Official Selection - Out of Competition
When Evil Lurks (Cuando Acecha la Maldad)
Demián Rugna
Artistic Collaborations
2023
99 min
Argentina
Synopsis
Argentinian terrors
In a remote village, two brothers find a mutilated corpse near their property. They are told that the strange things happening in their village are due to a demon spirit that has settled in the purulent body of that man. The evil from which he suffers soon spreads like an epidemic, affecting other inhabitants of the region.
Demián Rugna, the bad boy of current horror cinema, uses a deliciously anxiety-inducing direction to give this family drama remarkable scope, summoning up the real demons of a country in crisis.
Cast/Avec
- Ezequiel Rodríguez
- Demián Salomón
- Silvina Sabater
Screenplay
- Demián Rugna
Cinematographer
- Mariano Suarez
Sound
- Pablo Isola
Music
- Pablo Fuu
Production
- Aramos Cine
- Machaco Film
- Shudder
Screenings
Date
Hour
Place
Language
Subtitles
Screening
Saturday 09 March 2024
22:00
Lieux :
Cinémathèque
Audio :
Spanish
Subtitles :
English
Screening :
Public Screening
Trailer and photos
Critics
Demián Rugna
: Born in 1979 in Haedo, Argentina, Demián Rugna starts his career with short horror films and screenplays. He then moved on to feature films with La última entrada (2003). His fourth film, Terrified (2017), won numerous awards and became the highest-grossing horror film in Argentina. He recently contributed to an anthology entitled Satanic Hispanics (2022). When Evil Lurks is his fifth feature film.
