Thesis

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Thesis

R

1996

2h 5m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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A Spanish film student (Ana Torrent) finds a videotape showing the torture and murder of a missing coed.

Jason Newman

Rolling Stone

09/10/2019

(The) director Alejandro Amenábar balances actual, terrifying visuals with Hitchcockian red herrings for one of the best debut films in years. The technology might be quaint, but the fear remains resonant.

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

09/10/2019

Amenábar dodges the moral hysteria and hypocritical prurience that infected Joel Schumacher's 8mm three years later, and his cinephilia suffuses the film in mostly exciting ways.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

03/26/2009

Despite some whopping improbabilities - would snuff movie producers really hide their master tapes in a university storage room? -"Thesis" generates genuine tension

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Mar 10

4/5

Why would Hollywood allow Joel Schumacher to make 8MM when he could have just remade Thesis, a spectacular (and very prescient) mid-90s thriller?

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

Mar 5

4.5/5

Amenábar's game changing Spanish thriller is stylish, prescient, and incredibly well-crafted. From the casting of Ana Torrent to the culpability of the audience, this feels like a proto-Scream...nearly half a year before that film debuted.

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Imran Khan

PopMatters

09/10/2019

7/10

Tesis won't exactly knock the socks off of viewers; However, it is exceptionally acted, with all actors delivering solid performances and fully submitting to the demands of some of the more arduous action sequences.

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Ian S

@RT48225084 Feb 6

Interesting movie and well acted.Holds the tension quite well and keeps you guessing. Worth seeing.

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conchi s

@RT58618505 Oct 13

Firts Amenaba's film, So the budget wasn't very high, but there's intrigue throughout the film, a good setting, a very good cast, and a very good plot development. It keeps you in suspense the whole time.

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Film reviewer T

@RT86246081 Apr 12

Amazing gem , not many people have seen this . Highly recommended

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Craig B

@Boundsy Apr 2

Thesis (Tesis) is a pretty solid thriller. Well-acted, interesting premise and genuinely disturbing, it's an intriguing watch, albeit a bit on the lengthy side.

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matew c

@RT84361204 02/03/2025

esta muy bueno chema

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Tasos L

@TasosLe 12/12/2024

Reminds me of 8mm with Nicolas Cage.

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Synopsis

A Spanish film student (Ana Torrent) finds a videotape showing the torture and murder of a missing coed.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Producer: José Luis Cuerda
Screenwriter: Alejandro Amenábar
Production Co: Sogepaq, Las Producciones del Escorpión S.L.
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2016
Runtime: 2h 5m
Sound Mix: Dolby

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