Call TV

Lucía is an actress who, following an on set tragedy, has found work on a late night phone-in TV 'quiz' show. Her job is to ask simple questions then keep callers on the premium number line for as long as possible. She has barely started her job when she gets a strange and somewhat menacing call. Things are about to get very strange and more than a little bloody for Lucía, her director, one particular viewer and various people close to them.

Having just watched this I'm unsure what to make of it. It was bizarre in a surreal way. Half of me thinks it was a terrible mess the other wonders if it was a work of twisted genius. The acting is the sort of exaggerated hamminess that must surely have been deliberate. Similarly the effects are bargain basement but again this felt intended; most obviously the vivid red blood used in the many violent scenes. There are moments if hilarity; notably a victim and his murder discussing various Star Wars films as he lied dying! I can understand why this got a low score, I wouldn't have been surprised if it was even lower, but strangely I ended up enjoying it so would recommend it to fans of the strange looking for something under ninety minutes long on Netflix.

These comments are based on watching the film in Spanish with English subtitles.