Thesis (1996)

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4.7 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Hide your camcorder and don't drop out of film school because we're talking Spanish writer/director Alejandro Amenábar's 1996 feature film debut, Thesis (or Tesis)

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0:00.0	I hate to say it, but his parents have been feeling unwell as of late, and I'm staying with them to help take care of Alex.
0:16.9	Oh, so it's serious?
0:19.1	Oh, no, no, it's not serious. Nothing terminal.
0:21.3	It's just a touch of consumption.
0:30.9	And welcome back to horror queers.
0:33.4	We're talking, does violence interest you?
0:36.2	We're talking the princess and the dwarf.
0:39.1	And we're talking giving the audience what they want.
0:43.2	And I'm Joe.
0:44.3	And I'm Trace.
0:45.2	And we're talking, is she dead?
0:47.4	What a question.
0:48.3	He blew her brains out.
0:50.2	Ooh.
0:50.9	I know.
0:52.2	Everybody, we are discussing Alejandro Amanabar's 1996 film thesis or if you're like me and had a lot of trouble finding this on Shudder you have to search for its Spanish name Tessis without the H.
1:05.5	Yes yeah and happy 30th anniversary to this film from its Spanish premiere.
1:11.2	Oh, my.
1:12.0	A film that I think, Joe, I first heard about this film when we covered the others because
1:17.3	I pulled it up in my production history for Amanabar and I was so intrigued by it.
1:21.7	But that was like two years ago, right?
1:24.2	It was at least two years ago.
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