It was first documented in Liverpool in 1962 and led by Argentinian expatriate Santini, whose scientific approach to ponerology went far beyond the activities of his original London occult circles. A visit to a Jesuit expert in the Pontifical University uncovers a bizarre Satanic cult called The Nameless. Massera's research lends credibility to the hypothesis that Angela is alive, since a girl with similar characteristics disappeared around the same time and could have been used to fake Angela's death. Despite his recent discharge from the force, he agrees to investigate.

Claudia contacts Massera, the detective who probed into Angela's disappearance. The nearby deserted clinic reveals grotesque angelic imagery and an orthopedic boot ostensibly left for her to find. Intrigued by the resemblance to Angela's voice and the mention of a seaside location where she used to take her daughter, Claudia visits the site. One day, she receives a desperate phone call from someone identifying herself as her presumed dead daughter and begging to be rescued. She is living alone, addicted to tranquilizers and stalked by her possessive ex-boyfriend Toni. All other identifying traits are missing and the body shows needle insertions and acid burns, apparently inflicted antemortem.įive years later, Claudia is still haunted by the tragedy. The identification is only deemed possible thanks to a bracelet and a four-centimeter leg length discrepancy. The parents of missing six-year-old Angela Gifford, local editor Claudia and her British husband Marc, are duly notified. The gruesomely mutilated body of a girl is found in a manhole by Spanish police. In the United States, the film was acquired by the Miramax subsidiary Dimension Films, who released it directly to video in 2005, after theatrically distributing Balagueró's second feature film, Darkness (2002). The Nameless proved to be a box-office success, and has been credited for spearheading a series of major studio horror films produced in Spain in the 2000s. Filmax distributed the film theatrically in Spain, releasing it in November 1999. The film premiered at the Sitges Film Festival in October 1999, and went on to receive the Méliès d'Or award at the Méliès International Festivals Federation. Based on the 1981 horror novel of the same name by English writer Ramsey Campbell, it follows a mother who receives a phone call from her believed-deceased daughter five years after her apparent occult-related ritualized murder, uncovering a nefarious cult preoccupied with the metaphysical aspects of corruption and evil. The Nameless ( Spanish: Los Sin Nombre Catalan: Els sense nom) is a 1999 Spanish horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró in his directorial debut, and starring Emma Vilarasau, Karra Elejalde, and Tristán Ulloa.

The Nameless by Ramsey Campbell