Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

SashaDarko An average, but still interesting Spanish take on found footage. But the chosen genre is actually where it fails - believebality starts as so-so, then they just throw it out of the window, especially with some joke elements of the story being introduced (which essentially make the fun of it). And the way the end scenes were filmed...yeah...like it's a staged TV show rather than found footage.The story is relatively interesting to follow, the characters are nothing interesting, but at least they're not your typical robotic and overcliched Americans you usually see in horror movies. Their motivations to stay in an obviously haunted hospital are very weak, despite the contract being the reason (the medium decides to walk away then with just some irrelevant talk with one of the others decides to stay again and then very sure about it all of the sudden). It still manages to be creepy and the visual effects are good.

OptimusPrimero This has to be the one of the greatest film in Costarican history. It gets you since the beginning in this one kind of a mockumentary and keeps building up till the last act. The acting is really good. The camera work is amazing, it takes us as an audience and make us one more of the characters. Miguel Gomez is only 28 and has become the biggest promise in filmmaking for our little Costa Rica. I'm really proud of this film, it shows a real personality, so much talent, the actors, the special effects, the cinematography, but what I appreciate more than with the other films that have been produced in Costa Rica is how entertaining the movie was. The atmosphere created through the film is a really an amazing achievement. At the beginning you are laughing, and at the end you are feeling scared, it really masters the mix of comedy and horror, last movies I saw achieving something close to this was The Evil Dead series. The movie already won an award at Morbido Horror Film Festival in Mexico, I see it playing in the Horror and Fantasy circuit and doing great in this kind of festivals. Watch the film, you'll like it.

Felinus I've been an avid follower of the horror/comedy sub genre since I can remember. The only movies that I really like that I remember are from the eighties *(Gremlins, Creepshow, An American werewolf in London), cause recently what they do is pass parodies like Scary Movie and Transilmania as Horror comedy, and what they really are is bad Comedies. So when you have a movie, where the characters are believable, there's a slasher (a Ghost Nun nonetheless), and good special effects that not look like cheap CG. You as a lover of the Horror Comedy sub genre, feel pleased. This really is a cult movie. It pays cult to the legend of the old Duran Sanatorium in Costa Rica, a place that is known to be plagued by Ghosts and legends. It pays cult to the old 80's horror movies and finally it pays cult to the found footage and mockumentary style. It's really an amazing mix, well crafted from beginning to end, following this ghost hunting team that are really young and funny to watch, cause the movie instead of being just build over the paranormal activity, it also builds around their own problems to produce the film and personalities making them likable enough, so when bad things start happening you care for them. I give this movie a 9, cause I feel like it should've been longer, It's the first time in a long time that I didn't wanted the movie to end.

paulymiranda I'm writing this review after watching El Sanatorio. I have to say, that at first, I felt like in Paranormal Activity and Blair Witch Project. That was after the first 5 minutes, then if just feels like if Spinal Tap had a monster baby with Drag me to hell. The film is really amusing and clever introducing all the characters, it has deep characters that build around the story. It also feels like a joke. 2 film students, and atheist musician, an egocentric producer, one sexy girl and a clueless medium go to a haunted hospital with cameras and microphones to record the ghosts in the place. From there it sounds like a cliché film but nothing could be more far from the Truth. The film has some great visual effects, they don't feel like those cheap effects in nowadays horror films. They feel more like 80's horror films, where the blood is real and the monster is real. I just felt so pleased at a full theater where the entire audience is laughing and then the film starts switching genres and becoming a horror film. The director is really clever, he knows the formula for comedy, and he knows the formula for horror, so the movie delivers for sure. Be ready for some scenes parodying the Paranormal Activity movies. But don't be fooled by other reviews, this film has it's own monster laying within, and when it comes out it would take your mind for a few hours after watching it.