Probably both. "Alicia" is the first "real" filmmaking effort by writer and director Jaume Balagueró. He was in his mid-20s when he made this 7-minute black-and-white movie and you could easily see by the action in here that horror would be his career path that led to the "Rec" franchise many years later. "Alicia" is a fairly disturbing short film with its graphic takes on menstruation, breast-feeding, bloody violence and gore in general. Still, even if I am not the biggest fan of the horror genre, I did see an artistic touch here by the camera work and by Balagueró managing the really hard challenge of making all these obscenities look somewhat interesting or even stimulating. Thumbs up for this short film. I think it's a good watch, but certainly not one for the easily offended.
Review of Alicia
