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The Apostle

2012 · 84 min

A slow-burning, eerie stop-motion folk horror that wraps you in a small village's dark secret, with a constant sense of dread and supernatural menace.

Directed by
Fernando Cortizo
Genres
Animation, Mystery, Horror
Starring
Carlos Blanco, Xosé Manuel Olveira, Paul Naschy
Tagline
"There are sentences that cannot be escaped"
Overview
A recently escaped convict seeks to recover a treasure he hid years ago in a small, secluded Galician village. However once there, he finds out that in the village there is an even worse sentence than the one he fled from.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Fernando Cortizo
Genres
Animation, Mystery, Horror
Starring
Carlos Blanco, Xosé Manuel Olveira, Paul Naschy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • isolation
  • survival
  • guilt
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour3
Realism3
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, mystery, horror
Directed by
Fernando Cortizo
Written by
Fernando Cortizo
Starring
Carlos Blanco, Xosé Manuel Olveira, Paul Naschy, Jorge Sanz, Celso Bugallo, Geraldine Chaplin, Manuel Manquiña, Luis Tosar
Music
Xavi Font, Arturo Vaquero
Cinematography
Matthew Hazelrig
Runtime
84 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Galician, German, Latin, Spanish

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