Sadly Over-hyped

Memorable, crazy movie

Good start, but then it gets ruined

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Los sin nombre wins you over from the first moment with its beautiful 90s film visual style. For people who grew up in that era, seeing that particular image style instantly creates positive predisposition.This movie is akin to some very famous American 90s thrillers like 8mm or Se7en to name a few. The characters are very well built, and the convincing performances really make one feel involved with the psychological torture they are going through. The film feels real, and as a result, the pain feels real too. Tension builds on a steady pace throughout the film, slowly unveiling a mystery that keeps the viewer's attention at all times, generating some well crafted scares, without resorting to cheap jump scares but by using macabre and disturbing imagery. The movie really, really gets you involved well into its first half.Unfortunately it doesn't entirely follow through to the great expectations that are created. The great pace is kind of broken, leading to spasmodic story forwarding. It never stops being creepy, but it just doesn't deliver when it has to. Avoiding spoilers, let's just say that the ending is rushed, predictable and no-it's not much of a twist really.Is that enough to make the movie not worth seeing? Of course not. It is a beautifully crafted thriller, that just builds so much that it just fails to live up to. Nevertheless, a movie that can shake you and give you a hard time sleeping after screening.

I read Ramsey Campbell's The Nameless a few years ago and I bought the movie on video when it came out. The film, a Spanish film is a dark film that does do the book justice. The film goes into very dark territory indeed, with child murders, mutilated bodies, a psychotic ex-boyfriend and a character (Santini) that just radiates evil. The story itself is filled with suspense when the mother of a young girl supposedly murdered begins to receive phones call from her. From there on, the mother, still grieving is caught in a game of cat and mouse along with the recently retired detective and a journalist who try to discover just who or what The Nameless are. I felt a little let down at the end though because I felt it all ended a little too abruptly, but other than that, I found the movie to be extremely creepy indeed. It still is one of the better horror film to come out of Spain though and I recommend it highly.

"The Nameless" is a Spanish film that blends elements of psychological horror with Italian polizieschi (Italo-crime) while keeping with a traditional, modernistic iconoclasm of sorts. The film focuses on a fringe cult networked throughout the hidden realms of polite society, lurking in the shadows in order to manipulate and nurture the darker elements of fate by heralding in a sort of abysmal chaos that feeds on the sorrows of humanity. This film is directed by Jaume Balagueró and follows Claudia, a mother whom after the death of her daughter, tries desperately to put the pieces of her life back together. On the anniversary of the tragic abduction, and inevitable demise of the daughter, the mother struggles to hold things together as new sinister evidence comes to light that suggest a less fatal fate for the child. Events are brought to light that create an even darker nightmare for Claudia to endure in order gain the answers, and daughter that she desperately seeks. "The Nameless" begins with a very haunting, somber atmospheric surrealism that creates a hollow since of desperation, which carries strongly throughout the whole film. There is coldness and loss emanating in this film that pulls at the viewer emotionally. Unfortunately it is also meet with almost dull, humdrum-ness as the somber becomes numbness, which pulses into an almost boredom for the viewer as we long for some more thrilling material to give rise, and shed a darkened excitement to the movie. So basically for the first third of this film you are required to have patients because this is a story that marinates before it climaxes. And this movie does have some minor climaxes that begin in the middle of the film. It is an intense plot that opens up a whole new realm of social perversion and lack of awareness of the people we share our social spaces with. Much like Italian giallos tend to do, "The Nameless" builds with a mournful nature, almost mesmerizing the as the mother's story unfolds. The twisted enlightenment that she gains, in searching for her daughter, opens up a whole new sense of heartfelt dread when the true circumstances of her daughter's situation come to light. Soon we are given gory, and thrilling elements that make the long wait worthwhile. The suspense is a steady, low pulse almost until the end of the film, with only those minor climaxes that fluctuate within the story. The gruesome actions displayed during this psychological ebb 'n' flow are gory and rewarding. The subtext, and the subject matter both create an unnerving quality, that makes the anticipation of what will come next truly exciting. Plus the blunt, quick finality of it all is super climactic. "The Nameless" is not for all, however. If you are a fan of slow-moving, emotional melodramas that play with elements of horror, giallo, and thriller, with a steady heartbeat, then this film is worth checking out. There is a lot of character driven drama with minimal scenes of actual gory horror in this movie so be warned, if your are seeking the over- the-top giallo, filled with all things gruesome. This film is more of a rated –R story, more typical to TV movies than theatrical release, save the fact that it puts the subject matter, and intent in your face with bluntness. Also the scenes of death and fatal ending that some of the cast meet would never make it on television.-well not American television and never with such point blank actuality. I enjoyed this movie but it took the entire length of the film to appreciate the depth and character that this movie holds.

I've seen lots and lots of horror movies. It's by far my favourite genre. I like a good scary movie; I also happen to like those laughable so-bad-it's-good kinds of movies; I even tend to forgive MEDIOCRE movies that rely on "jump scares" and "teen blood" to hold your attention. For good or bad, it's still entertainment.What I can't forgive, what I loathe, is, well, a BORING movie; and that's the capital sin of "The Nameless", its real "ultimate atrocity". For a start, this movie is slow. Let's face it, you really can't afford to be slow unless you have a good plot and a good cast, and "The Nameless" has neither.The plot is shallow, painfully so: clearly, no creative effort whatsoever was put into it. We're talking "copy-pasted straight from wikipedia" levels of dullness here. This is especially mortifying since the director stubbornly and dishonestly refuses to acknowledge it, and instead insists on feigning suspense where there's *none*.With a slow, broken pace and an unimaginative, tired plot, you're left trying your very best to sympathize with the characters in a half-willed attempt to justify what seems more and more like a waste of time. Well, too bad! The characters are clichéd, they're onedimensional and just fail to come alive. It feels like even their writer didn't really care for them either.So you hope beyond hope, you patiently wait for it to reach its climax, on its own terms, you keep waiting for it to surprise you, disturb you, redeem itself *somehow*... hey, this thing is supposed to be really... evil, and "extreme", right? Something *big* is bound to happen. Sooner or later. Or not. Suddenly, it's over.