In a small town in the peruvian Andes, the strange death of a herder awakens the fear to the unknown. Two young forensics and a rebel cop are in charge of the investigation and, in the process, will reveal a shocking and dangerous legend hidden for centuries.
더 라이트 온 더 힐
Peru Peru 
Noite chuvosa pede um filme.
La Luz en el Cerro é uma ótima escolha. Dirigido por Ricardo Velarde, este suspense peruano mergulha no mistério e no folclore andino, trazendo elementos sobrenaturais ligados a uma lenda ancestral.
A história se inicia com a morte enigmática de um pastor em uma aldeia remota dos Andes. A polícia local, junto com dois jovens peritos forenses, inicia uma investigação para esclarecer a causa e as circunstâncias do falecimento.
À medida que o filme avança, novas camadas se revelam até que aquela morte não seja mais o cerne da narrativa. Os principais personagens guardam segredos e traumas do passado que resultam em escolhas marcadas por dilemas pessoais e atitudes imprudentes, enquanto as recentes descobertas indicam uma possível explicação para o mistério.
Acho o cinema sul-americano rico e diferente, apesar de muitas vezes subestimado. As lendas, lugares e pessoas que fazem parte deste filme são fascinantes e despertam o desejo de conhecer melhor nossas raízes.
I had kind of high expectations for this movie coming into it. Having been trying to see it for a while, and this was kind of my last chance to do so, maybe for a long time. And despite the expectations, and the wait, i have to say i really fucking loved this film.
The director talked to the audience before the screening and mentioned that despite how the movie was sold, it wasn't horror movie, and he was right, is a mystery, and one very well done. But its also filmed a lot of the time like a horror movie. Which is of the many reasons why the movie leaves such a big impression. It has a very strong…
Metalheads working in a morgue feels like one of those stereotypes that's secretly true
As a sister of 3 archeologists I can’t stand huaqueos
A nice little movie about greed and taking advantage of the others misfortune.
I wish they had better developed the folklore stuff, the legend behind the plot.
And, last but not least, two Death Metal fans wearing a Cannibal Corpse and a Carcass T-Shirt while working on a morgue it's just beautiful.
With one of Autopsy, it would have been perfect xD
Now in English, because I've seen English speaking people review this film so it must be available somewhere with subtitles.
La Luz en el Cerro is a peruvian mystery/drama and, if you feel liberal (like the list where I first heard about this movie), horror. It's set in a small town in Perú's Andes, where an Indigenous man appears dead in odd circunstances in the mountain-fields his family owns. The local bad guys, a cop and two medics working at the morgue get involved in the mystery, as it becomes more and more obvious there's something ($$) to get out of it.
Many people said this movie is about greed and it is, but I believe it's also about the…
I really enjoyed this. The subtext of indigenous Peruvians reclaiming what is theirs and doing what they want with it is strong. I also love the tone of this movie, it isn't horror, but it has some fun attempts at jumpscares. It feels like a 90s Disney or Nickelodeon show like Are You Afraid of the Dark or So Weird. That kind of light tone with darkness and tension results in breezy watch with a tinge of nostalgia. That being said, it does have some gruesome aspects. The film centers around two forensic pathologists and their work is brutal, but it is never gore for the sake of gore. Those pathologists also wear some of the sickest death metal shirts money can buy. Also, Stephanie Orúe is a babe.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
After the mysterious death of a local shepherd. A remote village is overcome with fear as talk spreads of an ancient treasure hidden away in the hills where the body was found.
Lovecraft vibes (mainly Color of out Space) seeps from this Peruvian enigmatic drama - ‘The Light on the Hill‘, especially in the promising, and richly layered first-half. Atmospheric locations, and a lingering sense of unease are wasted on an encroaching mystery that ends on a mundane revelation when compared to where to might have headed. Maybe I was just disappointed by its grounded denouncement, and a shifting focus from possibly eerie supernatural interference / superstitious fear as more of a facade to hide something much closer to home - greed and deception. So it surprised me, but just left me unsatisfied. The horror tag is very misleading.
el enemigo de un peruano siempre será otro limeño
"Tapado? Hay mucha gente que busca y pierde todo, pierde casas, familias... y nunca encuentran nada"
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Me animé a ver esta película porque pensé que sería de terror. En otras circunstancias me habría cagado en esta película por no haber sido de terror, pero creo que el producto final fue aún más interesante que una película de terror. Esto es básicamente un thriller/drama de crimen, con algunos elementos cuasi sobrenaturales.
Aquí básicamente vamos a seguir a dos metalheads que están hartos de trabajar en un pequeño pueblo como forenses. A la par, tenemos al oficial Padilla, quien aparentemente es la única fuerza policial en todo el pueblo. Él es el personaje que más me gustó, y con quién más empatice, es por eso que su final no solo me puso triste, sino que sentí algo forzado…
I went into this expecting horror (it has a lot of horror elements and is filmed with the language of horror) but it's actually a very compelling mystery/thriller. I love the tense stylistic choices and the editing. If you're squeamish, this definitely has some grody morgue and autopsy imagery too that really lends to the horror feeling.
When a shepherd dies mysteriously of unknown causes, a coroner uncovers a secret that could make him and his friend rich- but what unfolds because of this discovery has horrifying consequences for them and the small Peruvian village they're working in. There's also a policeman with a troubled history and a bad temper, a pair of gangsters out for the widow's land, and…
