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Black Serenade
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Wikipedia article
'Black Serenade' is a 2001 Spanish slasher film directed and written by Pedro L. Barbero and Vicente J. Martn about a serial killer who, dressed with a tuno cape and a mask, kills underperforming university students.
Plot
A serial killer infiltrates in the tuna of the University of Salamanca and uses the confusion of the night parties to kill lousy students deemed unworthy of receiving a university education. Two cops are tasked with discovering the real identity of the killer.
Cast
Production
The film was produced by Andrs Vicente Gmez for Iberoamericana Films, Lolafilms and Telecinco, and it had the participation of Va Digital. Filming began on 14 August 2000. Shooting locations included Salamanca, Alcal de Henares and Madrid.
Release
The film was theatrically released on 20 July 2001.
Critical reception
Critical reviews of the movie were quite bad. Agusto M. Torres wrote in 'El Pas' that there are "irregularities in the development of history" and that "the villain is the most difficult to figure out and lacks any kind of reason, moral or psychological, to be a serial murderer" but he also indicates that it has an "effective and fine humor".[https://elpais.com/diario/2001/07/20/cine/995580059_850215.html Miedo 'made in Spain'] in El Pas Jonathan Holland of 'Variety' wrote that the "enjoyably tongue-in-cheek schlock-horror piece sticks too closely to the rules, with most of its chills and tingles too predictable for the teen auds it is aimed at". Carlos Aguilar in his 'Gua del cine espaol' describes the movie as "incoherent and forced" but better than other contemporary Spanish slasher films such as 'El arte de morir' or 'School Killer'.
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2001
References
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