A couple with a recently born child arrive at their new home. It is a wonderful old house that has been completely renovated and the ideal place to start life as a family. The couple go to bed after a tiring day. Before going to bed, the couple go and check the child monitor that has been installed in the baby's bedroom. It is the very latest model. Not only does it allow you to listen in while the baby is sleeping, it lets you watch the baby as well.... They will soon discover that there is someone else living in this house, someone whose presence can be felt every night, right beside their baby's cradle....
In recent years Spain has become one of the bigger players on the horror market, something that is really cool because first off the films oftentimes seem to know what they're doing and secondly, it simply provides some variation. Like many of you reading this, I have this problem that I've been watching way too much horror for too many years which makes a lot of films seem predicatable, but what's even worse, it's almost impossible getting really scared anymore. So when this little Spanish gem, The Baby's Room, came along I was pleasantly surprised because this one truly has some quality scares to offer.
Álex de la Iglesia's film tells the story of a young couple with a baby that moves in to a new big house. Some friends come to visit and gives the couple a baby monitor so they'll be able to hear if the baby starts crying or whatever. But the first night when using it, it sounds like there's someone else that is also present in the baby's room. The father needs to figure this one out and buys a wireless TV with night-vision to be able to see the baby (and if there's really someone else in the room too.) Well, there is someone else in the room too and it all turns pretty chaotic to say the least. Since I don't want to give any spoilers I'm just gonna stop right here and now, but trust me, this flick is definitely worth the time.
 
Not even five minutes into the movie the first scare is delivered upon the viewer and my oh my, this one almost made me fall off the couch. From there on it keeps building, an eerie feeling that is impossible to shake off sets in and pretty much never lets go until the very end of the film. Also, while a lot of horror flicks can succeed delivering one or two good scares throughout the course of their run, for most of the time they have a tendency to not make it at the end, (meaning that the outcome oftentimes suck.) But The Baby's Room is in fact one of those movies that do deliver at the end which makes it really worth watching.
The Baby's Room has a really good structure and it's well-explained as well so you'll never feel cheated for not being able to figure out the actual ending. Moreover, it's quite a disturbing flick and even though it deals with the supernatural, don't just expect yet another typical ghost flick as this one actually stepped up a notch. It looks slick, the acting is good and best of all, it is all horror all the way.
The Baby's Room is the first one in a series of Spanish movies called 6 Films to Keep You Awake and even though I can't recommend the series, I can definitely recommend this flick. The horror is more of the psychological kind and chances that it'll get under your skin is pretty damn high, so do yourself a favor and check this one out.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Films to Keep You Awake: The Baby's Room, Películas para no dormir: La habitación del niño
MOVIE YEAR: 2006
DIRECTOR: Álex de la Iglesia
WRITING CREDITS: Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Javier Gutiérrez, Leonor Watling, Sancho Gracia
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: 77 min
RATING: 9/10
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