A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Mike Vogel, Eliza Dushku, Iman Nazemzadeh
Written by:
Roderick Taylor
Bruce A. Taylor
Directed by:
Álvaro de Armiñán
Release Date:
September 19, 2009
Original Title:
Open Graves
Alternate Titles:
A Maldição da Libélula
El juego de la muerte
Mamba
Tumbas Abiertas
Genres:
Horror | Thriller
Production Companies:
Alchemedia Films
Manufacturas Audiovisuales
Open Pictures
Voltage Pictures
Production Countries:
Spain | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: R
Runtime: 88
One day, Jason finds an unusual board game called Mamba. When his surfer friends start to play, the games unleashes its deadly curse, killing the losers in a gruesome fashion. Supposedly it will grant the winner a wish. As his companions die off, Jason decides that the only way he can reverse the tragedy is by continuing to play. With his girlfriend, Erica, Jason rolls the dice and hopes to make his wish before one of them suffers a horrible fate.
In Spain, the American surfer Jason, his best friend and photographer Tomas Escaño and his girlfriend Lisa go shopping in a fair and while the couple is negotiating with a street vendor, Jason visits a dreadful store. Jason has a friction with the handicapped owner Malek and the man in a wheelchair offers an ancient board game called Mamba from the Spanish Inquisition period for free to excuse his behavior. Meanwhile, Detective Izar is investigating the death of a man that was skinned alive. When a heavy rain falls during a party on the beach, Jason joins Tomas, Lisa, his new acquaintance Erica Vargas, Pablo, Miguel and Elena to play the game. Erica reads the rules and explains that the winner would have his wish granted while the losers would be cursed to die the way described in the cards. Pablo is the first to lose and borrows Tomas' car to buy some beers. Miguel, Lisa, Elena and Tomas also lose, but the players stop the game when Detective Eric arrives and informs that Pablo has just died. When Miguel, Lisa and Elena also die, Jason researches the Mamba in the Internet and finds that the pieces and board had been made of skin and bones of the witch Mamba Masamba and the cards had been written with her blood and tears. Jason decides to finish the game with Erica to undo the curse.
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Art Direction:
Koldo Jones
Camera Operator:
Ibon Antuñano
Casting:
Richard Pagano
Director:
Álvaro de Armiñán
Director of Photography:
Josu Inchaustegui
Editor:
Roberto Serrano
Executive Producer:
Joxe Portela
Bruce A. Taylor
Dale Rosenbloom
Roderick Taylor
First Assistant Director:
Txarly Llorente
Hairstylist:
Maribel Bernales
Makeup Designer:
Paula Cruz
Makeup Supervisor:
David Martí
Music:
Fernando Ortí Salvador
Producer:
Antonio Cuadri
Billy Dietrich
Juan Carlos Orihuela
Sound Editor:
Carlos L. Fesser
Sound Mixer:
Aitor Berenguer
José A. Manovel
Special Effects:
Reyes Abades
Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Frédéric Lainé
Aleix Torrecillas
Supervising Sound Editor:
James Muñoz
Visual Effects Producer:
Beñat Beitia
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Alex G. Ortoll
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