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Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

  • June 2014
  • 1hr

    4mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Víctor Matellano,

    Starring

    Carlos Aguilar,

    Lone Fleming,

    May Heatherly,

    Antonio Mayans

    ...

    In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: international markets were opened, the production was continuous, a small star-system was created, as well as a solid group of specialized directors. Although foreign trends were imitated, Spanish horror offered a particular approach to sex, blood and violence. It was an extremely unusual artistic movement in Franco's Spain.