Loved it. Not the average scary movie you might expect. Has a real spanish horror/thriller twist. Great story and great creepy film. Recommend

A fan of the first Rec flicks,I was disappointed to find the franchise go completely off the rails for the final two in the series. Greatly enjoying the non-Rec Fragiles,I was surprised to find the BBC showing one of director Jaume Balagueró;s non-Rec titles,which led to me getting into bed.The plot: Left on his own in an apartment block, concierge César passes the time by slyly tormenting all the tenants. Welcoming beautiful new tenant Clara in, César soon starts playing mind games with her. Finding Clara to just brush off any attempt he makes to get under her skin, César decides to take things to the next level.View on the film:Slithering round the building, Luis Tosar gives an excellent,creepy performance as César, who is given a skin-crawling, covered in slime seediness by Tosar,which makes everything César says be something that can't be taken at face value. Innocently laying in her bed, sexy Marta Etura gives a very good performance as Clara, whose sunny side up attitude is gradually dimmed in doubt by Etura.Leaving the shock & awe of the Recs,director Jaume Balagueró & Rec actor/cinematographer Pablo Rosso go for a slow-burn,sinister atmosphere,as the apartment block is given a blank surface appearance. Sneaking César into Clara's life, Balagueró builds up the anxiety with stylish two-shots,where the viewer can see César,but Clara can't. Holding back from Psycho-Thriller shocks, the screenplay by Alberto Marini finds horror in the mundane,where everything appears normal, but Marini has César subtly chip away at Clara in the background. Whilst the ending unlocks a macabre apartment, it also sadly highlights the large plot holes (such as no CCTV or Clara feeling any different) jumped over for it to be delivered,as Clara sleeps tightly next to César.

I rarely write reviews but I think Sleep Tight deserves one.I watched this movie because the plot sounded interesting and the average rating was cool. The plot is really interesting but the execution fails I must say. Plus, maybe except one scene there was absolutely nothing to be thrilled or feel suspense so if you're planning to watch for that purpose - like me - get ready to be heart broken.I gave 3 starts because although the story lacks a lot, the acting of Cesar and Clara were top-of-the-notch.From this point on there will be spoilers.We are faced with a super-concierge who gets away with everything he does thanks to the ultra-stupidity of his neighbors and the police.It is stated several times throughout the movie that he can not be happy. Fine, we understand that but the reason? I was expecting to discover that as the movie evolved but in the end we fail to get even a clue.He has access to keys for all apartments but somehow he gets away from all situations with excuses that you'd believe only if you have a two digit IQ. Clara's boyfriend faces the concierge instead of calling the police when he finds out his tools hidden in the bed. Really??And when he gets caught in their apartment. He is inside but the door is locked and Calara & BF buy his bullshit??? He tries to go out without the bag taking only the keys???Anyway..there are many points that could be written down which make the credibility of "his success" close to zero and that's my biggest problem with this movie.

This has a good black comedic/creepy idea – the story of a seemingly quiet concierge in an upscale apartment building who is actually an angry, rather insane depressive who loves to quietly screw with peoples lives and try to make them as miserable as he is. He meets his match in the seemingly always upbeat Mimi, a sexy young woman who lives in the building who literally dances alone around her apartment to peppy music every morning. Cesar, the super, gets ever more complex and outlandish in his increasingly dangerous attempts at bringing some rain into Mimi's life. But more often than not his plots backfire on him, adding a sort of grown-up Roadrunner/Coyote humor to the very creepy creepiness. Sadly, and I guess inevitably it grows more serious, more repetitive, more predictable, less logical, less thematic and less fun as it goes along, until I was finally just waiting for it to play out it's familiar horror/thriller tropes and end. However, a well handled last twist won me part way back. But not quite far enough to want to revisit this