The lone horror film at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival is ATROCIOUS, which will have its U.S. premiere this weekend. It’s appropriate that the film is playing Slamdance, since it is obviously inspired by the success of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, which also played the festival years ago.
A new trailer for the film has been released; check it out below. The film is in Spanish, but the preview has English subtitles. Here is the synopsis:
In April of 2010, Spanish police reported the discovery of 37 hours of recorded evidence that shed new light on a gruesome murder investigation. The found footage documents a family of five spending their holidays at their summer house, where brother-and-sister Cristian and July Quintanilla pass the time investigating a terrifying local urban legend. As their investigation intensifies strange occurrences in and around the house escalate rapidly, before culminating in unspeakable atrocities.
ATROCIOUS is the feature debut of Fernando Barreda Luna, who directed, wrote, and edited the picture. It comes courtesy of Nabu Films and Silencio Rodamos. How does this found footage flick look to you?