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La segua

1984 · 102 min

A slow, brooding folk tale where jealousy curdles into supernatural dread, unsettling you more through suggestion than shock.

Directed by
Antonio Yglesias
Genres
Horror
Starring
Isabel Hidalgo, Blanca Guerra, Óscar Castillo
Overview
Encarnacion is a beautiful villager and Petronila is her jealous, evil nemesis. When Petronila's love interest, a fetching young Spanish lieutenant, starts to fall for Encarnacion, Petronila gets even by simply destroying his sanity with a vile potion. Petronila begins to delude Encarnacion with suggestions that she is actually a "segua" or a female spirit that attacks men.

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Directed by
Antonio Yglesias
Genres
Horror
Starring
Isabel Hidalgo, Blanca Guerra, Óscar Castillo
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • madness
  • love
  • deception
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Antonio Yglesias
Written by
Alberto Cañas
Starring
Isabel Hidalgo, Blanca Guerra, Óscar Castillo, Ana Poltronieri
Runtime
102 min
Country
Mexico, Costa Rica
Languages
Spanish

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