Interesting Hispanic horror that deals with the topic of bullying without putting your foot down on the accelerator. Director Carlota Pereda develops the short film of the same name into a film that she sometimes tends to linger too long. Some scenes seem like fillers, and there isn't that convincing slasher twist useful to give a more incisive imprint to this story of atrocious and evil abuse. And it's a shame, because the initial idea, remarkable in the right way, could have been transformed into something really tough, with an adequate screenplay. Of the whole plot, the thing that terrifies the most is undoubtedly the perfidy of some girls towards an obese companion. Empathy nowadays is something that all too often goes on holiday, to be replaced by evil arrogance.

I The events take place in a small village in the Spanish countryside. Sara is overweight, and is harassed by her friends, mercilessly pointed out as a pig. That nickname (Cerdita/Piggy) hurts, but she endures it in silence. One day like any other, she goes to the swimming pool, and she notices a stranger, and a kind of chemistry seems to develop between the two. The arrival of his companions and the harassment they inflict on them in front of him, teasing them with arrogance, unleash a spark in someone who is actually a psychopath ready to commit slaughter.

The man has already killed, and perhaps he himself has been the victim of similar episodes in the past, so much so that he takes that fat and abused girl to heart, deciding to kidnap the bullies to prepare to a ruthless showdown.

The moment in which Sara meets him on the way home, and understands, is very touching. what did he do. The bond seems to strengthen, and she lets him go without reporting him to the police. There will be other meeting points, until the final epilogue, in which, despite some good splatter scenes, the longed-for fury fades a bit.

At times you can breathe a fair amount of tension, but a few more flickers would have been necessary, in In this way, it seems that Pereda had a lot to say, but at the best part, she slowed down. On the contrary, it does not skimp on showing the protagonist's nakedness, perhaps to shine the spotlight on a clear and precise topic, to the detriment of something else.