Have A Taste Of Colombian Military Horror EL PARAMO

Nearly a year ago now I had the chance to read the script for Jaime Osorio Márquez' Colombian military horror El Paramo. It was a striking piece of work, moody and atmospheric and truly unsettling even on the printed page. It would go on to win the Ibermedia Award and it was obvious that if Márquez had the visual skills to match his written skills this would be something truly special. Here's the official synopsis:

A special high mountain command composed of nine experienced soldiers is sent to a military base in a desolate high-plains moor of Colombia with wich contact was lost several days ago and was believed to be the target of a guerrilla attack.

Upon arrival, the only person found inside the base is a peasant woman who is heavily chained. Gradually, the isolation, the inability to communicate with the outside world and the impossibility to escape, undermine the integrity and sanity of the soldiers, causing them to lose the certainties about the identity of the enemy and creating them doubts about the true nature of that strange and silent woman.

Prisoners of fear, paranoia and a dark secret that they carry, they will challenge each other becoming animals willing to kill one another in order to survive.

Military themed horror is a rare and special breed. They come along infrequently but when the work they really work. This one? Check the teaser below. Yep.