The Haunting (2009 film)

The plot follows the plight of Francesca, a pediatrician coping with the sudden death of her baby who moves to a countryside manor with her husband Pedro to seek solace and recovery from her trauma.

The supernatural mystery is connected to the existence of a B-side of "secret" NO-DO newsreels commissioned by the Francoist regime (and hidden by the Catholic Church) recording every miraculous development in Spain and which ended up stumbling upon some dark gods.

[4] The review in Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be an "appreciable" new wrinkle to the cinema of Arrebato, Buñuel's catholic anti-clericalism and Don Coscarelli's plot twists, also highlighting the performance by Torrent.

[1] The review in El Mundo rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing about a film full of flaws, generally attributable to the screenplay and, above all, to the budget shortcomings, otherwise featuring an "uneven but very entertaining story" and positively highlighting the insertion of a chapter with historical plausibility within a traditional horror story.

[7] Jordi Costa [es] of El País considered that even if there are some predictable twists and a few missteps and the film suffers from budgetary constraints, "this story of martyrs and monstrous gods" "deserves to find its audience".