Marcos (Marc Ferrer, who also directed and wrote this) is a director who exists on the fringes of the industry, fueled by grand ambitions and a shoestring budget. He is convinced that his latest project—a neon-soaked, queer-coded Giallo—is his ticket to finally being a famous filmmaker. However, the production takes a meta-turn when a black-gloved killer begins stalking his set. As the body count rises across the vibrant streets of Barcelona, the line between Marcos’s script and reality blurs. The police begin to wonder: is this a publicity stunt gone wrong, or is the director’s obsession with the perfect shot becoming literally lethal?

There’s plenty of Argento homages here, as well as Almodóvar. There’s plenty of camp and representation across the board, which is welcome. It’s not the best queer movie about making a queer giallo film — Knife + Heart is undefeated — but I do love that it tries. You get the hyper-stylized violence, the lingering shots of sharp objects, and a pulsating electronic score from the films of Italy, and then balance it with Almodóvar’s kitschy interior design — those venetian blinds, for example — and a deep focus on interpersonal queer drama. 

You can watch this on Tubi.