The Last Matinee

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The Last Matinee

2020

Al morir la matinée

Directed by Maximiliano Contenti

No talking. No texting. No breathing.

In 1993, spectators at the last screening of a horror film at a downtown cinema fall one by one into the hands of a sadistic and ruthless killer.

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Ian West
Review by Ian West ★★★ Liked 2

90’s set Uruguayan slasher with giallo influences does what most modern movies akin to this lack… it’s not utterly hollow with cringe wink wink artificial moments slathered all over the place—it’s funnier than I thought it would be, utilizes a great location, and it actually feels like a real movie! 

I like how we spend a good 20+ minutes with the characters before the mayhem begins and just how nicely shot this movie looks/sounds with that movie theater screen glow adding to the atmosphere. The murder set pieces deliver and are definitely the highlights here… throat slits, skewered heads, and eye trauma steal the show but as much as I dug this it was missing that little extra oomph to push it…

mrblondeok
Review by mrblondeok ★★★★ Liked

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Helen
Review by Helen ★★★★★ 5

THAT CIGARETTE EXHALE! 
THAT PROJECTOR ROOM SCENE! 

Wow. Wow. Wow. 

This hooked me right off the bat! Seriously, what a great giallo homage - with fantastically stylized camerawork (lots of extreme closeups, slo-mo and my fav - the dolly zoom), gruesomely violent kills and a jangling score. Even the end credits are cool. 

Basically - lots of goo, lots of neon and lots of synth. 

Exactly my kind of film.

nahuutwm
Review by nahuutwm ★★★★ Liked 2

¿Puede ser pa? ¿Puede ser que sea una gran película de terror latinoamericana? El cariño y el mimo que el director le puso a esta película desborda la pantalla, debe tener un gran amor por el slasher porque es un hermoso homenaje al subgénero. Me encantó muchísimo ese conjunto de personajes tan habitúes de cualquier cine: el nene que se cola para ver una película para mayores, los pibes que se juntan y van a joder/hablar al cine más que a ver la película, los que van a garchar, etc. Ahora extraño más que nunca ir al cine.

Pd: Julieta Spinelli casate conmigo (?
Pd2: el viejo quejándose de que cierren el orto en el cine y yéndose enojado soy yo.

Tony the Terror
Review by Tony the Terror ★★★½ Liked 7

Ive been sick with a stomach thing all week so that’s been a fun time for me! Haven’t felt like watching anything at all until tonight so I picked this and it was a good choice.

Lots of nice touches, gialloesque vibes, cool lighting, nods to classics, and some beautifully done gore scenes that actually made me kinda nauseous in my current state. I should revisit it in a bit because I could see it growing on me when the opening scene with a guy eating an eyeball doesn’t make me want to run to the bathroom.

Oh well, back to bed for me!

ilsu
Review by ilsu ★★ 15

"Will you shut up and watch the movie!"

Most relatable slasher villain because if you’ve ever sat behind a group of people talking through the entire movie, or those who do some sexual things and make noises, or turn the cinema into a picnic, with bringing liter-sized drinks and the world's most foul-smelling chips, you too will briefly understand this killer.

may 2026 watched 📽

Maddy Flowers Sheehy
Review by Maddy Flowers Sheehy ★★★★ 7

Yes! An homage done right. Not just nostalgia bait, hollow and smoky, but a movie worth watching on its own — diving deeper into it’s influences past just some foggy filters and a wink to the audience. It trusts us to understand the references and we can trust the filmmakers to make a movie that’s worth watching on its own merits. 

The Last Matinee is a neo-giallo that truly captures the Italian horror heart in a modern film, set in Uruguay in the 90s. The one-location movie theater setting is so exciting and smart, and it gives the color palette some depth and ammo; the movie isn’t just neon-toned for neon’s sake, but the eerie glow comes from the lit…

Horror Syndrome
Review by Horror Syndrome ★★★ Liked

Overall fun and stylish, but they had the chance to kill this guy two separate times and didn't take it so I have to subtract points.

Kinda want to add points back for that cigarette smoke kill, that was pretty wild.

c h r i s
Review by c h r i s ★★★★ Liked 1

“Will you shut up and watch the movie!”

I’ve been seeing some serious hype surrounding this movie lately and it deserves every bit of it. 

A Spanish inspired giallo in a theater setting?! Sign me the fuck up.
Take me to Montevideo in 1993 where they’re advertising the poster of Dario Argento’s Opera, fucking. take. meeeee.
The Last Matinee was surprisingly pretty damn fun, although it doesn’t bring anything new to the slasher game it still manages to keep you fully invested, even if the characters are pretty dull, the gory in-your-face kills surely make up for it. 

Cinema Paradiso meets horror? Yes.
Black gloved killer? Yes. 
A whole other movie playing during the movie you’re watching? YESSS!!!

What can I say, I really dug this. 

More importantly… Where the fuck can I watch Dinosaurio? 👀

Slig001
Review by Slig001 ★★★½

Cinema set slasher; a tribute to the glory days of the eighties overlaid with Giallo vibes. The Last Matinee carries off its simple premise well. It's basically a maniac killing patrons at a Montevideo cinema during a stormy night. The film is really all about the style. Director Maximiliano Contenti is obviously up on his Argento stuff (that Opera poster on the wall is a nice touch!) Its all bold reds and greens, close ups and stylistically choreographed murder scenes. Cigarette smoke pouring from a throat slit, numerous knives in the heart and some eyeball violence with more besides. The film doesn't skimp on the blood and gore. It's well paced, spending a bit of time introducing the characters before…

selcen
Review by selcen ★★ 12

What's the movie about?

In 90s, retro, neon movie theater. I want to work there! The idea of a slasher takes place in movie theater is so fun. It's large, cozy, vintage. Okay, there's a crazy killer inside, but who cares? I wanna watch a horror movie there.

may 2026 🎭

Stiefe
Review by Stiefe ★★½

Während einer Filmvorführung in einem Kino der 1990er Jahre entdeckt die junge Vorführerin, dass ein brutaler Serienmörder unter den Zuschauern ist. Einer nach dem anderen wird zum Opfer und sie versucht verzweifelt, die verbleibenden Gäste zu retten.

In einem Halloween Themenmonat darf natürlich der obligatorische Slasher-Film nicht fehlen und als ich so durch Letterboxd gestöbert habe, ist mir dieser kleine, aber recht gut bewertete Horrorfilm aus Uruguay ins Auge gesprungen. Als Setting hat Regisseur und Drehbuchautor Maximiliano Contenti ein Kino gewählt, in dem gerade in der Spätvorstellung ein Creature-Horrorfilm gezeigt wird. Diese Entscheidung mochte ich tatsächlich sehr und war gespannt, wie er die Kills inszenieren würde.

Hier fangen aber schon die grundlegenden Probleme des Films an. Vieles ist schlichtweg unlogisch…