George MacKay

Anya Taylor-Joy

Charlie Heaton

Mia Goth

Matthew Stagg

Nicola Harrison

Kyle Soller

Tom Fisher

Myra Kathryn Pearse

Paul Jesson

Robert Strange

Laura Brook

Adam Quintero

Sergio Burmann

Kike Maíllo

Nuria Mbomio

Grace McComisky

Chris Fitzpatrick

Margarita Huguet

F. Javier Soto

Olga Pujalte López

Pep Parés Font

Edu Glez

Roberto Álvarez Espinedo

Marc Carreres

Roberto Bonacini

César Solar

Cuco Usín

Javier González Leonardo

Celine Gravez

Martí Maluquer

Almudena Cormenzana

J. A. Bayona

Sergio G. Sánchez

Fernando Velázquez

Oriol Tarragó

Xavi Giménez

Belén Atienza

Álvaro Augustín

Ghislain Barrois

Elena Ruiz

Karen Lindsay-Stewart

Patrick Salvador

Jaime Anduiza

Sonia Grande

Denise Kum

Pelayo Gutiérrez

Tamara Arévalo

Lucas Fernández

Andrea Paralta

Marc Gonell

Marta Monistrol

Boi Martínez

Marc Orts

Enric Masip

Edu Canet

Sergi Bartrolí

Chisko Blanco

Nacho Martinez

Francesc Carreras

Beatriz Delgado

Quim Vives

Emily Jacobs

Ana Cuerda

Wanda Morales

Sara Cabrera

Ana Charte

Glòria Blanes

Cristina Sánchez Belmonte

Àlex Villagrasa

Daniel Adams

Sandra Hermida

Abraham F. Apresa

Coque F. Lahera

Chris Lyons

Jorge Tuca

Paloma Molina

Juan Serrano

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El secreto de Marrowbone

Marrowbone

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Mediaset España

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Telecinco Cinema

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United States of America

Mark Rushow

I don't believe I've ever seen anything quite like it. I highly recommend it.

Gimly

_"Down on your marrowbones and pray!"_

A pretty good collection of up-and-comers with a solid enough premise told relatively efficiently, featuring a mix of hardline-by-the-numbers horror and only-mostly-cliche horror, but it lacks that next step to take it over the line into being actually good.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

Marrowbone is another drama being mismarketed as a horror movie. While I would agree that Marrowbone has some thriller elements, I felt that fear in the horror sense as much as horror felt through dread. Aside from the disappointment upon the realization that the trailers mislead me, Marrowbone is is a very solid film. All of the acting is great (although George MacKay doesn't really portray pain very authentically), the set is both beautiful and haunting, the camera work makes some memorable scenes, and the story is compelling. The Spanish title is The Secret of Marrowbone, which is a much better title. While I wasn't satisfied with the ending they chose and I still have unaddressed plot holes that still bother me, Marrowbone drew me in and I was pleased with the journey.

Filipe Manuel Neto

**A good psychological horror movie.**

For me, the only good thing about Halloween is the amount of horror movies on television. The Anglo-Saxon reader, don't get me wrong, I know it's a tradition very dear to the Americans and the British, and I respect that, in the same way I respect Dia de Los Muertos. But in my country, this tradition is non-existent. I only started hearing about it fifteen years ago, due to an irresistible alliance between commerce (always interested in selling trinkets and masks left over from Carnival) and the weight of globalization, which turns cultural variety into a homogeneous, tasteless soup. What we have in my country is just the Catholic celebration of All Saints and, the next day, the religious feast of the deceased, with the traditional pilgrimage to the cemeteries. For those who are not Christian or have no one dear in the cemetery, maybe these are days like any other. But let's get down to business!

As you can see, I saw this movie for Halloween, and I really liked what I saw. Despite the presence of Sérgio Sánchez, who signs the script and guarantees impeccable direction, and despite having been filmed and produced in Spain, the film features English-speaking actors and the entire story takes place in the United States. The script begins with the arrival of a mother, with her children, to her family home, which has been closed for a long time. It's clear from the start that they are on the run and hiding from an abusive husband/father left in Europe. Everything goes well until the mother's death, who leaves the children in the care of the eldest. From then on, they try to hide her death until he turns 21, the age from which he will be entitled to be the brothers' legal guardian, thus ensuring that they all remain together.

There's so much more to the script, it's not just a family melodrama about close-knit brothers and the dangers of an abusive father. Terror is very present in the remains of that decrepit house, where something else is present, and a dark secret hidden somewhere on the upper floor, totally inaccessible. The young orphans' relationship with Allie, their closest neighbor, and with a lawyer from the nearby town, will be the impetus for new developments, which will lead us to know more about the young people, and what really exists in that isolated house. The film is full of twists, and some of them surprised me a little.

George MacKay is the great protagonist of the film and gives us a truly superb, deep and sometimes disturbing interpretation. Despite the quality of the cast, in general, being good, he stands out from the others and steals our attention whenever he appears. Charlie Heaton is another good addition, and especially shines in the scenes where he plays with MacKay, in particular in his various conflicts. Tom Fisher is quite effective as a villain, even though he is not happy with his character, stripped of any depth and turned into a mad beast, a closet monster determined to eat little children. Anya Taylor-Joy was a nice and effective addition, but it has very little to do.

Technically, the film relies heavily on cinematography, filming locations, sound effects and set design. The cinematography takes advantage of the cold colors and misty days, as well as the dim light from the interiors of the house, and from the lit candles, to help create a tense and suitably somber atmosphere, which is thickened by the sound effects, very well used, and by the scenery of the country house, aged and in need of works. The house is transformed, as in other scary house movies, into an additional character in the plot, with its own personality and its own history and quirks. The choice of costumes and cars puts us in tune with the time when everything happens (the 50s). However, it lacks an effective and truly memorable soundtrack.

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