FilmPsychological Folk Horror Witchcraft & Occult

The Invisible Guardian2017

Name: The Invisible Guardian
Genre: Psychological, Folk Horror, Witchcraft & Occult
Released: 2017-03-03
Rating: 6.4

Directed by Fernando González Molina

6.4

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IMDb 6.4TMDB 6.5

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Year

2017

Runtime

129 min

Box Office

Budget

$5,000,000

🏆 1 win total

The premise

When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linked to a similar murder one month before. Soon, rumours are flying in the nearby village of Elizondo. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is it the basajaun, the ‘invisible guardian’ of Basque mythology? Inspector Amaia Salazar leads the investigation, taking her back to the heart of the Basque country where she was born, and where she hoped never to return. Shrouded in mist and surrounded by impenetrable forests, it is a place of unresolved conflicts and a terrible secret from Amaia’s childhood that will come back to haunt her. Faced with the superstitions of the village, Amaia must fight the demons of her past to confront the reality of a serial killer on the loose. But as she is drawn deeper into the investigation, she feels the presence of something darker lurking in the shadows…

Horror Vault's take

When a series of ritualistic murders shakes a remote Basque village, Inspector Amaia Salazar is pulled back to the mist-laden homeland she desperately wanted to leave behind. The investigation forces her to navigate between local superstition surrounding a legendary creature and the cold logic of a modern serial killer hunt. All the while, buried secrets from her own past begin to surface, blurring the line between professional duty and personal reckoning. Dark forests, ancient myths, and unresolved trauma conspire to make this case unlike anything she has faced before.

Content: Murder Of Minors, Ritualistic Violence, Depictions Of Child Abuse, Strangulation