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Venus is a 2022 Spanish supernatural horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró, loosely inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Dreams in the Witch House". It stars Ester Expósito.

Venus
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJaume Balagueró
Screenplay by
  • Jaume Balagueró
  • Fernando Navarro
Based on"The Dreams in the Witch House"
by H. P. Lovecraft
Starring
CinematographyPablo Rosso
Edited byLuis de la Madrid
Production
companies
  • Pokeepsie Films
  • The Fear Collection II
  • AIE
Distributed bySony Pictures
Release dates
  • 10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) (TIFF)
  • 2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot


Featuring according to Balagueró "terror, blood, aberrations and terribly bad people",[1] the fiction is based on H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dreams in the Witch House", transferring the story to a "dirty, modern city" setting in the outskirts of Madrid,[2][1] focusing on a cursed building in Villaverde Sur.[3] Go-go dancer Lucía, on the run with a stash of pills and hunted by mobsters, takes sanctuary in an apartment block with sister Rocío and niece Alba only to find out that malevolent supernatural forces are at play in the building.


Cast



Production


A part of 'The Fear Collection' horror film label,[1] jointly set by Pokeepsie Films and Sony Pictures International Productions in association with Amazon Prime Video. The project was pitched at the Sitges Film Festival in October 2021, with the participation of the director Jaume Balagueró, star performer Ester Expósito as well as Álex de la Iglesia, Carolina Bang, Ricardo Cabornero and Iván Losada.[6] The screenplay was penned by Balagueró alongside Fernando Navarro.[7] Pablo Rosso [es] worked as cinematographer whereas Luis de la Madrid [es] was responsible for editing.[3] Filming began in November 2021 in Madrid.[1] It moved to Toledo afterwards,[1] shooting in the Santa María de Benquerencia neighborhood ("El Polígono").[2] Filming had already wrapped in February 2022.[5]


Release


Balagueró presenting his film during the San Sebastián Fantasy and Horror Film Festival in November 2022
Balagueró presenting his film during the San Sebastián Fantasy and Horror Film Festival in November 2022

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness section in September 2022.[8][9] It will later have its US premiere at the Fantastic Fest.[10] Likewise, it screened in the opening gala of the 55th Sitges Film Festival on 6 October 2022.[11] It is set to be released theatrically in Spain on 2 December 2022 by Sony Pictures Entertainment.[12]


Reception


Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting rated the film 3½ stars deeming it to be a "slick and breezy action-horror movie far more memorable for its gruesome high-octane thrills than its cosmic chills".[8]

Shelagh Rowan-Legg of ScreenAnarchy deemed the film to be "a highly enjoyable film with horror, crime, buckets of blood", "awesome crafty old ladies, a cute kid, and a kick-ass heroine".[13]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 58 out of 100 points ("so-so"), highlighting Expósito's absolute commitment to her role and the solid production design as positive elements, while lamenting what little is left of the original story and the little amount of cosmic horror, also pointing out that the film could have benefited from taking itself less seriously.[14]

Ricardo Rosado of Fotogramas considered that the film, even if "replete with good intentions", struggles to find the right tone amid the pastiche story, also assessing that Expósito does her best, bearing the weight of the scenes while the film struggles to find its audience.[15]


See also



References


  1. Boquerini (20 January 2022). "Jaume Balagueró apuesta por "el terror sucio"". El Correo.
  2. Molero, Alberto (12 January 2022). "Jaume Balagueró rueda en Toledo 'Venus,' la película que protagoniza Ester Expósito". El Digital CLM via El Español.
  3. "Marché du Film - Fantastic 7". New Spanish Films. Summer/Fall (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. 2022. p. 22.
  4. "Venus". tiff.net. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. "Finaliza el rodaje de 'Venus', la segunda película del sello cinematográfico The Fear Collection". Audiovisual451. 3 February 2022.
  6. "Ester Expósito protagonizará la "desmesuradamente sucia" "Venus" de Balagueró". EFE. 12 October 2021.
  7. "Jaume Balagueró dirigirá 'Venus' para el sello The Fear Collection de Sony Pictures y Pokeepsie Film". Audiovisual451. 13 October 2021.
  8. Navarro, Meagan (15 September 2022). "'Venus' TIFF Review – Jaume Balagueró Gives Modern, Bloody Update to Lovecraft Story". Bloody Disgusting.
  9. "El Festival de Toronto acogerá el estreno de "Venus" de Jaume Balagueró". EFE. 4 August 2022.
  10. Zilko, Christian (16 August 2022). "Fantastic Fest Headlined by 'Bones and All,' 'Triangle of Sadness,' and a Park Chan-wook Tribute". IndieWire. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  11. Freire, Juan Manuel (6 October 2022). "Sitges 2022, día 1: hacia la resurrección definitiva". El Periódico de España. Prensa Ibérica.
  12. "'Venus', de Jaume Balagueró, inaugurará el Festival de Sitges". rtve.es. 18 August 2022.
  13. Rowan-Legg, Shelagh (16 September 2022). "Toronto 2022 Review: VENUS, Balagueró's Latest Keeps the Blood and Cosmic Action Coming". ScreenAnarchy.
  14. Hernández Luján, Raquel (7 October 2022). "Crítica de Venus, dirigida por Jaume Balagueró con sello de The Fear Collection y Ester Expósito como protagonista". HobbyConsolas.
  15. Rosado, Ricardo (7 October 2022). "Sitges 2022 arranca con 'Venus', el enfrentamiento entre Ester Expósito y Lovecraft". Fotogramas.





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