La Abuela (The Grandmother)

• Drama
• Horror

A displaced fashion model, Susana, reluctantly returns to her grandmother Pilar’s Madrid apartment following a family crisis, only to find herself entangled in a suffocating web of escalating psychological manipulation and unsettling family secrets. What begins as dutiful caregiving slowly warps into a tense, claustrophobic nightmare as Pilar’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic and controlling, blurring the lines between dementia, malicious intent, and Susana’s own unraveling sanity. The film isn’t a jump-scare horror, but a deeply unsettling exploration of inherited trauma and the quiet desperation of a young woman losing her autonomy within the confines of familial obligation, culminating in a chilling realization about the true nature of her grandmother’s desperation and the dark history haunting their lineage.