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Valley of the Dead (2021)

Valley of the Dead poster
Original title
Malnazidos
Directed by
Alberto de Toro, Javier Ruiz Caldera
Genre
thriller film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 329 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the Spanish Civil War, a group of soldiers and civilians must survive when they encounter a threat that turns the dead into violent creatures. They are forced to put aside their political differences to fight a common enemy.

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What happens

Valley of the Dead (Spanish: Malnazidos) is a 2020 Spanish zombie action film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and Alberto de Toro. Set in the latter period of the Spanish Civil War, the film features an ensemble cast of Miki Esparbé, Aura Garrido, Luis Callejo, Álvaro Cervantes, Jesús Carroza and María Botto. The film premiered at a 53rd Sitges Film Festival, and was set to be theatrically released in January 2021, to be distributed by Sony Pictures, but its release was delayed twice as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. The film was eventually opened to Spanish theatres on 11 March 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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