Under the Salt
Some things should be kept beneath.
Directed by Mario Muñoz
Produced by Películas Imaginarias, FIDECINE
A dark, paranoid mystery that uses a lonely teenager's macabre interests and a desolate salt-mining town to build suspicion and dread around questions of guilt and innocence.
A series of murders leads Commander Trujillo to Santa Rosa de la Sal a town close to a salt mine, where he meets Victor Zepeda - a lonely teenager who works in his father's funeral home and spends his free time making crude animated horror films - who's strange behavior seems to point at him as the culprit of the crimes.
Questions people ask
Is Under the Salt scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Does Under the Salt end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Under the Salt sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Under the Salt violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is Under the Salt easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
You have seen this shape before.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Under the Salt
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Under the Salt
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Under the Salt, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Under the Salt, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Under the Salt, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
