The Appeared
2007 film by Paco Cabezas
The Appeared (Spanish: Aparecidos) is a 2007 Spanish-language horror film with thriller and road movie elements directed and written by Paco Cabezas. The movie had its world premiere on October 5, 2007, at the Sitges Film Festival and stars Ruth Díaz and Javier Pereira as two siblings in a journey across the Argentine Patagonia caught up in a horrific series of events.
Synopsis
Siblings Malena and Pablo have decided to set out on a road trip to allow Pablo to discover more about their father, who is on life support. Their destination is the old family home in Argentina and initially the trip is fairly mundane. This all changes when Pablo discovers an old journal hidden within their car. The journal details a series of gruesome crimes and Pablo pushes for the two of them to travel to the various landmarks and places described in the journal while they are on their road trip. They end up stopping for the night at a hotel detailed in the journal, where the Leonardi family was brutally slaughtered. Pablo and Malena take the room adjacent to the room the Leonardis met their deaths and are horrified to overhear a spiritual reenactment of the murders. The siblings decide to flee but Pablo forgets the book and must return to retrieve it. This nearly ends with Pablo's death and when he has reached safety Pablo notices that some of the details in the book have changed, making him wonder if it is possible for him to change the past.
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