie
    • (as Jose M.ª Chucarro)
    Antonella Murgia
    • Ticket Girl - Old Movie
    Josephine Borchaca
    • Concession Girl - Old Movie
    Georgie Pinkley
    • Laura - Old Movie
      • Bigas Luna
      • Bigas Luna(screenplay by)
      • Michael Berlin(screenplay dialogue by)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Mother's role was first offered to Bette Davis, but due to scheduling conflicts, she could not do it.
    • Goofs
      When Patty asks Linda to leave the cinema, the latter claims she had paid 5 dollars for the ticket. However, when the entrance to The Rex movie theatre is shown, prices are either 6 or 3 dollars.
    • Quotes

      Alice Pressman, the Mother: [about a patient mistreating her son] She doesn't know how hard you struggle

      John Pressman: [Simpering] John is your best boy, isn't he mother?

      Alice Pressman, the Mother: [as John consumes a concotion of liquids mixed with sliced bananas] Yes John... you're my best boy and the best surgeon in town.

    • Crazy credits
      When the film ends, we suddenly see the credits scrolling up on a completely different movie screen, together with another completely different cinema audience of onlookers observing it before getting up and leaving one by one until the final onlookers stand up and walk to the left with the screen going black as he/she does so (implying that the real storyline was also yet another film within film).
    • Connections
      Featured in Tia, no te saltes el eje 2 (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Rescue
      (uncredited)

      Performed by Cecil Milner

      Published by KPM Music Library

    User reviews55

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    8/10
    Truly bizarre horror film.
    A demented mother telepathically directs her middle-aged son on bloody missions of revenge.And when he's finished murdering his victims,he gouges their eyes out and adds them to the bizarre family collection.But that's only a movie:The real horror is in the cinema where the audience watching this terrifying vision is being murdered one by one."Angustia" is a pretty bizarre Spanish horror film.The concept is certainly interesting and the director J.J.Bigas Luna perfectly mixes the line between the reality and the fantasy world of film.The acting is first-rate and there is plenty of gore and tension to satisfy fans of slasher films.The film is relatively unknown,but if you get a chance watch it.Highly recommended.8 out of 10.
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    • HumanoidOfFlesh
    • Aug 31, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 8, 1988 (United States)
      • Spain
      • Spanish
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Samba P.C.
      • Luna Films
      • Ramaco Anstalt
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
      • Dolby

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