Shrew's Nest

Pretty tense psychological thriller. It relies a little too much on characters behaving stupidly too fully earn its gruesome final act, but it's still a solid genre piece.

Shrew's Nest is an alright psychological thriller from Spain. Macarena Gómez is excellent as unstable agoraphobic Monte, and Luis Tosar is also great but possibly a tad under-used. The twist wasn't particularly surprising, though.

A superior psychological horror - that genre the Spanish seem to be so good at recently - which turns into a bloodbath. The story is a slow burner, but its elements fit very nicely together. Macarena Gómez carries the film tremendously - she steals every scene she's in. The mise-en-scène also deserves plaudits, with crisp cinematography, a well-chosen colour palette, period detail, and lots of religious imagery and intense facial close-ups. Suspenseful, terrifying, and good to look at too.

A little lacking in every aspect. The story could have made for a better film.

Kardesler, ev, psikolojik sorunlari olan kadin (misery), hristyan, hayal görmek, hasta bakimi, komsu, ensest. morfin, katliam (kardesi ile birlikte yasayan Montse babasinin hayalini görmekte ve geçmisin etkisinden kurtulamamaktadir. Birlikte yasadigi kardesine baski kurmakta ve kendisi de cikisi Hristyanlikta aramaktadir. Bir çeşit agorafobi yasayan ve evden cikamayan kadin üst kat komsusunun merdivenden düsmesi ve yardim istemesiyle yeni bir döneme girecektir.) Müstehcen değil.