From the title, the bio, and even the imagery used in the cover, I was expecting The Corpse of Anna Fritz to go in a direction that we have seen once or twice before. Thankfully I was proven wrong, as the plot travelled a very different direction from my expectation. The acting and early gradual character development was believable, the story was simplistic but gripping, and the setting was claustrophobic and unsettling whilst not being too out of the ordinary.
My one and only gripe with The Corpse of Anna Fritz is within the story; more specifically the conclusion in which I won't divulge too much information in order to avoid spoiler territory, however I felt certain aspects of the storyline could have been concluded in a more impactful and in-theme circumstance.
As an English-speaking viewer, the subtitles were not distracting, and the emotions conveyed by the acting made me feel as if I was getting the gist of conversations without even reading the subtitles at times! I'm personally very glad that it was not dubbed, as I feel you could easily lose a lot of the conversational charm and emotions portrayed throughout the dialogue of the film.
Overall The Corpse of Anna Fritz is well worth a watch; a very well done take touching upon an unpleasant but all-too-real macabre premise. Even with limited locations throughout the entire film, it maintains a gripping tension throughout. I rated The Corpse of Anna Fritz a 7 spooks out of 10 scares. A short but memorable addition to Spanish horror that I would certainly recommend to the avid horror enthusiasts among us.
My one and only gripe with The Corpse of Anna Fritz is within the story; more specifically the conclusion in which I won't divulge too much information in order to avoid spoiler territory, however I felt certain aspects of the storyline could have been concluded in a more impactful and in-theme circumstance.
As an English-speaking viewer, the subtitles were not distracting, and the emotions conveyed by the acting made me feel as if I was getting the gist of conversations without even reading the subtitles at times! I'm personally very glad that it was not dubbed, as I feel you could easily lose a lot of the conversational charm and emotions portrayed throughout the dialogue of the film.
Overall The Corpse of Anna Fritz is well worth a watch; a very well done take touching upon an unpleasant but all-too-real macabre premise. Even with limited locations throughout the entire film, it maintains a gripping tension throughout. I rated The Corpse of Anna Fritz a 7 spooks out of 10 scares. A short but memorable addition to Spanish horror that I would certainly recommend to the avid horror enthusiasts among us.