A pretty typical effort by this Mexican-born director who said at the beginning of his career that he wanted to produce horror films. And so he has. This one was a little easier on the viewer's psyche than Pan's Labyrinth, his last, too-violent film
This one had his trademark features: beautiful lighting and camera work, music which telegraphed the frightening moments, not-quite preposterous storyline and good acting from all hands.
I've never found his films as good as I wanted them to be but he's a careful craftsman who takes great pride in his work and it pleases me that he continues to get funding for his projects which don't make a lot of money but always entertain.
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