New releases landing today
Friday’s slate in Spain serves up a little bit of everything: horror that hugs you and then bites, a true-crime retelling that plays with your sense of justice, and a family comedy that explodes with diapers and heart. Here’s a quick, spoiler-light tour of what’s hitting cinemas on April 17.
The Mummy (dir. Lee Cronin) — nightmare reunion
Lee Cronin takes the classic source material into colder, more unsettling territory. The set-up is simple and awful in the best way: a journalist’s child vanishes in the desert, and eight years later she reappears. What should be a warm homecoming flips into a creeping nightmare.
Expect tension over jump scares. Cronin leans into atmosphere — empty spaces, strange behavior, and the slow unspooling of family trauma. The emotional core is the family trying to reconcile lost time, which gives the horror some real bite beyond the usual scares.
Prime Crime: A True Story (dir. Gus Van Sant) — a strange, tense true-crime take
Gus Van Sant returns with a dramatization of the Tony Kiritsis case that’s more character study than procedural. The central incident — a desperate man confronting a bank and resorting to a terrifying kidnap setup involving a booby-trapped neck device — is played for suspense and moral discomfort.
The film asks you to squirm with its protagonist: why did he snap, and what do you think of him? It’s less about spectacle and more about watching a man pushed to extremes, and how institutions respond when cornered.
The Benetón Family +2 (Beta Fiction Spain) — cuddles, chaos and two new troublemakers
The Benetón clan is back, and this time two newborns arrive to upend the carefully managed comedy of family life. Toni Benetón believes he’s got the household under control — cue the universe laughing as plans unravel.
It’s warm, noisy, and very human. The sequel sticks to what worked before: multicultural family dynamics, loving bickering, and the kind of slapstick and heart that make you smile even when the house is literally falling apart.
Which one should you pick?
Want to be creeped out and think about grief? See The Mummy. Craving a slow-burn true-crime puzzle with moral gray areas? Van Sant’s film is your ticket. Need something light, chaotic and family-friendly (with the occasional mess)? The Benetón sequel will do the trick.
Short, sharp, and worth a weekend trip to the cine depending on your mood — or take the triple feature if you’re feeling ambitious.