IMDb RATING
6.7/10
4.5K
YOUR RATING
A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations
Àngel Jové
- Killer
- (as Angel Jove)
Isabel García Lorca
- Caroline
- (as Isabel Garcia Lorca)
Joaquín Ribas
- Student 3 - Old Movie
- (as Joaquin Ribas)
Patrice Manget
- Nurse at Clinic - Old Movie
- (as Patricia Manget)
Merche Gascón
- Nurse at Clinic - Old Movie
- (as Merche Gascon)
Jose M. Chucarro
- Boyfriend - Old Movie
- (as Jose M.ª Chucarro)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMother's role was first offered to Bette Davis, but due to scheduling conflicts, she could not do it.
- GoofsWhen the little girl gets out of her seat, the floor of the theater is littered with the shells of sunflower seeds. This is common in theaters in Spain, the film's country of origin, but not in the US, where the film is set.
- Quotes
Alice Pressman, the Mother: [about a patient mistreating her son] She doesn't know how hard you struggle
John Pressman: [Simpering] John is your best boy, isn't he mother?
Alice Pressman, the Mother: [as John consumes a concotion of liquids mixed with sliced bananas] Yes John... you're my best boy and the best surgeon in town.
- Crazy creditsWhen the film ends, we suddenly see the credits scrolling up on a completely different movie screen, together with another completely different cinema audience of onlookers observing it before getting up and leaving one by one until the final onlookers stand up and walk to the left with the screen going black as he/she does so (implying that the real storyline was also yet another film within film).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tia, no te saltes el eje 2 (2007)
Featured review
This movie reminded me of many others at some points but at the same time seemed original. It was fun to watch and even though there was a lot of gore, I could stand it since I was so puzzled by the exact plot and motives. The movie inside of a movie plot worked wonders here and the appearances of Zelda Rubinstein made me want to give this an 8, since they made the characters seem as though twirling their hair would take too much intelligence.
- How long is Anguish?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Im Augenblick der Angst
- Filming locations
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain(studio, theater exteriors, many street scenes)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content