Vênus

Gogo dancer Lucia, on the run from the mob after stealing a duffel bag of pills, hides out in the Edificio Venus, a derelict apartment block that is perhaps cursed, perhaps home to a witch. Her preadolescent niece tags along for the ride.

Venus segues seamlessly from supernatural horror to action flick and then back again, a refreshing mix of genres that spares us the doldrums of either. Our protagonists are enjoyable, easily likable, worth cheering on, all the way through to the end.

Acting is high quality, there is no apparent lack of budget-- absolutely nothing to complain about in the way of production values. I watched in Spanish with English subs.

Venus is maybe a little derivative-- it's true, it riffs on Argento's mythos the way that other films riff on Lovecraft, and run-from-the-mob is a well-worn trope-- and it'd be hard to call it high art or anything, but it's a seriously fun flick.