White Coffin

... an emotional ride with good tension, very good acting, and ok special effects.

White Coffin is a compelling tale of kidnapping, ritual sacrifices and the supernatural.

In his latest offering, the Argentinian director Daniel de la Vega takes us into some delightfully juicy territory.

***CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Daniel de la Vega is fast making a name for himself and a good name it is too. Naturally due to this, he is also making a name for Argentinian film also and after now watching two of his features (Necrophobia being the first) I am becoming a real fan of his surreal and utterly bizarre style. Now admittedly this style may not to be everyones taste but I would urge people to check them out nontheless. Virginia (Cardinali) and her daughter are travelling across the country in their car, playing a word game to help pass the time and aleviate the boredom of the journey. The car suffers a puncture near a deserted and very run down cemetary. Out of the blue a stranger appears and offers to help with warnings of not staying in the area too long. A recovery vehicle looms in the distance. Once on their way Virginia stops to get petrol and lunch. She instructs her daughter to stay at the table while she makes a quick phone call outside (cliched I know). When she returns back to the table, her daughter is missing and a deadly and surreal game of cat and mouse starts to send Virginia deep down a rabbit hole she may never emerge from in order to save her daughter. More so than Necrophobia, this is a very messed up, disturbing and brutal film. The runtime helps here once again (he never seems to out stay his welcome) with its fast pace and frantic style i…