Nurse and single mom Gloria moves in with her hospital colleague, Dr Ana Torres. Though it soon becomes obvious that Ana wants more than to just be flatmates, Gloria remains at the house because the only rent she has to pay is to help the Doctor run her small gynaecological practice: a practice that also functions as a secret abortion clinic. This is a fact that may well become important when Gloria finds herself pregnant with her new boyfriend's baby.
Of course, this is a horror film, so whether Gloria chooses to keep the child or not, you can bet the decision will end badly.
The Blame is well shot, well acted (at least as far as I can tell, given it is in Spanish) and has some nice creepy parts scattered throughout it, but I found it hard to warm to given the 'predatory lesbian' vibe they establish with Ana. I suspect a lot of people will find it glacially slow, as well. I was actually okay with the pace, at least until the final few minutes when they really seemed to rush through things to finally wedge in the pay-off for all the set-up.
Said pay-off .... ehhh. It follows on logically from what we've seen, but it didn't really work for me, probably because the film's various misdirections all actually seemed more interesting than the "true" story.
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