Written by José Casas and directed by Juanjo Avi, Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place (2023) is an approximately 20-minute horror short film that was awarded BEST HORROR SHORT FILM and BEST SPLATTER/GORE at the DarkVeins Horror Fest 2023.
Tightly paced, Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place (aka Turno de Noche: El lugar equivocado) traps the viewer in a nightmarish dimension dominated by violence and blood, beguiling him or her with heinous splatter and gore gags, thanks to enjoyable practical effects.
Characterized by powerful direction and cinematography, Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place revisits the clichés of the genre and subgenre while preserving a personal vision and adding an unexpected touch of originality to the story.
In Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place, a long hunt for a woman comes to an end in a scrapyard, which becomes the setting for a disorienting brutal clash accompanied by fierce moments of fighting involving beatings and wounds inflicted with bladed weapons. A bloody scenario in which the two protagonists (José Casas and Rafa Teruel) become unforgettable villains in a surprising finale.
Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place is an excellent slasher/splatter and gore, a valuable title that reawakens the genre and the subgenre to which it belongs by aiming for ruthless brutality to bring unfettered horror to the stage.
In the cast: José Casas, Rafa Teruel, Cristina Mediero and Santi RodrÃguez.
