Loved this! So much fun… how has there not been a sequel released?! The ending was perfect as is, but also could have easily led to another film. Here’s hoping🤞

The story started out just ok, but what kept me around was the headstrong character Usue. She’s endearingly likable, & I wanted to know more! Things started to get interesting when the Blacksmith’s house was introduced. And then when the viewer is shown the secret he had hiding inside (!), & later several of the character’s backstories (+ how they intersected).

Impressive set design - I especially liked the cross-embellished fortress walls surrounding the Blachsmith’s home. 

The best thing about this film is the demons! LOVED!!! Sartael reminded me of a character…

“Don’t close the gates, I’m garbage!” 

A cool little foreign film. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie in Basque before. It legit sounds like no language I’ve ever heard before, which lent itself nicely to the fantastical feel of the movie. 

Sartael is probably my favorite part of the film. In fact this moves could really be renamed as “Sartael and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” Not to mention his love affair with that one bear trap. He’s just so pathetic that you can’t help but root for him. Which leads me to maybe my biggest gripe with the movie. I couldn’t tell what I was supposed to feel about the demons/Hell aspect of the…

Based on the Basque folklore version of The Smith and the Devil, Paul Urkijo Alijo's dark fantasy horror movie its almost a delight for any fan of the genre as it does a great job balancing some very big production value with some B movie elements to create a fun journey into the mouth of hell.

Performances for the most time are really great with Kandido Uranga delivering a quite yet strong performance as the titular blacksmith. Eneko Sagardoy as the imprisoned demon was also a delight with its terrifying makeup, manic persona and cheeky humor. The little girl was alright, though she was written in a way I simply didn't care and love her to the point it kinda…

Not only this is folk horror, but in an extinct variation of a particular ethnic tongue. For a few years now, this picture has been in my Netflix queue; about time I pulled the trigger. The Spanish/French production was set and filmed in the Basque region-to be brief, the Basque are an ethnic group from that part of the world who have their own distinct culture. This 19th century tale is not only based on local folklore, it's in a dialect of Basque from the time that is now extinct.

Turns out, I enjoyed the film more than some & now there are regrets that it wasn't streamed much sooner by me. It's a particular version of an Indo-European story, The…