Three years after making its film festival debut, the Spanish thriller Amigo is finally set to receive a theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada this Friday, December 2nd. The film stars popular creature performer Javier Botet in a rare dramatic role that didn’t require him to be hidden under a creature suit, and co-stars his comedy cohort David Pareja.
Described as a “charmingly dark” thriller and a cinematic journey along the lines of Misery and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Amigo has the following synopsis: After a violent accident, the good-natured David (Pareja) decides to accommodate and care for his best friend, Javi (Botet). But as the two of them begin arguing, the truth about their toxic, homicidal relationship bubbles to the surface – and madness soon takes hold.
Botet and Pareja wrote the script with director Óscar Martín.
A press release says that Amigo will take viewers to “the heart of deep, dark, gothic Spain that offers a radical twist to the amazing chemistry that Botet and Pareja have previously displayed in their comedy sketches together.“
Dekanalog and Raven Banner are behind the film’s North American release. The companies also share distribution rights to the film in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. The theatrical release will be followed by a digital release in early 2023.
Botet’s credits over the years have included Niña Medeiros in [REC], Mama in Mama, multiple characters in Crimson Peak, Myrtu in The Other Side of the Door, Crooked Man in The Conjuring 2, the Xenomorph in Alien: Covenant, KeyFace in Insidious: The Last Key, the Slender Man in Slender Man, Mara in Mara, The Entity in Polaroid, Big Toe Corpse in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Hobo / The Leper in Stephen King’s It.
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