Check your mirrors and activate your security cameras. A new horror film is hitting theaters, and it’s already generating significant international buzz! We are discussing The Wailing. A chilling new clip has just been released that perfectly captures the film’s inescapable terror. It may leave you sleepless tonight.
The premise of the clip is pure, modern horror anxiety: We see a woman filming herself on her phone as she drifts off to sleep. As she loses consciousness, the camera keeps rolling, and we watch in silent horror as an entity slips into the bed with her.
Three Women, Two Decades, One Inescapable Nightmare
The Wailing is the feature-film debut of director Pedro Martín-Calero, a high-concept, time-and-space-bending thriller about three women caught in the grip of the same ancient, malevolent force. The complex, interwoven narrative is what makes this film so compelling:
Andrea (Ester Expósito), a university student in present-day Madrid, lives a seemingly normal life until the shocking murder of her boyfriend shatters her world. That’s when she starts noticing a mysterious entity that follows her everywhere—a physical manifestation of inescapable grief and terror. Then there’s Marie (Mathirlde Ollivie). She is a woman in Buenos Aires, twenty years prior, who tragically suffered the same soul-crushing fate, confirming that this terror is generational and geographical. Finally, there is Camila (Malena Villa), a determined documentarian who becomes obsessed with the eerie connection among these women. She learns about the devastating threat they faced across the decades, but naturally, no one will believe her dire warnings.
Across time and space, three seemingly unconnected women are bound together by an inescapable terror. This is the definition of a high-concept haunting—a thrilling, global mystery tied to a single, devastating supernatural secret.
A Festival Darling with Serious Pedigree
If you need proof that this film is delivering, look at the director’s resume. Martín-Calero was nominated for a highly coveted Best New Director Goya Award in 2025 (the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars!). That is an incredible recognition for a first-time horror director.
With a script co-written by Martín-Calero and Isabel Peña, and featuring great performances from Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier, and Malena Villa, The Wailing looks set to be the next great international horror hit. This is smart, beautiful, and intensely terrifying cinema. You can watch The Wailing now on VOD and Digital!
