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Second Name
Film Poster
Directed byPaco Plaza
Written byRamsey Campbell (story)
Fernando Marías (screenplay)
Paco Plaza (screenplay)
Produced byJulio Fernández
StarringErica Prior
Denis Rafter
Craig Stevenson
John O'Toole
CinematographyPablo Rosso
Edited byJosé Ramón Lorenzo Picado
Music byMikel Salas
Distributed byFilmax International
Release date
  • November 15, 2002 (2002-11-15)
Running time
93 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageEnglish

Second Name (El Segundo Nombre in Spanish) is a 2002 Spanish horror film. The film is based on 2001 horror novel Pact of the Fathers by English horror writer Ramsey Campbell.

Plot

After the suicide of her father, Daniella (Erica Prior) investigates her family's past.

The plot involves a sect called the Abrahamites, who (according to the movie) sacrifice their first borns following an alternative interpretation of God's Will in the near-sacrifice of Isaac.

Caravaggio's Ufizzi version of the biblical scene is shown in the movie to illustrate this alternative belief.

The movie version of the Abrahamites traditionally give their first borns the father's middle name, hence the title of the movie.

Cast

  • Erica Prior....Daniella
  • Denis Rafter....Simon Hastings
  • Craig Stevenson....Toby Harris
  • John O'Toole....Father Elias

Awards and nominations

Cinénygma - Luxembourg International Film Festival

  • 2003: Nominated, "Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold"

Fantasporto

  • 2003: Nominated, "Best Film"

Sitges Film Festival

  • 2002: Won, "Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver"
  • 2002: Nominated, "Best Film"

Turia Awards

  • 2003: Won, "Best First Work" - Paco Plaza