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Every vampire has one rule: he can't come in unless you invite him. Tonight we decide which Fright Night gets invited in.

This week on CinemaJam Versus: Fright Night (1985, dir. Tom Holland) vs Fright Night (2011, dir. Craig Gillespie). Same story, same names, 26 years apart: a horror-nerd kid, a vampire next door, and a TV "vampire killer" who's a total fraud. Sebastian brings the matchup (and admits this is the movie that traumatized him as a kid); Pablo, watching both for the first time, asks the questions. Six rounds: Chris Sarandon the seducer vs Colin Farrell the shark, practical goo vs CGI made for 3D, suburbia vs the Las Vegas desert.

What we get into:

- Is Fright Night really Rear Window with fangs? And why the remake skips the buildup.

- Sarandon vs Farrell, Ragsdale vs Yelchin, and why Toni Collette earns an extra quarter of a point.

- Who's more annoying: the original Evil Ed or Christopher Mintz-Plasse's Ed?

- The minivan chase shot from inside the car vs the nightclub seduction to "Come to Me."

- Sebastian's rant about the remake's 3D shots, and the mystery of Charley's pink lipstick.

- The beer scene: Colin Farrell's most menacing moment.

- Where Chris Sarandon is hiding in the remake.

Six rounds, one winner, and only one gets invited in. Watch to find out which.

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold open: the vampire next door

02:51 Welcome to CinemaJam Versus

03:32 Why Fright Night, and why the remake

04:44 The other 1985 vampire movies

05:43 Round 1: Script

06:44 Fright Night and Rear Window

08:46 Suburbia vs the Vegas desert

10:07 Round 2: Acting

10:55 The movie that traumatized Sebastian

13:40 The pink lipstick mystery

15:58 Evil Ed vs Ed: who's more annoying?

16:53 Amy: Amanda Bearse vs Imogen Poots

18:02 Round 3: Direction

20:37 The minivan chase vs the nightclub seduction

22:09 The 3D problem

23:03 Round 4: Soundtrack & Vibe

25:06 Round 5: Memorable Moments

28:14 Wait, there's a Fright Night Part 2?

29:30 The beer scene

31:00 How each Jerry turns Ed

33:03 Round 6: Rewatchability

35:05 One swap to fix the remake

36:35 Where's Chris Sarandon in the remake?

37:37 Fright Night and the modern vampire

38:57 The winner

39:07 Wrap-up

Movies and shows mentioned:

- Fright Night (1985), dir. Tom Holland

- Fright Night (2011), dir. Craig Gillespie

- Fright Night Part 2 (1988)

- Psycho II (1983) and Child's Play (1988)

- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 (1985)

- The Lost Boys (1987)

- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

- Once Bitten (1985) and Vamp (1986)

- Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock

- Poltergeist (1982)

- Gremlins (1984)

- Superbad (2007)

- 28 Weeks Later (2007)

- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), dir. Francis Ford Coppola

- Blacula (1972)

- An American Werewolf in London (1981) and The Howling (1981)

- Married... with Children, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones

Original or remake: which Fright Night would you invite in? Tell us in the comments.

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Una mujer sube al santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe a pedir un hijo. Lo consigue. Y desde ese día, algo con los huesos rotos empieza a seguirla.

Seguimos el ciclo El miedo habla español con *Huesera* (*Huesera: The Bone Woman*, 2022), el debut de la mexicana Michelle Garza Cervera, protagonizado por Natalia Solián. Es la película más premiada del mes: Tribeca, Sitges y cuatro premios Ariel, entre ellos Mejor Ópera Prima y Mejor Guion Original. Esperábamos mucho de ella.

Pablo arranca sin rodeos: "La verdad, me decepcionó muchísimo". Los dos coincidimos en que Garza Cervera sabe asustar. La persona que se tira desde la ventana del frente, la mano que agarra el tobillo debajo de la cama y las manitos que rompen la cuna están entre los mejores sustos del ciclo, y para Pablo la escena del tobillo es "el temor fundamental, primordial". El problema es todo lo demás: un drama que por momentos parece telenovela, un esposo que es "un cero a la izquierda", flashbacks que no aportan y un ritual de curanderas que prometía ser *A Dark Song* y se acaba en dos minutos. "Nos vendieron humo."

También hablamos de la fotografía de Nur Rubio Sherwell, que eleva la película, de por qué el terror en español siempre parte de la familia, y de con qué la enfrentaríamos en un Versus: *The Babadook* o *El bebé de Rosemary* (spoiler: sería un 6-0).

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 ¿El terror en español tiene más mito y más familia?

01:39 Bienvenida: El miedo habla español

03:43 Sinopsis y tráiler

05:03 Primeras impresiones: "Me decepcionó muchísimo"

07:25 La historia en resumen

11:03 Fotografía y música

12:38 El santuario y la escena del balcón

14:53 Natalia Solián y la pesadilla del tobillo

16:47 La cuna

17:40 Las curanderas: ¿dónde quedó A Dark Song?

19:12 Octavia y un final sin explicación

21:14 Los flashbacks y la camiseta de The Cure

21:55 ¿Quería o no quería ser madre?

23:35 El potencial de Michelle Garza Cervera

24:57 Las tres preguntas

25:37 ¿Con qué la pondríamos en un Versus?

27:13 Recomendaciones y despedida

🎬 Mencionadas: Poltergeist, A Dark Song, The Witch, Vuelven (Tigers Are Not Afraid), El páramo, The Babadook, El bebé de Rosemary (Rosemary's Baby), La mano que mece la cuna (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, 2025, de Michelle Garza Cervera). Recomendaciones: la serie Crystal Lake (Peacock), la serie Carrie de Mike Flanagan, y el CinemaJam Versus de esta semana: The Howling vs An American Werewolf in London (en nuestro canal en inglés).

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1981 had two werewolf movies made by a teacher and his student, and the Academy already picked a winner. Tonight we pick again.

This week on CinemaJam Versus: The Howling (1981, dir. Joe Dante) vs An American Werewolf in London (1981, dir. John Landis). Both came out within five months of each other, both grew out of Rick Baker's workshop, and Roger Ebert gave both of them two stars. Pablo brings the matchup; Sebastian asks the questions. Six rounds: David Naughton vs Dee Wallace, fog and shadows vs a werewolf in full light, three versions of "Blue Moon," and the transformation scene that won the first-ever Oscar for makeup.

What we get into:

- A horror movie that turns into a joke about TV news vs a comedy that turns into a tragedy. Which script knows what it's doing?

- Why we're both underwhelmed by Karen White, and why Griffin Dunne steals every scene he's in (yes, he's Madonna's love interest in Who's That Girl).

- Joe Dante hides his wolves in fog; John Landis puts his under the lights in Piccadilly Circus. The one round we couldn't settle.

- Rick Baker's living-room transformation vs Rob Bottin's bubbling skin. Pablo prefers one werewolf's design and the other's transformation.

- The Howling's opening that neither of us remembered, and Pablo's guilty-pleasure sequel.

- Bonus: the third 1981 werewolf movie you probably haven't seen.

Six rounds, one winner. Watch to find out who survives the full moon.

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold open: the teacher and the student

02:14 Welcome to CinemaJam Versus

03:01 Round 1: Script

06:34 Round 2: Acting

10:56 Griffin Dunne, Madonna's love interest

11:46 Round 3: Direction

14:04 The Howling, blueprint for Dog Soldiers

18:02 Round 4: Soundtrack & Vibe

22:15 Round 5: Memorable Moments

23:54 Two werewolf movies, two X-rated theaters

24:37 Rick Baker vs Rob Bottin: the transformations

30:37 From The Howling to The Thing

31:49 Fog, files and a body swap: The Howling's best scares

34:34 The subway scene

35:16 The Howling opening nobody remembers

36:33 The marsupial sequel

37:06 Round 6: Rewatchability

39:04 The winner

39:48 Bonus: Wolfen, the other 1981 werewolf movie

40:44 Wrap-up

Movies mentioned:

- The Howling (1981), dir. Joe Dante

- An American Werewolf in London (1981), dir. John Landis

- Wolfen (1981), dir. Michael Wadleigh

- Dog Soldiers (2002), dir. Neil Marshall

- The Thing (1982), dir. John Carpenter

- The Witch (2015), dir. Robert Eggers

- Gremlins (1984) and Gremlins 2 (1990), dir. Joe Dante

- Piranha (1978), dir. Joe Dante

- Innerspace (1987), dir. Joe Dante

- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

- The Blues Brothers (1980), Trading Places (1983), Spies Like Us (1985), Three Amigos (1986), Coming to America (1988), dir. John Landis

- Who's That Girl (1987)

- Body Bags (1993)

- Cujo (1983), Critters (1986), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

- Friday the 13th (1980)

- Howling III: The Marsupials (1987)

- An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

- Poltergeist (1982)

What's your favorite 1981 werewolf movie: The Howling, An American Werewolf in London or Wolfen? Tell us in the comments.

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Una casa en El Paso llena de cadáveres. Un solo sobreviviente. Y en el interrogatorio, cinco historias de terror que nadie quiere creer.

Seguimos el ciclo El miedo habla español con Satanic Hispanics (2022), una antología de terror hecha por cinco directores latinos. Mike Mendez dirige la historia que lo envuelve todo, El viajero, con Efren Ramírez como un hombre que lleva siglos huyendo de la Santa Muerte. Adentro: También lo vi de Demián Rugna (Aterrados, Cuando acecha la maldad), El vampiro de Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project), Nahuales de Gigi Saúl Guerrero y El martillo de Zanzíbar de Alejandro Brugués.

Pablo la escogió sabiendo que a Sebastián probablemente no le iba a gustar, y acertó. Para Sebastián todos los segmentos arrancan con fuerza y se desinflan al final: "no me pareció aburridora, sino que fue más como decepcionante". Pablo la defiende por la historia que lo envuelve todo, con un tercer acto que es puro Terminator, y por la comedia de El martillo de Zanzíbar, con un monólogo del vendedor cubano que se roba la película. Los dos coinciden en que Demián Rugna es el que mejor lleva su estilo al formato corto, y en el mejor susto de toda la antología: lo que aparece debajo de la mesa.

Además, Sebastián se pone a prueba: ¿cómo arreglaría un segmento con 20 minutos? Y esta semana CinemaJam cumple dos años.

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 Rugna y Eduardo Sánchez: ¿quién hizo qué?

03:31 Dos años de CinemaJam

04:13 Por qué una antología

05:09 Los cinco directores y la sinopsis

07:37 Primeras impresiones: grandes comienzos, finales flojos

10:18 El viajero y la Santa Muerte

13:53 Las historias detrás de cada segmento

18:16 El reto: arreglar un segmento en 20 minutos

21:21 El viajero y Terminator

24:44 Las actuaciones

25:49 El martillo de Zanzíbar: comedia al estilo Evil Dead

28:31 ¿Qué director lo hizo mejor?

31:19 El susto debajo de la mesa

32:01 ¿La recomendamos?

35:54 Recomendaciones

🎬 Mencionadas: The Blair Witch Project, Cuando acecha la maldad, Aterrados, Exists, Willow Creek, V/H/S, The Terminator, The Man From Earth, What We Do in the Shadows, Evil Dead, John Wick, The ABCs of Death 2, México Bárbaro, V/H/S/85, El Páramo. Recomendaciones: Black Sabbath (1963) de Mario Bava, y el CinemaJam Versus de esta semana: Psycho vs Peeping Tom (en nuestro canal en inglés).

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Same year, same blueprint: two killers hiding in plain sight, one with a motel and one with a camera.

This week on CinemaJam Versus: Psycho (1960, dir. Alfred Hitchcock) vs Peeping Tom (1960, dir. Michael Powell). Sebastian brings the British shocker that was rediscovered long after its release. Pablo brings the Hitchcock landmark everyone has copied. Six rounds, Anthony Perkins vs Karlheinz Böhm, Bernard Herrmann's violins vs a score Pablo calls generic, and one question that splits the hosts: is Peeping Tom a slasher film? Plus: thank you for 1,200+ subscribers on YouTube!

What we get into:

- Peeping Tom puts the killer at the center of the movie, a choice Sebastian says he didn't see again until the 2000s: "This is our hero, this is our villain, everything in the movie is around him."

- A killer who tries to look normal vs a killer who never does: Perkins vs Böhm.

- How Hitchcock plants a newspaper in your head and keeps you hooked on it for ten minutes.

- The skull Pablo swears is hidden in the final shot (Sebastian thinks he imagined it).

- Slasher, or something else? In a Violent Nature, Terrifier, and the killer's point of view.

Six rounds, one winner. Watch to find out who survives.

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold open: two killers, one year

01:37 Welcome to CinemaJam Versus (1,200+ subscribers!)

03:08 The matchup: Peeping Tom vs Psycho

04:51 Round 1: Script

09:19 Detour: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

12:23 Round 2: Acting

14:32 ⚠️ Spoiler: Norman Bates and his mother

16:09 Where The Exorcist III got its stairs

16:54 Round 3: Direction

19:49 How Hitchcock hooks you on a newspaper

21:25 Round 4: Soundtrack

24:01 Round 5: Memorable Moments

25:21 ⚠️ Spoiler: how the killer in Peeping Tom works

27:10 ⚠️ Spoiler: the last scene of Psycho (and the skull)

28:45 Round 6: Rewatchability

30:36 The winner

31:51 Bonus: Is Peeping Tom a slasher?

32:19 ⚠️ Spoiler: the ending of Peeping Tom

33:13 In a Violent Nature and the killer's point of view

34:35 Wrap-up

Movies mentioned:

- Psycho (1960), dir. Alfred Hitchcock

- Peeping Tom (1960), dir. Michael Powell

- Psycho (1998), dir. Gus Van Sant

- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

- Se7en (1995)

- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

- The Exorcist III (1990)

- Vertigo (1958)

- Rope (1948)

- The Devil's Backbone (2001)

- The Others (2001)

- Red Rooms (2023)

- Casablanca (1942)

- Citizen Kane (1941)

- Friday the 13th (1980)

- In a Violent Nature (2024)

- Terrifier (2016)

Which came first for you, Psycho or Peeping Tom? And is Peeping Tom a slasher? Tell us in the comments.

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Five kids, a stolen phone, and a cartel poster hunting them down. The ghosts are the least of their worries.We continue our series Fear Speaks Spanish with Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven, 2017), written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Issa López. Estrella loses her mother to the narco war and joins a street gang of children led by El Shine, who stole the wrong phone from the wrong people. Armed with three wishes, a trail of blood guiding her, and a tiger painted on the walls, the film blends dark fairy tale with urban horror, with Guillermo del Toro serving as its great fairy godfather.Sebastián chose it for its 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and for something more personal: as Colombians who grew up in the '80s and '90s, the violence chasing these children is not fiction. We discuss why social realism works better than the supernatural, why the jump scares telegraph themselves, the natural performances of Paola Lara and Juan Ramón López (with echoes of Rodrigo D: No futuro), Tenoch Huerta before he was Namor, and the inevitable comparisons to Pan's Labyrinth and La Llorona. In spoilers: the children's deaths, the final meadow, and what it means for tigers not to be afraid.And some news: we've reached 1,000 subscribers on YouTube and we're celebrating with merch. Thank you.⏱️ Timestamps00:00 When reality is scarier than ghosts01:23 Welcome03:03 1,000 subscribers and merch03:39 Synopsis and cast06:13 First impressions07:17 The 97% and the violence we lived through in Colombia10:56 Did the supernatural fall short?12:03 The story (spoilers)16:10 The death of the children18:08 The final confrontation20:19 The meadow and the tiger: Ending explained22:41 Paola Lara and Juan Ramón López24:57 Tenoch Huerta: From El Chino to Namor25:28 Issa López's direction27:28 Vuelven vs. La Llorona28:26 Verdict30:46 Recommendations🎬 Mentioned: Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, The Wasteland (El Páramo, Colombia and Spain), La Llorona (2019), Rodrigo D: No futuro, Stand by Me, The Goonies, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Gretel & Hansel, The Ugly Stepsister. Recommendations: Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999) and I'm No Longer Here (2019, Netflix).🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2P5z2hg...🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...🎙️ Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/98nzjg58📺 Watch on YouTube:    / @cinemajamenespañol  📸 Follow us on Instagram: @cinemajampod (  / cinemajampod  )💛 Support us on Patreon and get exclusive content (transcripts in Spanish and English, rankings, extended cuts):   / cinemajam  👕 Fear Speaks Spanish Merch: [STORE LINK]Until next time, and keep jamming about movies.

Hollywood made Freddy and Jason fight in 2003 and nobody really won. Tonight we finish it with the originals: no sequels, no remakes.This week on CinemaJam Versus: Friday the 13th (1980, dir. Sean S. Cunningham) vs A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, written and directed by Wes Craven). The movie that sold a date before it had a script vs the movie that saved New Line Cinema. Summer camp vs your bedroom, the lake vs the dream. Sebastian and Pablo put the two '80s horror icons through six rounds, before Jason was Jason and Freddy was still Fred. Plus: it's CinemaJam's two-year anniversary, and the month we crossed 1,000 subscribers on YouTube. Thank you!What we get into:- Two movies that kill a future star in bed: Kevin Bacon vs Johnny Depp in his first movie ever.- Heather Langenkamp's Nancy vs Adrienne King's Alice: the ultimate '80s final girl.- Why Friday the 13th's camera feels like a Halloween copycat, and what makes Craven's long arms and shadows so hard to imitate.- "Kill, kill, kill" vs "One, two, Freddy's coming for you": the only round that wasn't a blowout.- The blood geyser that predicted The Substance, and the two endings that built two franchises.One of these icons takes the belt by a landslide. Watch to find out who.Timestamps:00:00 Cold open: $300K in, almost $50 million out03:01 Welcome to CinemaJam Versus03:38 Why these two? (2 years and 1,000 YouTube subscribers!)04:40 Round 1: Script08:19 Round 2: Acting and the final girls11:46 ⚠️ Spoiler: who the killer really is in Friday the 13th13:49 Kevin Bacon vs Johnny Depp15:01 Round 3: Direction18:42 Why you should watch Wes Craven's New Nightmare19:27 Round 4: Soundtrack21:25 Round 5: Memorable Moments, the deaths24:50 ⚠️ The endings (spoilers)28:47 Round 6: Rewatchability30:23 The winner30:51 Wes Craven deep cuts: New Nightmare, Scream, The Serpent and the Rainbow32:44 Wrap-upMovies mentioned:- Friday the 13th (1980), dir. Sean S. Cunningham- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), dir. Wes Craven- Halloween (1978), dir. John Carpenter- Freddy vs. Jason (2003)- Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and Part III (1982)- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)- Scream (1996)- The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)- Psycho (1960)- Carrie (1976)- The Substance (2024)Freddy or Jason: who wins YOUR rematch? Tell us in the comments.🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2P5z2hgx6nNb7q8jhi2EQF🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinemajam/id1774079148🎙️ Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/98nzjg58📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CinemaJamPod📸 Follow us on Instagram: @cinemajampod (https://www.instagram.com/cinemajampod/)💛 Support us on Patreon for exclusive content (full transcripts in English AND Spanish, rankings, extended cuts): https://www.patreon.com/CinemaJam

Una niña, un fauno y tres pruebas. Y del otro lado, el villano más frío del cine en español.

Episodio 100: El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006) de Guillermo del Toro cumple 20 años. Pablo la vio por primera vez, Sebastián trae la anécdota de los Óscar, y discutimos al capitán Vidal, el Hombre Pálido y la gran pregunta: ¿el mundo del fauno es real? Gracias por 100 episodios.

00:00 ¿Merece el episodio 100?

02:53 Los Óscar

06:31 Primeras impresiones

10:40 Del Toro, Cuarón e Iñárritu

19:46 El fauno y los efectos prácticos

24:28 El final (spoilers)

34:33 Sergi López como Vidal

37:34 ¿Fantasía o realidad?

42:43 Recomendaciones

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A student who says she hates violence. A snuff tape stolen from the room where her professor died. And a question the movie asks its audience: why can't we look away?

We close our *El miedo habla español* (Fear Speaks Spanish) month with *Tesis* (*Thesis*, 1996), Alejandro Amenábar's debut, starring Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega. The movie we saw in college in the '90s that blew our minds. We kept it out of competition because, for us, it's the benchmark: before *Tesis*, we can't remember a Spanish-language horror film that took itself this seriously.

Thirty years later, Sebastián's verdict is instant: "it hasn't aged." Pablo connects it to *A Clockwork Orange* and *8mm*, and both agree Chema is one of horror's best "weird friends," the total opposite of Evil Ed in *Fright Night*. There's a debate over Ana Torrent (flat performance, or a protagonist who works like a camera?), a knock on the score, and a reading of the ending that feels more current now than in 1996: morbid curiosity, desensitization, and cinema that only sells shock.

We also remember Patrick Stewart, who died this week, with two recommendations (*Logan* and *Excalibur*) and announce a special episode. And we close with the month's final ranking: which Spanish-language horror film came out on top?

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 Give the audience what it wants, or make personal art?

02:34 Welcome: closing out Fear Speaks Spanish

03:13 Why Tesis is out of competition

04:10 Spanish-language horror before Tesis

05:18 1996: the movie we all saw in college

06:20 Amenábar's debut

07:19 Synopsis and trailer

09:28 First impressions: "It hasn't aged"

11:30 A movie without cell phones

12:22 The story: Ángela, Figueroa and the tape

16:36 Who's the bad guy?

17:35 Mystery first, horror second

18:37 Amenábar's pacing and Bosco's manipulation

20:43 The scares

21:37 Nobody's good: Ángela's morbid curiosity

24:20 The performances: Chema vs. Evil Ed

27:58 The Goya Awards

28:32 Open Your Eyes, Vanilla Sky and The Others

29:57 Debut films: Del Toro and Shyamalan

31:12 Shooting at a real university

32:58 The negatives: does Ana Torrent act like a camera?

37:55 The negatives: the music

39:15 The critique of commercial cinema, and the ending

42:11 Do we recommend it?

43:37 If we did a Versus

45:36 Patreon and the December poll

46:13 Farewell to Patrick Stewart: Logan and Excalibur

46:59 Final ranking: Fear Speaks Spanish

🎬 Mentioned: Tesis/Thesis (1996), Open Your Eyes, Vanilla Sky, The Others, The Sea Inside, 8mm, Hostel, A Clockwork Orange, Red Rooms, Fright Night (1985 and 2011), The Day of the Beast, Dracula (1931 Spanish-language version), Cronos, Mimic, The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, The Sixth Sense, Super 8. From the cycle: The Wasteland (El páramo, Spain), Tigers Are Not Afraid, Satanic Hispanics, Huesera: The Bone Woman, El páramo (Colombia). Patrick Stewart picks: Logan (2017), Excalibur (1981) and Green Room (2015).

**Final ranking — Fear Speaks Spanish:** 1. Pan's Labyrinth · 2. Tigers Are Not Afraid · 3. Satanic Hispanics · 4. The Wasteland · 5. Huesera. Out of competition: Tesis.

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"What is a ghost?" 2001 gave us two answers, both made in Spain, and only one gets to stay.

This week on CinemaJam Versus: The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo, 2001, dir. Guillermo del Toro) vs The Others (2001, written, directed and scored by Alejandro Amenábar). An orphanage at the end of the Spanish Civil War with an unexploded bomb in the courtyard vs a fog-bound mansion in 1945 where no door opens until the last one is closed. A Mexican director made the Spanish ghost story, a Spanish director made the English one, and Sebastian and Pablo put them through six rounds to kick off ghost season. Because in October, el miedo habla español.

What we get into:

• A war movie with a ghost in it vs a ghost movie with a war in it: which one uses its war better?
• Nicole Kidman carrying a whole movie, and Eduardo Noriega, the best scumbag in Spanish cinema.
• Early Del Toro vs a director in total control. Both films are each director's third feature, and it shows.
• The soundtrack round where Sebastian expected to be called crazy and wasn't.
• THE twist: the best thing about The Others, or the thing holding it back? (Spoilers from 16:51.)
• Why the living are the real monsters in both movies.

One of these films takes the belt with four points. Watch to find out which ghost gets to stay.

Timestamps:00:00 Cold open: "¿Qué es un fantasma?"02:16 Welcome to CinemaJam Versus02:28 Why these two movies?02:54 Round 1: Script06:31 Round 2: Acting08:33 Round 3: Direction13:21 Two directors, three movies each (+ Patreon break)14:15 Round 4: Soundtrack16:51 Round 5: Memorable Moments and the twist ⚠️ spoilers19:32 The endings, and why the living are the real monsters22:53 Round 6: Rewatchability25:28 The winner26:14 Next week: Friday the 13th vs A Nightmare on Elm Street27:00 Wrap-up

Movies mentioned:

• The Devil's Backbone / El espinazo del diablo (2001), dir. Guillermo del Toro
• The Others (2001), dir. Alejandro Amenábar
• Cronos (1993), Mimic (1997), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), dir. Guillermo del Toro
• Tesis (1996), Open Your Eyes / Abre los ojos (1997), dir. Alejandro Amenábar
• Vanilla Sky (2001)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• The Babadook (2014)
• The Remains of the Day (1993)
• Friday the 13th (1980), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Del Toro or Amenábar: whose ghost story haunts you more? Tell us in the comments.

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