Dos pasos
2022 · 4m · España
Directed by José Miguel Santacreu Cortés
Genres: horror, mystery, thriller
Tones: contemplative, dark, tense
Alberto and José are quietly watching a film on an ordinary night. When Alberto hears strange sounds, José calms him by saying it could be anything — the wind, a window… But what if it is something more? What if they are not alone in the house?
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It's a home-invasion setup dressed in arthouse clothing, which is fine, but Santacreu never quite commits to the premise twist—the film plays it too safe, too legible, when it should either lean harder into the genre trap or demolish it entirely.
A formally composed study in ambient dread that situates itself squarely in the Slow Cinema tradition—the restraint of the editing, the patience with negative space—though the payoff feels slightly underdeveloped for the measured buildup.
That decision to keep the camera locked on the two figures while the threat remains purely sonic creates an unbearable tension that four minutes can barely contain; it's a single formal choice—sound divorced from image—that transforms a familiar premise into something genuinely unsettling.