Ángela, licenciada em Ciencias de la Información, prepara su tesis sobre la violencia audiovisual. Su director, Figueroa, se compromete a buscarle películas. Éste descubre en la videoteca de la Facultad una galería con cientos de videocintas; cuando está visionando una de ellas, muere repentinamente. Mientras, un amigo de Ángela, Chema, la invita a su casa a una sesión de cine gore y pornográfico.

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Snuff movies, true-crime TV shows and other forms of violent entertainment figure heavily in restrained thriller about a film student who becomes the star in her own life-or-death drama. Newcomer Alejandro Amenabar provides an inventive plot and a sufficient supply of red herrings. Could click in the international video market with savvy handling.