After the mysterious death of a local shepherd. A remote village is overcome with fear as talk spreads of an ancient treasure hidden away in the hills where the body was found.
Lovecraft vibes (mainly Color of out Space) seeps from this Peruvian enigmatic drama - 'The Light on the Hill', especially in the promising, and richly layered first-half. Atmospheric locations, and a lingering sense of unease are wasted on an encroaching mystery that ends on a mundane revelation when compared to where it might have headed. Maybe I was just disappointed by its grounded denouncement, and a shifting focus from possibly eerie supernatural interference / superstitious fear as more of a facade to hide something much closer to home - human traits of greed and deception. So it surprised me. Not a bad film, just left me unsatisfied. Although the horror tag is very misleading.
Lovecraft vibes (mainly Color of out Space) seeps from this Peruvian enigmatic drama - 'The Light on the Hill', especially in the promising, and richly layered first-half. Atmospheric locations, and a lingering sense of unease are wasted on an encroaching mystery that ends on a mundane revelation when compared to where it might have headed. Maybe I was just disappointed by its grounded denouncement, and a shifting focus from possibly eerie supernatural interference / superstitious fear as more of a facade to hide something much closer to home - human traits of greed and deception. So it surprised me. Not a bad film, just left me unsatisfied. Although the horror tag is very misleading.
