Veronica

2017 ‘Verónica’ Directed by Paco Plaza

Someone answered your call.

Madrid, June 1991. After celebrating a session of Ouija with her friends, Verónica is besieged by dangerous supernatural presences that threaten to harm her entire family.

Sandra Escacena Bruna González Claudia Placer Iván Chavero Ana Torrent Consuelo Trujillo Ángela Fabián Carla Campra Chema Adeva Miranda Gas Luis Rallo Maru Valdivielso Iñaki Nebreda Peñagarikano Samuel Romero Sonia Almarcha Carlos Cristino Nayara Feito Josu Bravo Núria Gago Leticia Dolera Gema Matarranz Natalia Mateo

Alternative Titles

Veronica: Spiel mit dem Teufel, La posesión de Verónica, Уиджи: Проклятие Вероники, Eclipse, El expediente, Verónica: la posesión del diablo, Verônica

horror

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Review by jade 31

this wasn’t even that scary I’m just convinced white people are afraid of anything that isn’t in English
Review by Cameron ★★★★½ 8

I see plenty of reviews of this movie, bashing its scariness. Funnily enough considering the type of movie it is, it's not awash with lame jump scares that are apparently the measurement for scares these days. Also the scariness of a horror film is not a valid criticism, the genre is not called a scary film. The role of the genre is to horrify in multiple different ways, and if it scares you well that's great because they can do that as well. The Thing doesn't scare me but it's a great horror film! I don't know where the fuck that mentality came from, but I blame it on Paranormal Activity.
This movie did scare me though, several sequences had…
Review by Lulu ★★★★ 4

IF YOU'RE A WHITE PERSON STOP FUCKING WITH OUIJA BOARDS RIGHT THIS INSTANT. LEARN FROM YOUR PEOPLE'S HISTORY.
Review by Erik Nordgren ★★★★½ 1

"get ready to clench your ass cheeks for almost 2 straight hours, idiot"
-Paco Plaza to me as he launches my dumb stupid ass headfirst into one of the most visually striking, expertly edited, and well acted horror movies in years.
Review by zachhayes ★★★★ 1

the humanoid from annihilation really going tf off in this huh?
Review by Cameron Bertram ★★★ 2

Executive A: How can we make the ghost scarier?
Executive B: What if it was her dead father.
Executive A: Scary but not scary enough.
Executive B: What if he was naked?
Review by Allison M. 🌱 ★★★ 2

Veronica is a very standard horror film that is mainly effective in its scares through the use of the score. The main actress is very good and it works. The epilogue is interesting. No complaints.
Vegan alert:
Milk spilled all over the floor.
Review by Biscoito18 ★★½

Horror movies involving Ouija boards are so common in the genre that there's even a site to catalog all the productions (movies and tv) of this odd subgenre.
Unfortunately, in most cases, these films are super cheap and made just to appeal to an undemanding teen audience. But there are exceptions such as 2016's "Ouija: Origin of Evil".
In the first act, "Veronica" seemed to be another exception to the rule with good characters, great performances including natural and charismatic child actors, a beautiful production and a solid direction by Paco Plaza (REC movies). But as the plot unfolds, I kept waiting for an original moment, a twist or, at least, scenes that kept the tension going for more than…
Review by Etienne Garde ★★½ 1

Fängt ganz gut an, lässt aber leider auch gut nach. Paar nette Anspielungen an Filme wie "Der Exorzist" und ein Carpenter-ähnlicher Soundtrack (der bisweilen überhaupt nicht passt), reissen die 0815 Story dann leider auch nicht mehr raus.
Review by CinemaClown ★★★ 3

Being dubbed “the scariest horror film ever” by Netflix audience is the worst thing that could have happened to this Spanish chiller. Sure the hype generated by the easily scared people garnered this foreign language film a broader viewership but it also invited higher expectations which Verónica is unfortunately unable to fulfil.
The story of Verónica follows a teenage girl who decides to conduct a séance with her friends through an Ouija board during a total solar eclipse which goes horribly wrong. Sensing a strange presence around her ever since, she begins to lose her grasp on reality and desperately tries to protect her family after learning more about the evil she inadvertently unleashed.
Directed by Paco Plaza (best known…
Review by Juan Castillo ★★★½ 4

Paco Plaza poniendo en práctica las enseñanzas de James Wan, de Chéjov y de Saura. O lo que es lo mismo, apostando fuerte –ese punto de vista policial– por un cine de terror sobrenatural anclado en las hemerotecas, amortizando con sabiduría cada elemento del relato –jingles incluidos– y recreando acertadamente un cosmos perfectamente reconocible –a excepción de su idea de "fiesta en casa de unos padres"– para trascenderlo y llegar a alegorías de alcance universal.
Además, Verónica da miedo y da pena. Como debe ser.
Review by Ian ★★★

I think the idea that it's based on true events is practically the only thing that makes it scary.
Gotta love the nun scenes tho.

Recent reviews

Review by valentina ★★½

antoñito mataría por tiiiiii
Review by orionbiishop ★★★★★

HELLO THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOD UM VERY SCARY 10/10 thank u
Review by adhutch ★★★

Middle was long
Review by Dr_Ward_4 ★★★

I'm not the only one to say this, but: What are articles talking about calling this the scariest movie ever? There was one scene where it felt slightly tense for me but the rest was pretty boring. It was still an interesting story to watch and I was surprised to find out it was based on a true story. It was a good movie, and nice to see a spanish film become mainstream. But still I watched it to be scared and in that department I was underwhelmed.
Review by Brookzzz ★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

This movie looks like me after I finished high school, trying to get into all kinds of things thinking that I would achieve something. Too many cliches in the movie, many mistakes such as: playing the Ouija with your own brothers, having other possibilities, or Rosa (her friend) tell her that she told her that she would die on the 14th, the same day the 14th!?
Anyway, I feel like there was a good handling of shots and camera movements, enough ways to show Vero's loneliness and her conflict with herself. I can’t judge his performance or that of the children, good work from that part definitely.
I feel like it would have been much more successful if it hadn’t been released as a HORROR MOVIE.
Review by gael ♡ !! ★★★★½

i hate how underrated spanish horror films are.
Review by JoeGKuri ★★½

La historia es muy cliché pero vaya que las actuaciones son buenas, se esfuerzan y está bien hecha.
Review by hannahrp23 ★★★★½

The first time I watched it I was so scared I had to turn it off and finish it later (it was dark and I was in an unfamiliar place). It’s really well made, the directing is great, and the movie had a good plot. All the actors are good, even the children.
Review by Nadya Mutiarani ★★½

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Review by Kamron Morgan ★★★★

Director Paco Plaza’s Verónica is a supernatural horror film inspired by the true story of Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro. The film is a well-executed take on a familiar story of possession. The story builds slowly, sometimes too slowly, but becomes amazing during the final third. I liked the ending quite a bit, and the incorporation of pictures from the actual crime scene was a nice touch that sent the creepiness factor through the roof. There were quite a few good scares in the film, nothing felt forced or cheap.
The film has a cool style, mostly thanks to the amazing soundtrack, consisting of great Spanish rock from Heroes Del Silencio and some eerie synth-heavy instrumental tracks. There were quite a few…
Review by PDaddyBeans ★★★

It was fine. Nothing groundbreaking, nothing "bad." Just enjoyable.
Review by jay_skwid ★½

generic mind fuck thriller