Max Allen Horror Movie Talk Jul 1, 2026 9/10

You get everything that you could want from a possession/haunting film and although there are a lot of horror movie tropes, they are well executed in unique ways.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn Me gusta el cine Apr 7, 2025 3.5/5

“Veronica” is a fairly conventional supernatural horror film, which nevertheless stands out thanks to the stylised direction of co-writer Paco Plaza, and the solid main performance of the young Sandra Escacena, in her film debut. [Full review in Spanish].

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Rocco T. Thompson Rue Morgue Magazine Jul 3, 2024

When the camera and sound design are doing the heavy lifting, Veronica soars, but Plaza’s lack of restraint brings it crashing down, time and again.

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Chris Joyce Movies and Munchies (YouTube) Oct 28, 2023 4.5/5

With a driving, but unrushed pace, the narrative pulls us into the terrors, complete with shadowy things that go bump in the night and menacing forces that are nothing short of evil.

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Stephanie Archer Film Inquiry Sep 24, 2022

Even with its layers of predictability, Verónica will keep you at the edge of your seat until its final moments.

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Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts Apr 16, 2021 5/10

I felt like the sinister vibe in this film really was watered down again.

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Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut Jan 31, 2021 4/5

Based on eye-witness accounts (and of course a degree of speculation), Veronica is the story of what went wrong for a lonely teenager after she tried to contact her deceased father via a Ouija board.

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Joey Keogh Vague Visages Oct 9, 2019

[Paco] Plaza's tale of teen possession is powerfully scary.

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Desirée De Fez Fotogramas Oct 1, 2019 4/5

A personal and genuinely Spanish film. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Witney Seibold IGN Oct 1, 2019 8.6/10

It's not "the scariest film of all time," but Verónica is still plenty scary, and it features some rather well-executed haunted house imagery that will certainly get under your skin.

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Víctor López G. Espinof Oct 1, 2019

Paco plaza has the soul of an auteur that disembarks on creating the most pure and visceral horror. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Molly Henery The Blogging Banshee Nov 2, 2018 7.5/10

Veronica brings strong scares to this film based on a true story.

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Joe Lipsett Bloody Disgusting Sep 21, 2018 3.5/5

Veronica may not reinvent the possession/exorcism subgenre, but it is nonetheless a solid entry.

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Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Jun 11, 2018 3.5/5

An authentic revelation. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Joel Harley Starburst Jun 11, 2018 8/10

Brooding with class and style, it's a cut above most of the movies it shares a story with, but certainly not an all-timer like [Rec].

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Andrew Whalen Newsweek Jun 11, 2018

There's nothing in it that will surprise horror movie aficionados.

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Brian Costello Common Sense Media Jun 11, 2018 3/5

Scary Spanish horror film with demonic imagery, violence.

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David Fontana Film Inquiry Apr 17, 2018

Despite a tendency to overdo it when it comes to the scares themselves, Paco Plaza's Veronica contains enough focus on character and symbolism to be an effective possession horror.

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Hugo Maguey Butaca Ancha Mar 27, 2018

It's not a masterpiece.... but it is entertaining... [Full review in Spanish]

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Ed Potton The Times (UK) Mar 9, 2018 2/5

A considerable buzz online suggested that this Spanish horror might arrest the recent run of iffy Netflix movies. Sadly, it doesn't.

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