Casa. Cortometraje español de terror de Alberto Evangelio
2019 · 9m · España
Directed by Alberto Evangelio
Teresa, the director of a bank-owned real-estate agency, intends to sell a couple one of the many empty flats the bank owns, unaware that the buyers have an unexpected relationship with the property.
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A real-estate horror setup that could've been rote supernatural dreck, but instead it weaponizes the banality of property markets and financial abstraction—the true horror isn't ghosts, it's the system itself, and Evangelio knows exactly how subversive that sounds.
The film demonstrates formal restraint in its 9-minute architecture, building tension through compositional precision and the uncanny domesticity of empty apartments; it situates itself cleverly within the Spanish horror tradition of spatial dread and institutional critique.
The genius move is letting the real-estate pitch itself drive the narrative momentum—Evangelio never cuts away from Teresa's sales performance even as the premise darkens, and that choice of staying locked to her oblivious professionalism is what makes the twist land with actual weight.