The Wait

"The Wait" (La espera, 2023) is a Spanish horror drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez and starring Víctor Clavijo and Ruth Díaz. It starts with a small bribe — a hunting estate keeper named Eladio, a veteran hunter, an envelope passed between them.

Weeks later, Eladio's life falls apart. Small things first, then everything at once, and the possibility grows that his misfortune is not random. Gutiérrez, who made the slow-burn Spanish supernatural film "Before the Fall" (2008) before working in Hollywood, builds the horror through compression and accumulation rather than shock. Clavijo carries nearly every scene, and the weight of the descent feels earned rather than imposed.

Quiet, grinding dread for viewers who don't need loud. Stream "The Wait" (2023) online on iFILM.