First Poster For Elio Quiroga's Spanish Ghost Story THE BECKONING (NO DO)

Spanish director Elio Quiroga made a lot of fans in these parts with his film La Hora Fria (The Cold Hours), a stunning little post apocalyptic genre bender revolving around a small band of humans trying to survive in an underground bunker after a catastrophic event unleashed both aliens and zombie-like hordes upon the earth. La Hora Fria is a perfect example of what talent can accomplish on a budget and we've been awaiting the next from Quiroga ever since.

Well, announced back in December of 2006 - we have the first stills here - that film is No Do, a ghost story that has been held up in post production for over a year but is now complete and about to take a bow at the upcoming American Film Market under it's new international title The Beckoning. Here's what we know:

Shot in Spanish with substantial high-tech effects, “NO-DO” is a horror story in which a woman sees ghosts. The explanation to their appearance lies in an old NO-DO newsreel (i.e., one of the state-sanctioned documentaries made during Franco’s regime).

The film speculates around the little known “Secret NO-DOs”, made in the 40s for the Catholic Church in Spain. It is told that those confidential films were used by exorcists to document supernatural events using a special film emulsion designed for this purpose. Some “Secret NO-DOs” are rumored to be stored in subterranean vaults in the Congregazione del Santo Uffizio, Rome, but its existence is officialy denied by catholic church leaders.

We've been promised a trailer soon but in the meantime you can take a moment to admire the poster to the left.