Halley

2012

1h 24m

Drama

Horror

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50%

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6 Reviews

53%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Beto, a security guard at a gym, has a strange illness that causes his body to slowly decay. He injects embalming fluid to stem the decay, which increases his melancholy until the gym's female owner makes him feel alive again.

Dennis Harvey

Variety

"Halley" isn't particularly satisfying as a narrative or character study, and the profundity or blankness of its meaning is entirely up to the viewer.

Jan 29, 2013

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Duane Byrge

Hollywood Reporter

Compounding [its] bodily gross-outs, Hoffmann has drenched the film with accompanying tonal annoyances: insect buzzing, metal scrapings and human grunting.

Jan 22, 2013

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Ard Vijn

ScreenAnarchy

While there is a difference between boring, sedate and meditative, director Sebastián Hofmann definitely takes his chances here. The great make-up work and claustrophobic setting mostly managed to keep me interested, though.

Jan 13, 2020

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Hauntingly surreal, and sometimes maddeningly oblique, it never fails to be consistently compelling.

Aug 6, 2019

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Deirdre Crimmins

Film Thrills

Halley is a film that seems to think it is much more clever than it is.

Aug 21, 2018

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Mark Adams

Screen International

Hofman treats Beto and his strange and disturbing condition with gentle respect. What he is going through is horrific, but the film never exploits his increasingly unpleasant physical condition.

Jan 22, 2013

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Audience Member

Hay conceptos que simplemente no pueden ser forzados a llenar un largometraje. "Halley" es un ejercicio frió que como un corto podría ser resonante y misterioso pero que en este formato se siente demasiado distante e impenetrable en sus intenciones. Beto es un guardia de seguridad que habita su entorno como un muerto viviente (podríamos argumentar que la película tiene el ritmo de una cinta "de arte", la primera sobre zombies) pero no sabemos nada de él y la película nos satura de momentos estáticos que la hacen sentir mas larga de lo que es. He aquí una idea interesante pero nada mas.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Está super rara. Me gusto, este cine mexicano si es de mi gusto.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

The most depressing zombie movie ever. Very slow, very gloomy, very dark...I wanted some some doomy drone/noise to the soundtrack, which was very atmospheric and minimalist. Cinematography was A+, makeup also AA++, Halley was a decent character study, though not really much to take notes on except the how well done they created their world, the actor Alberto Trujillo WAS Beto the security guard 110%. Oh and this is the first Mexican film to shoot in the North Pole....though 99% of the film takes place in Mexico City.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Sebastian Hofmann

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Alberto Trujillo

Alberto

Hugo Albores

Mortuario

Luly Trueba

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Sebastian Hofmann

Screenwriter

Julio Chavezmontes

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Synopsis

Beto, a security guard at a gym, has a strange illness that causes his body to slowly decay. He injects embalming fluid to stem the decay, which increases his melancholy until the gym's female owner makes him feel alive again.

Director: Sebastian Hofmann
Producer: Julio Chavezmontes, Jaime Romandia
Screenwriter: Sebastian Hofmann, Julio Chavezmontes
Genre: Drama, Horror
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 24m

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