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- Based on a true story, Netflix’s new horror movie “Veronica” is terrifying viewers into shutting it off halfway through.
- While “Veronica” isn’t too different from other Ouija-board-based horror films, it does have its more disturbing moments.
- The scariest moment comes shortly after Vero and her classmate lose control of their basement séance, causing the teenager to burst out into a monstrous wail that will leave viewers shaking.
- The unnatural stretch of her mouth is a classic technique often used in jump-scare horror films.
One of the biggest names in modern Spanish horror cinema, director Paco Plaza (co-creator of the [REC] films), released his latest movie, Veronica, on Netflix with zero advance notice. Based on a true story, Veronica is a Ouija-board-based horror movie, following a 15-year-old girl named Veronica (excellent newcomer Sandra Escacena) who sneaks into the basement of her Catholic school while all the other students are on the roof watching a solar eclipse (cosmic! spooky!) so she and two friends can hold a séance. Veronica supplies the dreaded Ouija board — and becomes the accidental vessel of a malevolent spirit when their quick-and-dirty ritual goes better than expected. Thus kicks off an hour of various supernatural terrors torturing our heroine and her family, a trope that’ll feel familiar to connoisseurs of Ouija-based horror.
But maybe not too familiar: Veronica has been making mini-waves among horror fans for its supposed shocking, paralyzing, too-scary-to-be-believed plot. In fact, there’s a rumor going around that this is the scariest movie on Netflix. (In our estimation, Veronica is not that scary. It’s a worthy effort, but as far as witch-board movies go, you’ll get more out of Ouija 2: Origin of Evil.) That said, Veronica does have some great set-piece scares, and the movie’s most disturbing moment is pretty damn good.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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