"The tower of the seven hunchbacks" based in the Carrere's novel, is one of those cult film witch are defended over all things. And i thik it deserves that honor. In the middle spanish forties, the figure of Edgar Neville looks like a giant between dwarfs, maybe because of the most talented spanish creator were exiled out of the country.
Is not the first horror film in Spain, it was a failure when releases, but today, maybe is the most notorious of that decade.
Neville mixes the real Madrid of the XIX with the german expressionism with a simple but interesting story and few resources, and he got a great jewel of the spanish cinema.
The good performance of the main characters (specially Antonio Casal and Isabel de Pomes) makes that simple story a very reliable thriller with a supernatural touch.
Furthermore, distilled continuously surprising humor, close the surrealism. There are details that come from the Carrere's book nad others are simply invented. Anthologic is the appearance of the ghost of Robinson de Mantua and Napoleón. Both ghosts are living the room at the same time, struggling to show each other more kind and friendly.
I think is the best film of this underrated director, and it's becoming an icon of the fantastic spanish cinema.
Enjoy it.
