VERONICA is a somewhat overrated Spanish horror movie detailing a typical haunting/possession. It's set in 1991 and involves a teenage girl who meddles with a Ouija board and subsequently finds her apartment haunted by the spirit of her dead father. I saw this advertised as the scariest Spanish horror film since REC but it's a far cry from that zombie masterpiece. I found this inferior to most Japanese ghost stories, relying far too much on noisiness for effect: people running around screaming while the camera shakes, along with the usual jump scares and loud foreboding music. I much prefer a subtle, creeping dread to get across a real shivering kind of horror. This film is light on plot and rather predictable when it comes to the story, with only a stand-out couple of disturbing moments. The characters are rather unlikeable too.
Review of Veronica
