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Anguish is the American release name of Angustia, a 1987 Spanish produced horror film starring Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Paul Talia, Angel Jove and Clara Pastor.

Tagline:

The eyes of the city are mine.

Plot summary

In Anguish's complex and intertwined plot, viewers watch an audience watching a movie nested inside Anguish called "The Mommy," in which much of the story takes place in yet another theater auditorium, where that audience watches yet another movie (the silent classic, The Lost World).

Anguish's main story concerns Alice Pressman (Zelda Rubinstein), a grasping, overprotective and psychotic woman, and her crazed son, Michael (Michael Lerner) who Alice controls through hypnosis and some never quite explicated paranormal domination. Her son is extremely myopic and progressing toward blindness. Alice believes that collecting eyes will mend her son's vision, and believes her own fantasy that he is a well respected ophthalmologist (he is actually an orderly employed at an ophthalmologist's office). She sends him to collect eyes from living victims, which he does at a local theater showing The Lost World.

When the camera pulls back, a second story is revealed. Alice and Michael are the stars of The Mommy being watched by two teenage girls in a movie theater. In that theater, there is a man watching The Mommy with crazed intent.

Although the main focus of Anguish is the story of The Mommy, all the stories eventually intersect to gruesome effect.

Cast

Zelda Rubinstein
.... Alice Pressman, the Mother
Michael Lerner .... John Pressman
Talia Paul .... Patty
Ángel Jovè .... The Killer
Clara Pastor .... Linda
Isabel García Lorca .... Caroline
Nat Baker .... Teaching Doctor
Edward Ledden .... Doctor
Gustavo Gili .... Student #1
Antonio Regueiro .... Student #2
Joaquín Ribas .... Student #3
Janet Porter .... Laboratory Nurse
Patricia Manget .... Nurse at Clinic #1
Merche Gascón .... Nurse at Clinic #2
Jose M. Chucarro .... Caroline's Boyfriend
Antonella Murgia .... Ticket Girl
Josephine Borchaca .... Concession Girl
Georgie Pinkley .... Laura
Francesco Rabella .... Don
Diane Pinkley .... Popcorn Woman
Benito Pocino .... Popcorn Man
Víctor Guillén .... Sleepy
Evelyn Rosemika .... Bathroom Woman
Michael Chandler .... Projectionist
Vicente Gil .... Taxi Driver
Michael Heat .... Inspector
Pedro Vidal .... Policeman
Robert Long .... Policeman
Jaime Ros .... Policeman (as Juame Ros)
Miguel Montfort .... Policeman
Jordi Estivill .... Policeman
Alberto Merelles .... Policeman
Javier Moya .... Policeman
John Garcia .... Policeman
Kit Kincannon .... Salesman
Tatiana Thauven .... Ticket Girl
Joy Blackburn .... Concession Girl
Marc Maloney .... Elderly Man
Jasmine Parker .... Elderly Woman
Jean Paul Soto .... Manny
Javier Durán .... Moe
Marc Auba .... Jack
Randall Stewart .... First Murder
Eva Heald .... Granny
Rose Sherpac .... Granny's Friend
Emy Matías .... Hairy Woman
Elisa Crehvet .... Ann
Mingo Ràfols .... Chicano
Maribel Martínez .... Hysterical Woman
Gustavo Guarino .... Hysterical Husband
Frank Craven .... Sleepy
Mário Fernández .... Black Boy
May Vives .... Blond Girl
Craig Hill .... Doctor at Hospital
Anita Shemanski .... Nurse at Hospital
Fiacre O'Rafferty .... Projectionist
Maria Ricard .... Patty's Mother
John Shelly .... Patty's Father
Ricardo Azulay .... Police Commander
Joe Wolberg .... SWAT Commander
Steven Brown .... SWAT Man
Fabia Matas .... SWAT Man
Mark Parker .... SWAT Man
Philip Rodgers .... Medic
Joan Lloveras .... Medic
Ignacio García .... Medic
Jose Luise Amposte .... Policeman
Eric Pier .... Policeman
Clause Braum .... Policeman
Jorge Ferrer .... Policeman
Jorge Torras .... Policeman
Pep Cukart .... Policeman
Tito Álvarez .... Policeman
John Heald .... Policeman
Angelika Thiblant .... Nurse in Street
Elvira Salles .... Nurse in Street
Tatiana Gari .... Nurse in Street
Margarita Borchaca.... Nurse in Street
Julia Carrasco .... Nurse in Street
María Guerín .... Nurse in Street

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