La Cabina (a.k.a. The Phone Box) (1972)

★★★½✩

A short horror film from Spain and made in 1972, La Cabina reminds us of what horror movies are supposed to be: carefully thought out and cleverly made productions. That scare the crap out of us.

Unlike the blood, guts, gore and monsters that are shoved into our faces in modern-day horror flicks, La Cabina, like other horror films of its time, scares us with ideas, fear, and how people treat other people—and, in this case, with accepting the impossibility of changing your fate. The plausibility of this story actually happening is probably what makes La Cabina—at least according to many—one of the scariest short films ever made. In fact, perhaps that is why people have stopped making scary movies like greats such as Alfred Hitchcock once did—it is easier to be faced with monsters and unlikely explosions of blood than to be faced with your own realistic fears.

Regardless of whether you enjoy modern-day or old-style horror flicks, two things are certain; Firstly, La Cabina is worth the watch; Secondly, once you’ve seen it, you’ll never again look at a phone box without fear.