Don't Listen

Don't Listen
Theatrical release poster
SpanishVoces
Directed byÁngel Gómez Hernández
Screenplay bySantiago Díaz
Story by
  • Ángel Gómez
  • Víctor Gado
Starring
CinematographyPablo Rosso
Edited by
  • Victoria Martín
  • Mario Sierra
Music byJesús Díaz
Production
companies
  • Feelgood Media
  • Kowalski Films
  • LaNube
  • Estudio V
Distributed byeOne Films Spain
Release date
  • 24 July 2020 (2020-07-24)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Don't Listen (Spanish: Voces, lit. 'Voices') is a 2020 Spanish supernatural horror thriller film directed by Ángel Gómez Hernández [de] in his feature film debut. Its cast features Rodolfo Sancho, Ana Fernández, Ramón Barea, and Belén Fabra, among others.

Plot

Upon moving in a new home with their 8-year-old son Eric, Daniel and Sara are upended by psychophonies, first experienced by Eric and thus attributed by a psychologist to the kid's lack of stability and his own imagination. Seasoned parapsychologist Germán and his daughter Ruth (a sceptic sound engineer) turn in to provide help to Daniel.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Santiago Díaz, based on an original story by Ángel Gómez and Víctor Gado.[5] The film is a Feelgood Media, Kowalski Films, LaNube, and Estudio V production, with the participation of RTVE and Canal Sur, and support from ICAA.[6][7] Shooting locations included Torrelodones.[8]

Release

Distributed by eOne Films Spain,[7] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 24 July 2020.

Reception

Chad Collins of Dread Central rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, assessing that "not every jump scare in Don't Listen works, but those that do work like gangbusters", with the film managing to be "gnarly and mean in ways that most haunted house movies aren't".[9]

Daniel Quesada of HobbyConsolas rated the film 79 out of 100 points ("good"), considering that while it is clear that the film is not precisely inventing the wheel, it turns out to be a "great bet for summer terror and has the potential to be part of something bigger".[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Mullor, Mireia (27 November 2020). "'Voces': El final explicado de la película de terror española en Netflix". esquire.com.
  2. ^ Insausti, Mikel (24 July 2020). "'Voces': Psicofonías en un caserón que provocan el terror". naiz.eus.
  3. ^ a b c d e Budowski, Jade (1 December 2020). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Don't Listen' On Netflix, An Extremely Creepy (If Familiar) Spanish-Language Horror Flick". decider.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Voces". HobbyConsolas. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ^ Boquerini (2 March 2020). "'Voces': psicofonías terroríficas". El Correo.
  6. ^ López, Quino (22 May 2020). "Llega 'Voces', terror 'made in' Algeciras". Europa Sur. Grupo Joly.
  7. ^ a b "'Voces' – estreno en cines 24 de julio". Audiovisual451. 24 July 2020.
  8. ^ Ortega, Alejandro (2 November 2020). "'Madrid Fantastic', la guía para conocer los lugares de Madrid donde se han rodado películas fantásticas". La Razón.
  9. ^ Collins, Chad (30 November 2020). "Don't Listen Review–Netflix's Latest Haunted House is Terrifying". Dread Central.
  10. ^ Quesada, Daniel (11 August 2020). "Crítica de Voces, una pequeña sorpresa del cine de terror español". HobbyConsolas.