‘The Wait’ is Almost Over, This Acclaimed Folk Horror is Coming Home
Following an impressive festival run, Spanish director F. Javier Gutierrez’s chilling film The Wait (aka La Espera) has found a home in North America with Film Movement. This folk horror thriller features a stellar cast, including Victor Clavijo (Before the Fall), Ruth Diaz, Manuel Moron, and Pedro Casablanc (Strange Way of Life). The Wait follows Eladio (Clavijo), a groundskeeper on a powerful landowner’s estate in the Andalusian countryside. A fateful decision involving a bribe from a hunter unravels Eladio’s life, plunging him into a spiral of guilt, hatred, and a thirst for revenge. The film is from Gutierrez’s Unfiled Films, Nostromo Pictures (“Penny Dreadful”), and Spal Films ( Gutierrez’s previous film Before the Fall). The film premiered at Fantastic Fest and garnered accolades at festivals worldwide, including Sitges, Shanghai, Vancouver, and Oldenburg. It won over critics, with HorrorFuel’s Joseph Perry calling it “gripping” and “directed superbly” in his festival review. Critics have lauded the film’s intensity. The Wait has been
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