In Piggy, body shaming and a slasher add up to a horror film with a twist

Spanish writer/director Carlota Pereda adapts her 2018 short to expand on the complex effects of bullying against a backdrop of horror. In Piggy, it’s not...

All That Breathes, I Didn't See You There, Last Flight Home, and more.

28/01/2022 - Carlota Martínez Pereda dabbles in Carrie mythos, delivering the kind of film that will put you off Spanish holidays for life

Plus seven honorable mentions.

PIGGY is a horror movie from Spain (org. title 'Cerdita') with all the makings of a classic horror movie, but with a twist. Movie Review >

Spanish writer-director Carlota Pereda expands her 2018 short film in this harrowing genre exploration of bullying, internalized trauma, revenge and desire, ...

Spanish filmmaker Carlota Pereda's daring debut about adolescent self-loathing is burnished by a powerhouse performance by Laura Galán.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Wade Major and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on dem...

Marlon Wayons and 'The Curse of Bridge Hollow' brings mild horror to Netlix and Hulu's 'Rosaline' takes an alternative perspective on Shakespeare.

Carlota Pereda explores naturalism and gore in this Spanish contemporary horror about a bullied teenager turning the tables.

Also worth catching: new take on ‘Interview with the Vampire,’ shocking ‘Friend of the Family.’

As violent as it is thoughtful, this Spanish movie dissects the webs of shame and secrecy that bullying breeds.

A slight parable about having a corrosive hate in one’s heart toward their aggressors.

On the second half of this year's Midnights program from the Sundance Film Festival. 

A teenager teased cruelly for her weight exacts revenge in this smart, twisty thriller. K. Austin Collins' review

Director Carlota Pereda makes a bold solo debut feature in Sundance Midnight shocker, Piggy (Cerdita). A bullied girl participates in a brutal revenge throug...

Spanish filmmaker expands her short film into a bold, bloody and insightful feature

Carlota Pereda’s new Sundance horror faintly echoes the themes in Catherine Breillat’s dark masterwork “Fat Girl.”

★★★★☆Big girls don’t cry, they exact bloody vengeance — at least that’s the expectation raised by Piggy’s publicity poster, which depicts a...

Carlota Pereda's debut draws its terror from the same well of adolescent female insecurity as 'Carrie,' before going its own grisly way.