13 Brazilian suspense films recommended for those who are cold-blooded

When we think of great suspense films, those that hold your attention from beginning to end, several foreign titles come to mind, such as The illuminated🇧🇷 The island of the fear and Run! But know that national cinema also has high quality intriguing features, which are not so well known to the general public.

Today the incredible.club separated a list with 13 Brazilian suspense films, indicated for those who are cold-blooded. Check out!

The Judgment is a supernatural thriller directed by Andrucha Waddington and written by Fernanda Torres — who are a couple in real life. In the story, Augusto Menezes decides to move with his wife and son, Marinho, to his grandfather’s old farm. The environment is isolated by forests and waterfalls, which creates the perfect setting for dark stories. What the characters didn’t imagine was that the property was haunted.

The feature features performances by Fernanda Montenegro, Criolo, Carol Castro and Lima Duarte. A curious detail of the film is that who plays Marinho is actor Joaquim Torres Waddington, son of Andrucha Waddington and Fernanda Torres.

The film Macabre is inspired by real facts, more precisely, by brutal murders that took place in Serra dos Órgãos (RJ) in the 1990s. Although it is not a faithful portrayal of the case of the “necrophile brothers”, director Marcos Prado used this story as a basis for developing the film. character Téo (Renato Goés), a fictional sergeant who is sent to Nova Friburgo to investigate the crimes.

The sound around it is enveloped by a subtle suspense climate, but capable of holding the viewer’s attention from beginning to end. In the plot, the lives of residents of a middle-class street in Recife change after hiring a private security service. While some people are relieved, others are tensed by the security guards’ presence.

The curious thing is that the recordings were made on the street where the director of the feature, Kleber Mendonça Filho, lives. At the time of its release, which took place in 2013, the film had very positive reviews and won several awards at film festivals around the world.

The film The Invader, launched in 2002, is an adaptation of the homonymous book, written by Marçal Aquino. The plot revolves around the lives of three longtime friends, who are partners in a construction company. Everything seems to be going well, until a disagreement over how to conduct business takes on unexpected contours. The feature by Beto Brant features the performance of Marco Ricca, Alexandre Borges and George Freire.

Were you curious to see Sandy acting in a psychological thriller? So get ready to watch the feature When I Was Alive, by filmmaker Marco Dutra. The plot, adapted from the book The Art of Producing Effect Without Cause (Lourenço Mutarelli), tells the story of Júnior (Marat Descartes), a character who returns to live with his father after separating from his wife and losing his job. There, he finds Bruna, a music student (Sandy) living in her old room. As the days pass, Junior develops a strange obsession with the past and living together in the apartment becomes disturbing.

The film the friendly animal, by director Gabriela Amaral Almeida, presents a survival plot that unfolds inside a restaurant in São Paulo. Murilo Benício plays Inácio, the owner of the establishment, who is arrogant and manages the business with an iron fist. One day, at the end of the day, the place is robbed by a couple of bandits and, from then on, the restaurant becomes a scene of violence and madness. Murilo Benício’s performance as the protagonist gained so much prominence at the time that he was awarded Best Actor at the 2017 Rio Film Festival.

IMDb Movie Ranking Rating (0-10): 5.8

The film the trail, released in 2017, tells the story of a doctor responsible for removing patients from a hospital in Rio de Janeiro that is about to be deactivated due to lack of funds. However, a 10-year-old girl goes missing the night of the transfer and he discovers that the truth is steeped in a dark and supernatural universe. This was the first feature by director JC Feyer, who was inspired by classic thrillers such as The illuminated (1980), The sixth Sense (1999) and the others (2001). The cast is formed by great actors such as Rafael Cardoso, Leandra Leal, Cláudia Abreu and Alice Wegmann.

IMDb Movie Ranking Rating (0-10): 6.2

Valentina Herszage won the Best Actress award at the 2015 Rio Film Festival for her performance in Kill me please, film by Anita Rocha da Silveira. The psychological horror film develops from the curiosity of teenager Bia about a wave of murders that took place in Barra da Tijuca, a neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The plot is rich in metaphors, which makes the film mesmerizing from start to finish.

IMDb Movie Ranking Rating (0-10): 7.0

the plot of Between us tells the story of young friends who go to an isolated country house and decide to write letters for themselves to open after ten years. The group’s reunion, which took place after a tragedy, brings up macabre secrets from the past. The plot features heavyweight actors, such as Caio Blat, Carolina Dieckmann, Maria Ribeiro and Paulo Vilhena. Because it is a film that portrays longtime friends, director Paulo Morelli said that the real-life proximity between the artists was one of the criteria in choosing the cast. “We did a lot of rehearsals and auditions, with different actors for different roles. The main selection criterion was best performance. Afterwards, we saw that the degree of intimacy and friendship that these actors had with each other in private life was important for the film, ”he said.

IMDb Movie Ranking Rating (0-10): 6.2

In Dead Doesn’t Speak, Daniel de Oliveira gives life to Stênio, an employee of a morgue in São Paulo, who has a paranormal gift for communicating with the dead. The character takes this question as if it were the “most normal thing in the world”, until he begins to hear confidences that reveal secrets of his own life and that bring danger to him and his family.

IMDb Movie Ranking Rating (0-10): 6.4

You know those movies that make you doubt everything and everyone? If you like that kind of suspense, the movie Trust me it’s a great request. What appears to be a romantic comedy at first turns into a tense plot. In the story, a promising chef named Mari (Fernanda Machado) dreams of opening a restaurant. However, her romantic involvement with the charming Caio (Mateus Solano) ends up getting in the way of her plans.

IMDb Movie Ranking Rating (0-10): 5.5

the plot of Isolated begins when a couple decides to spend their holidays in a house in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro. Lauro (Bruno Gagliasso) hears rumors that violent attacks have been taking place in the region, but decides to hide it from his girlfriend, Renata (Regiane Alves). The approach of the killers, the climate of isolation and the struggle for survival trigger a tense plot that mixes reality and madness.

IMDb Movie Ranking Rating (0-10): 7.4

the feature The Wolf Behind the Door is inspired by the case of Fera da Penha, a cruel murder that shocked Rio de Janeiro in 1960. Even if you already know a lot about the crime, the film is worth watching due to the impeccable performances of Leandra Leal, Milhem Cortaz and Fabiula Birth.

Have you watched and enjoyed any movies that are on this list? Is there any other Brazilian thriller feature that was missing here? tell the incredible.club in the comments.