Ever thrown on a film that you have never heard of with zero expectations only to be stunned into disbelief at how great it really is. Well, this is exactly what happened in the case of this unknown little entity from Spain which is bound to satisfy even the most jaded horror movie fan.

It's a fabulous, demented concoction of major horror movie themes; a merging of the most twisted elements of the macabre served up as a new delicacy. The first shock is the gore level which is truly sickening in parts, even for a hardened horror movie watcher. Secondly, the visual style and wonderfully creative direction of Luna is stunning. The spiral sequences are completely wild and wonderfully effective. The movie begins with a tongue in cheek warning to the audience about the film containing various scenes of subliminal messages which may have a deep effect. What is surprising is that these sequences really are brilliantly effective and do indeed have some weird ability to draw the viewer into a mesmerized trance like state……."go on, go on, go................... ON" beckons the diminutive and terrifyingly demented Mother to her son through a psychic connection. She means for her son to go out and collect all "the eyes of the city" for her, and she seems to be horribly serious.

Just when we are recovering from the horrors of the first gruesome murder scene we are shown that we are actually watching movie within a cinema where most of the audience are getting terribly disturbed by events on screen. Meanwhile, there is the raving mother…."don't let the eyes go……….all the eyes in the city will be ours!"

Its just such a whacked out scene and Zelda Rubenstein, well you don't know whether to be laughing or to be very wary of her. She is a scream as the mother from the film, a most disturbed and sick person who controls her son with murderous thoughts and has a penchant for collecting eyes among other things. Every scene in the movie involving this creature is absolutely compelling…….especially those where her voice is playing over the movie and that spiral makes its appearances. Its reminiscent of the darkest moments from Phantasm but stripped of the overt comic undertones. The director displays an amazing flair for conjuring up an atmosphere reeking with dread and horror and the dubbing is also for once top notch and unobtrusive. "for years you were like a snail……….hiding, happy………hiding, happy!"

This movie contains some of the most bizarre and fabulously psychotic sequences withint that are truly memorable. It may have been somewhat inspired by Demons which it resembles in plot structure, but it is streets ahead of that Italian splatter-fest. This movie has all the atmosphere and creepiness that Demons with its rock soundtrack and horrid acting lacked. It is very imaginatively constructed, and done with huge amounts of gothic style which suggests that the director could become a major asset to the horror genre. This movie is no less than a mini horror classic on the strength of its weirdness and the fact that it is not only enormously entertaining and fast paced, but also it has some very scary stretches along the way and Zelda Rubenstein is a revelation. Those close up shots of her eyes and her mouth as she lapses into one of her murderous trances……Wow!

Fantastic macabre movie making - another gem from Spain which has already provided us with the superlative Tombs of the Blind Dead. If you are serious about your horror flicks, and are looking for something a little more twisted and far more creative than the usual, not to mention, gruesome - look no further than Anguish. This one is one of the most memorable horror films one has come across in a long, long time.

Warning: If you find yourself getting mesmerized by one of Mothers murderous Spiral sessions…..well, turn the film OFF before you do some serious damage!…………."your eyes are my eyes……….your eyes…..all the eyes in the city will be ours!". A small masterpiece of the macabre - watch it NOW!