Shiver
Eskalofrío
Santi, a young high-school student with a serious physical reaction to sunlight, is forced by his health to move with his single mother to a shadowy, isolated village in the mountains of Spain where the inhabitants begin to reveal themselves as strangely xenophobic. When terrible, violent events begin to occur, Santi becomes first a pariah at school and then strongly suspected by the police of hideous murders. Santi himself, however, wonders if he is not the next victim.
Why it matters
A chilling descent into claustrophobic rural dread, where isolation breeds suspicion and the sun itself is a threat.
- Spanish folk horror meets coming-of-age paranoia in a shadow-drenched mountain village.
- Explores xenophobia and otherness through Santi’s sunlight-sensitive skin—body horror as social metaphor.
- Tense atmosphere leans on practical darkness and unsettling quiet rather than cheap scares.
- For fans of slow-burn outsider tales like "The Witch" and "Let the Right One In," with a distinctly Iberian twist.
Director
2 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
43
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
14
Survival
17
