Day 18: The House at the End of Time (La casa del fin de los tiempos)
Via: Netflix
Release Date - 2013
Synopsis: Dulce encounters apparitions in her house and unleashes a terrible prophecy. Thirty years later, Dulce, now an old woman, returns to unravel the mystery that has terrorized her for years.
SPOILER ALERT - If you have not seen the movie do not read.
I love, LOVE, movies that loop. This seemed like your typical scary movie. A woman, Dulce, and her family, 2 boys and husband live in somewhat poverty. There seems to be a spirit that haunts them and the film follows the pattern of scare here, scare there, possible explanations of the activity but nothing solid. The film is mainly focused on our main character, Dulce, who goes to jail for allegedly killing her husband. We only see a glimpse of said murder in the beginning scenes. We move forward in time to 30 years when she is out of jail and goes back to her move where the murder occurred. Ok, so before I go on, the only bad thing about this movie was the makeup on Dulce when we see her as an old woman. It looks really fake and plastic-looking.
The movie was a bit slow but the ending made it worth sticking with it. I won't go into too much detail regarding the ending, but the story explains Dulce's troubles with her husband, a former marriage, the death of one of her boys and the actual murder we see in the beginning. Here is the kicker, all of this is explained through time travel. Yup. That's all I'll say. Because of its originality I believe this can be put in the same category as Cabin in the Woods. It starts out as any horror flick but the ending is so vastly different that it keeps you interested.
Great sound, editing, acting and plot. I was mad, sad and confused until the last moments.
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