History of the Occult

2020 [SPANISH]

Horror

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75%
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 2265 2.3K

Director

Top cast

Victor Díaz as Manuel Ramirez
Hernán Bengoa as Jefe de Piso
Lucía Cano as Notera
René Mantiñan as Taxista
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757.42 MB
1280*674
Spanish 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 22 min
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1.37 GB
1920*1012
Spanish 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 22 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ebeckstr-1 7 / 10

Could have been better but still very good

Atmospheric, mysterious, somber, oblique, apocalyptic. Goes needlessly off the rails a bit when hallucinogens are introduced in that always-disappointing way which has the filmmaker apparently thinking that gas lighting the viewer into wondering what is real and what is a hallucination is somehow entertaining or clever. It's similar to movies in which something creepy or startling happens but, oh gee, it was just a dream. These tactics are ineffective cliches and almost always bring a movie down a notch or two in my book. Despite these shortcomings this is a pretty cool movie with an impactful inclusion. It does come down to literally the last 30 seconds, in which we see that a stylistic element that had been introduced earlier in the film as seemingly a mere stylistic element is actually part of the story.Side note: I have to wonder whether the name of one of the antagonists being Belasco is a nod to The Legend of Hell House, the Richard Matheson novel, and if a reference to Beaumont Street is a nod to Charles Beaumont, who wrote some of the best Twilight Zone episodes. This movie does have a very Twilight Zoney feel to it so maybe it's not a coincidence.
Reviewed by alcerto 5 / 10

Mannered style, convoluted but watchable plot

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