FilmPsychological Witchcraft & Occult Splatter & Gore

The Nameless1999

Name: The Nameless
Genre: Psychological, Witchcraft & Occult, Splatter & Gore
Released: 1999-10-08
Rating: 5.3

“Trying to reach the limits of evil... But evil has no limits.”

Directed by Jaume Balagueró

5.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 5.8Rotten Tomatoes 20%TMDB 5.6

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Year

1999

Runtime

100 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$1,069,154

🏆 16 wins & 5 nominations total

The premise

The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, and the fact that her right leg was three inches longer than her left. All other methods of identification were removed from her body. Five years later Claudia, now addicted to tranquilizers, receives a phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, asking for her mother to come find her before 'they' kill her. Other mysterious clues show up, further indicating that Claudia's daughter is indeed still alive, and very much in danger. Claudia, a run-down ex-cop, and a parapsychology reporter put together the clues to discover Angela's whereabouts

Horror Vault's take

When a grieving mother receives a phone call five years after burying her daughter — supposedly from the daughter herself — the case she thought was closed tears back open with terrifying force. A haunted ex-cop and a journalist specializing in the paranormal join her in chasing leads that point toward a secretive and brutally violent sect. Spanish director Jaume Balagueró's feature debut is a slow-burn descent into institutional evil and maternal desperation, adapted from Ramsey Campbell's novel. The film earns its dread through atmosphere and implication as much as through its unflinching depictions of cruelty.

Content: Violence Against A Child, Torture, Sexual Violence References, Graphic Depictions Of Mutilation, Cult-Related Extreme Content, Drug Dependency Depicted