WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

pdbclarke A film I saw soon after it was released in 1972. Like others it has remained in my memory since then. As a teenager I too kept my foot in the door. In 1995 I met a Spanish women (who became my wife) and the La Cabina was filmed in a plaza (square) adjacent to my grandmother--in--law's home. La Cabina was filmed in Plaza de Arapiles, Madrid. It now appears that Madrid community is to locate a Cabina similar to that of the film in the same location. The screenplay is sublime and transcends the need to understand Spanish.

mplb No dripping blood, No imaginary creatures. No haunted house and spooky forest. Just an ordinary morning in and ordinary town full of ordinary people.And there is no answer to the question 'why?'

FilmCriticLalitRao Any horror film should not attempt to be a perfect "Evil Dead" clone in order to create fear in hearts and minds of its viewers. This unconventional view takes into account the fact that true horror consists of something grotesque which is capable of instilling an element of fear. It does not need to be a blood Slasher genre film to be classified in the horror's hall of fame. If seen from this perspective, Spanish short film 'The Phone Box' can be considered as a quintessential horror film which continues to remain miles ahead of mainstream horror films which merely take into account viewers' ability to get easily frightened. It must also be noted that in the realm of short film, it is fairly common for screenwriters to take an elementary idea in order to blow it further for achieving great results. What is worth noticing is that seldom do short films achieve such a kind of celebrity status as achieved by "La Cabina". As a scathing attack on selfish attitudes of people, Mercero and Garci have launched a brutal attack on ordinary people for whom a common man's suffering is merely another form of "Spectacle". Those who can read between the lines would not fail to discern how subtly the political situation in Spain of olden times was criticized. It was a time when common citizens got trapped into situations wherein their individual freedom was severely curtailed as depicted in this film. This film deliberately chose not to have a happy end as daily life's simple events can lead to complicated situations. It is hoped that viewers would take it in account while watching the film's protagonist who did not notice how and when his silent composure in the time of distress got transformed into a feeling of genuine disappointment and acute hopelessness.

robmd27 For those seeking to see this again you can find it on you tube Emmy award-winning 1972 film written and directed by Spanish director Antonio Mercer o - this is a great short movie. I am reminded of the Monty python sketch when i watch this, the one where a milkman is lured upstairs by a woman in her lingerie and when he goes into the room she locks the door behind him and there are a room of milkmen all various ages. I have heard that this is supposed to be a movie full of symbolism relating to the Spanish dictatorship at the time of its creation and the fact that the Spanish government were supposedly behind a large number of disappearances