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Crazy Old Lady
SpanishVieja loca
Directed byMartín Mauregui
Screenplay byMartín Mauregui
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJulián Apezteguía
Music byPedro Osuna
Production
companies
  • Películas La Trini
  • Primo Content
  • Mr. Field and Friends
  • Bambú Producciones
  • La Unión de los Ríos
Distributed byDeAPlaneta (Spain)
Release date
  • 10 October 2025 (2025-10-10) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Argentina
LanguageSpanish

Crazy Old Lady (Spanish: Vieja loca)[1] is an upcoming psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Martín Mauregui starring Carmen Maura and Daniel Hendler. It is a Spanish and Argentine co-production.

Plot

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Pedro endures psychological distress after being tasked by his former girlfriend to take care of her senile mother Alicia.[2]

Cast

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Production

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Crazy Old Lady is the debut solo feature as a director of seasoned Argentine screenwriter Martín Mauregui.[1] Producer J.A. Bayona pitched the film as "a very claustrophobic film, a fable of terror and suspense that deals with how violence is transmitted from one generation to the next".[3] The film is a Spanish-Argentine co-production by Películas La Trini, Primo Content, Mr. Field and Friends, Bambú Producciones alongside La Unión de los Ríos.[4]

Julián Apezteguía served as cinematographer.[3] Shooting locations included the city of Buenos Aires and places in its conurbation (Vicente López, Bella Vista, Capilla del Señor).[1][2]

Release

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StudioCanal handled sales.[4] DeAPlaneta is slated to release theatrically the film in Spain on 10 October 2025.[5] Shudder acquired distribution rights in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Stiletano, Marcelo (8 March 2024). "Carmen Maura está en la Argentina y filma una película de terror producida por el director de La sociedad de la nieve". La Nación.
  2. ^ a b Economou, Vassilis (25 February 2025). "Carmen Maura plays the lead in Martín Mauregui's psychological horror Crazy Old Lady". Cineuropa.
  3. ^ a b "Juan Antonio Bayona y Belén Atienza producen la película de terror 'Vieja loca'". Camera and Light Mag. 11 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Wiseman, Andreas (23 May 2025). "Following A JA Bayona-Hosted Cannes Market Preview, Horror 'Vieja Loca' Sells To North America, UK, Australia & Spain For Studiocanal". Deadline Hollywood.
  5. ^ "Vieja loca". DeAPlaneta. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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