La leyenda de la viuda

This is a good movie that is deeply wounded by terrible dubbing. It would've been much better off subtitled. The dubbing alters the mood and turns what, no doubt, is a creepy movie oozing atmosphere into a much lighter adventure. For example a minor role of a young boy sounds like a cartoon mouse and there are instances of laughing or other non-word utterances like oohs and ahs that sound on!y cartoony. But it's not just these instances but the entire dialogue that is ruined. It comes off sounding more like an episode of Scooby Doo and less like the tense and atmospheric folk horror that is is.

A subtitled version of this movie would gain at least a star and possibly two but as it stands now its a real stretch to give it the six I did. I do think it's potentially a great little movie and I tried hard to ignore the laughable dubbing when rating it.

Watch with subtitles if you have a choice. The voice dubbing is pretty distracting. At least in the beginning. It's worth a watch though. If you're bored and have nothing else.

Well, I was able to finish it. That's as much praise as I'll give this derivative mess.

I am having a hard time getting through this movie. It's not really a Blair Witch clone, but something obviously inspired by it. The story seems like it might be interesting, but the dubbing is a crime unto itself, making the movie near unwatchable. It's like someone took a horror movie and then get laid the soundtrack to an old Scooby Doo episode over top. Absolutely atrocious.

I think I will restart from the beginning with the TV muted, closed captions on, and maybe try to synch up Dark Side of the Moon, see how that works. I want to watch it, but I don't want characters in mortal terror sounding like a high school cheer squad.

Firstly: I hate Blair Witch copies, and pretty much anything depending on shaking handheld cameras.

The first 15 minutes or so was therefore quite challenging.

The Movie is not the gore/slasher/evil type of horror, it is simply creepy. The buildup, the characters, the atmosphere: great!

I do believe this movie is under-rated, 3.9? I give it an easy 7.

In fact, it is probably better but I started of expecting crap and the first section lived up to the expectation.

On the second viewing, the annoyance was gone, and the creep factor was pure entertainment. My spawn got all wrapped up and ranted in monologues about how things are not supposed to be like that! Fun, fun, Fun!