99.9 (film)

Not to be confused with the 2008 Australian short film $9.99, or the 2005 Indian film 99.9 FM.
99.9
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgustí Villaronga
Written by
  • Lourdes Iglesias
  • Jesús Regueira
  • Agustí Villaronga
Starring
CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe
Music byJavier Navarrete
Production
companies
  • Origen
  • Impala
Release date
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

99.9 (Spanish: 99.9: La frecuencia del terror, lit. '99.9: The Frequency of Terror') is a 1997 Spanish horror film directed and co-written by Agustí Villaronga.[1] The film stars María Barranco as Lara, the host of a radio show focused on psychic and paranormal phenomena, who learns that her ex-boyfriend has been found dead in a small Spanish village. When she travels to the village, she discovers that he had been performing experiments to connect with otherworldly spirits. The film's title has been described as referring to both the dial of a radio station and as an inversion of "666" (the "number of the beast").[2][3]

Cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe served as director of photography on 99.9, and composer Javier Navarrete provided the score. The film screened at the 1997 Sitges Film Festival, where it won the festival's award for Best Cinematography.[4]

  1. ^ Pedraza 2007, p. 104.
  2. ^ Aguilar, Carlos, ed. (2005). Cine fantástico y de terror español, 1984–2004. p. 168. ISBN 84-89668-54-X. Archived from the original on 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  3. ^ Pedraza 2007, p. 105.
  4. ^ Torreiro, Casimiro (19 October 1997). "El festival de cine de Sitges se clausura con unos premios polémicos". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.