18/11/2016 - The German actress joins Elliot Cowan and Ana Ularu in the cast of the terrifying European co-production, which is about to start shooting

After making three instalments in the REC [+see also:
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As was the case with Darkness [+see also:
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With a release slated for the last quarter of 2017, Muse tells the story of Salomón, who has been unemployed since the tragic death of his girlfriend. He suffers from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered – but when this same woman turns up dead in real life, a disconcerted Salomón seeks answers to explain the tragedy, delving into a murky world controlled by some inspirational figures: muses.

“This combination of the supernatural, seduction, macabre rituals and love is really explosive and has all the necessary ingredients to create a truly terrifying film,” Balagueró claims about his sixth movie as a solo director. He wrote the screenplay himself together with Fernando Navarro (Toro [+see also:
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(Translated from Spanish)