Nonureva Really Surprised!

Tockinit not horrible nor great

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

pdbclarke A film I saw soon after it was released in 1972. Like others it has remained in my memory since then. As a teenager I too kept my foot in the door. In 1995 I met a Spanish women (who became my wife) and the La Cabina was filmed in a plaza (square) adjacent to my grandmother--in--law's home. La Cabina was filmed in Plaza de Arapiles, Madrid. It now appears that Madrid community is to locate a Cabina similar to that of the film in the same location. The screenplay is sublime and transcends the need to understand Spanish.

Imdbidia The Phone Box is one of the most impacting intriguing shorts I have ever seen.The film mixes the theater of the absurd with some white horror and a psychological exploration of the character. It has a great atmosphere, a great performance by the leading actor, and a fantastic ending. The story is able to convey the viewer the character's anxiety, claustrophobic feelings and sense of hopelessness. Rightly deserving of the Emmy it won in 1973.The main actor is Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez, a popular actor in the 1970s, known mostly because of his comedies and his likable characters. He showed his dramatic side in this short and blew most viewers away; probably not as impacting if you have never seen his old movies and performances. The story relies on his performance to be successful and he delivered.The director is a classic of Spanish TV known for his TV family series and light movies. This was his first work as TV director and, wow, what a way to start. Probably the best thing he has ever done.I have watched thousands of movies and shorts and this is one of those that still stands fresh in my memory, mostly because I watched it when I was a teen, and I found it utterly cool and utterly disturbing.

emrepamukk Firstly, I want to say this movie is amazing. In the beginning it is kind of a black comedy, in the end everybody can feel the anxiety and the fear. We can watch this movie in two ways. First, as an absurd horror movie about a man who got stuck in a telephone box. If we watch this film this way, probably we all will love it. Because the director is so successful at telling stories in cinematic way. Second, as a surreal film which has some thoughts and some allegory about politics. Locally some thoughts about Franco regime, generally some thoughts about totalitarian ideologies. Cencorship, politic slaughters, unconcern of society etc. Think about it. Could we hear our main character's voice when he got stuck in the telephone box. A main character who has not any right to talk. What a despotic film! What a censorship! We all can see the unconcern of society during the movie, except the circus guys and the dwarf. They were exiled from the society. They were funny, they were freak, they were miserable. But while the society were laughing to our character, the "freaks" were not laughing. Actually they felt sorry for him. Because they were unwelcome people for their society and their despotic regime. They were the rebels against the despotism who had no power to fight. This movie is a masterpiece in two ways as stated above. But do not watch it like a horror movie. It would be insulting this masterpiece.

Chas Newport What an incredible film.The way your frustration and anxiety build along with the main character is extremely clever as you realise how wound up you are is only a tiny fraction of what he's feeling. I confess that watching it in four parts on YouTube I felt compelled to skip bits as I was so curious to find out the ending and I could also feel myself becoming genuinely physically agitated - which as a sufferer of high blood pressure is not good. A horror film so good it should come with a health warning - you really can't say better than that.Evoking genuine empathy for someone else's terror is, I now realise, a very hard thing to do. Modern horror confuses making people nervous or making people jump with making people scared... this is genuinely terrifying.The political undertones not lost on me either but less interesting.