There Is Always a Monster
Directed by Gaston Haag
SPAIN · 2026 · 17 min · SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, OTHER
Submitted to RTV International Film Festival 2026Synopsis
The mutilated body of a famous actor is found in his garden, prompting the immediate arrival of a team of forensic experts and detectives. Anne (detective), Mario (detective), Ivan (forensic expert), Claudio (detective), and Aitor (forensic expert) arrive at the scene. While they find strange wounds on the body and signs of violence, Claudio goes up to the victim's apartment to see what he can find and to speak with Aitor, who is already inside investigating. A near-violent altercation erupts when Mario and Anne go upstairs and find Aitor and Claudio using drugs at the crime scene. This blinds them to the truth. Anne notices, in the midst of the argument, that areas of the ceiling and corners of the living room are covered in a kind of slimy substance. What at first they try to find a logical explanation for quickly transforms into a scene of terror when Ivan's arm appears in the middle of the hallway. The other forensic technician apparently is not alone in the apartment, and the victim's neighbor is hiding something more than just living next door.
About the film
The mutilated body of a famous actor is found in his garden, prompting the immediate arrival of a team of forensic experts and detectives. Anne (detective), Mario (detective), Ivan (forensic expert), Claudio (detective), and Aitor (forensic expert) arrive at the scene. While they find strange wounds on the body and signs of violence, Claudio goes up to the victim's apartment to see what he can find and to speak with Aitor, who is already inside investigating. A near-violent altercation erupts when Mario and Anne go upstairs and find Aitor and Claudio using drugs at the crime scene. This blinds them to the truth. Anne notices, in the midst of the argument, that areas of the ceiling and corners of the living room are covered in a kind of slimy substance. What at first they try to find a logical explanation for quickly transforms into a scene of terror when Ivan's arm appears in the middle of the hallway. The other forensic technician apparently is not alone in the apartment, and the victim's neighbor is hiding something more than just living next door.
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