Product Details

• Actors: Gonzalo Vega, Maribel Guardia, Claudio Obregón, Jaime Moreno (II), Claudia Guzmán
• Directors: Luis Alcoriza
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Form, Inc.
• VHS Release Date: August 29, 1995
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 630367884X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #700,266 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile drama misleadingly marketed as a horror film, January 25, 2004

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ACS (ARIZONA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terror y Encajes Negros (DVD)

Misleadingly marketed as a horror film, Terror y encajes negros ("Terror and Black Lace") is more melodrama than anything else. It's the story of Isabel (Maribel Guardia), a young woman suffocated by her jealous, controlling husband (played perfectly by Gonzalo Vega), who keeps her virtually imprisoned in their apartment. The first two-thirds of the film chronicles Isabel's struggle to break out of this extreme isolation. The story takes a turn in the final 30 minutes, when Isabel is terrorized by the psychotic Cesar (played by veteran character actor Claudio Obregón), after she witnesses him disposing of a dead body in her building. To the film's credit, though, Isabel's ordeal isn't just horror for horror's sake; it's skillfully woven back into the main story as a way of highlighting both Isabel's loneliness and her husband's irrational distrust. Guardia was nominated for an Ariel Award (Mexico's equivalent to the Oscars) for her performance. In Spanish with optional English subtitles, this film is well worth seeing.

Three and a half stars out of five.