The House of Snails

The House of Snails (La casa del caracol, 2021) is a Spanish horror-thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Novelist Antonio Prieto trades the city for a remote village in the mountains above Málaga, chasing quiet and a fresh book. He finds both — and neither is what he bargained for.

Drawn to a local woman named Berta, Antonio starts prying into the rhythms of a community that clearly prefers its secrets buried. The closer he looks, the blurrier the line gets between the story he's writing and the one unfolding around him. Javier Rey and Paz Vega anchor it as two people tangled in desire and dread at once.

Director Macarena Astorga leans on slow-build folk horror rather than cheap shocks, letting unease seep through small-town hospitality. Good for viewers who like their scares patient, rural and rooted in old superstition. Stream The House of Snails (2021) online on iFILM.