Drama · Fantasy · Horror
Spanish (Arrebato)
1980 · Directed by Iván Zulueta · 110 min
José, a burnt-out horror director with a heroin habit, receives a package from a stranger named Pedro: a reel of Super 8 film and an audio tape. What follows is a hazy, intimate study of obsession, addiction and the pull of the camera, set in post-Franco Madrid.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining cult film of Spain's transition to democracy, it joined the new freedom of the late 1970s to an experimental, deeply personal view of cinema, and its reputation has grown steadily since release.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film about what looking through a lens does to a person, not as a conventional horror story.
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