Angel Negro

Jorge Olguin

Troma

Stomp Visual Australian Release

R4 DVD

The movie opens with some hazy camcorder footage. We see some young students, preparing to party for their graduation. The partying increases reaching the pretty drunk with related vomiting. There is then some rather blurred footage followed by tears and screaming, what has happened to their friend Angel ?

The answer to that question and what at first seems to be Angels revenge drives the suspense in this quite appealing horror film.

Some twelve years later and Gabriel (Alvaro Morales) is a forensic surgeon, he lives by himself, had not married and is haunted by what happened at he beach so long ago. He feels extreme guilt as he had dated Angel as a school “bet” and her subsequent humiliation lead to her suicidal jump off the cliff.

Now, of course she seems to be taking revenge with everyone involved being killed in rather brutal ways. But is it really Angel or is the story more complicated.

This is a better than average Chilean horror with solid suspense, good acting and some rather brutal murders. There is a fair share of blood and gore and some solid autopsy scenes !

The film quality is decidedly average with regular artifacts, blotchy pixels, and rather muted colors. The subtitles are in very questionable English and in white, so they vanish into the film at regular intervals. A shame really, this is a good film let down by a very average release.

Extras include an introduction-Lloyd Kaufman (President Of Troma), Audio Commentary-Director, With Troma Team Translation, Featurette-Making Of, Interviews-Crew-Jorge Olguin (Writer/Director), Theatrical Trailers, Troma Stuff such as how to make your own movie etc.