What a waste of my time!!!

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The film starts with the suicide of an old man , he results to be Theodore Logan , the father (Craig Hill, an American resident in Spain who played several Spaghetti Western) of Daniella Logan (Erica Prior) a young woman expert on entomology . Later on , she visits her crazy mummy (Teresa Gimpera, also married in real life to Craig Hill) at a mental hospital to tell the tragedy . Daniella seeking the truth about her origins goes to the graveyard his father and encounters that the dad's tomb had been profaned and his corpse was robbed . She decides to resolve it , and after gets a meeting a strange priest named Father Elias (O'Toole), who discloses her dark secrets about her parents . Later, Daniella meets a scared man , Toby Harris (Craig Stevenson), who claims to be his true father . Meanwhile , an obstinate Police Inspector named Potts (Frank O'Sullivan) is investigating the rare deeds are happening . Daniella gets a tape in which his father explains her the frightening events and uncovers a terrible truth . Based on the novel written by Ramsey Campbell , titled ¨Pact of the fathers¨ and well adapted by Paco Plaza. It contains suspense , plot-twists, tension , thrills with sensationalistic scenes . B-entertainment with a fairly suspenseful and horrifying story about an ancient fanatic religious cult of followers of Abraham ¨The Abrahamitas ¨ that murders the first-child . This tale about a young girl who is involved into a twisted intrigue begins well and grows more and more until a downbeat finale . Good special effects and efficient make-up by DDT that subsequently won Academy Award for ¨Pan's labyrinth¨ . Dark cinematography by Pablo Rosso and atmospheric musical score by Mikel Salas that includes religious chores . The flick is finely produced by the chairman of Filmax and Castelao Productions , Julio Fernandez who along with his brother Carlos Fernandez are two successful producers and experts on Horror genre , producers of hits as ¨The machinist¨ ,¨ Fragiles¨, ¨Darkness¨, and many others. The picture is professionally directed by Paco Plaza (Romasanta, OT) who along with by Jaume Balaguero are the main Spanish filmmakers expert on terror cinema , both of whom have realized the box-office big successes as ¨Rec 1¨ and ¨Rec 2¨ , among others . Rating : 6 , acceptable and passable film though slow moving .

Flat Spanish horror movie (shot in English) by the producers of the excellent Los Sin Nombre. Like Los Sin Nombre this is based on a Ramsey Campbell book. Both movies are also similar in that they deal with religious fanatics and endangered children, but while many of the same elements may be in place the second time around this movie doesn't deliver any big thrills or generate much suspense. The performances are bland and the director doesn't seem to have any idea of how to ratchet up the tension even though the story is inherently creepy and should have yielded a much more suspenseful film. Part of the problem lies in the script--the police detective here is so ludicrous and incompetent that his every scene becomes painful to watch and the heroine is simply too passive to generate much sympathy. She seems to be in a valium haze throughout the whole movie and never shows the urgency that would be vital for creating some sense of momentum in the still-born material. See Los Sin Nombre or that same director's Darkness instead.

Spanish horrors are not bad at all, some are smart with interesting stories, but is not the case of "Second Name". It is badly directed, badly acted and boring...boring...boring, a missed chance for an interesting story.

The movie was good yes, with some surprising mysteries. However, the ending not only unravels various mysteries, it unravels the plot of the movie to stupidity.Anyone that knows their bible (well) will realize that this "cult" breaks numerous Commandments. -Thou shalt not lie -Thou shalt not bear false witness -Thou shalt not killTheir actions make the whole cult a contradiction to religion (ie. trying to earn God's favor by condemning themselves)...Plain stupid.