REVIEW | Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I Live In" Is a Messy Medical Thriller

The Skin I Live In is idiosyncratic Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s 18th film and the first in 21 years to reunite him with his discovery, Antonio Banderas, whose career he launched as the hottest Castilian export since paella.

Anything for Halloween? I'd vouch for The Skin I Live In, a scary, sexy and terrifically twisted horror film from the artist known as Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's stylish maestro of kink and flamboyant emotion.

Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's maestro of madness and desire, reunites with Antonio Banderas for this dark and frazzled tale of l'amour fou.

R • 1 hour 57 min • 2011

(Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2011)

Looks can be and usually are deceiving in The Skin I Live In and secrets are beyond abundant.

Spanish master filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar offers up a grisly Halloween trick-and-treat in his first full-out horror movie, an eye-popping and genuinely shocking...

"Almodovar leaves the audience without an easy place to rest."

(Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2011)

The Skin I Live In Pedro Almodovar has spent a career finding the pleasure in perversity, a talent that works both for and against "The Skin I Live In."