El Páramo (The Squad)

Synopsis

War movie or paradigm of horror? What begins like Samuel Fuller’s The Steel Helmet ends up resembling [·Rec]. A special commando group arrives at an abandoned military base. When one of the men is wounded, the others will be forced to stay in this sinister place, full of inscriptions for protection against the devil and ravaged by a mysterious presence. It won’t be long before the soldiers start to have doubts about everything, including their own companions and themselves. With a camera glued to the characters and exquisite grayish, misty cinematography, El páramo is the definitive war horror film.