The suspicion that Robert is having an affair grows stronger and stronger. Unusually long work appointments, harsh reactions and whispers on the phone drive his wife to sheer madness and rob her of sleep. Finally, she can't take it any more and tracks him to a secluded house, hoping to finally get some clarity. What she finds, however, is beyond imagination. In his spare time, Robert cultivates a bloody hobby that knows no bounds!
Spain is not unknown as a genre stronghold. Time and again, there are flashes of talent that know how to tug at our nerves extremely well. Balagueró and De la Iglesia stand for quality, but the new generation does not sleep either! So Ángel González Martínez sets out to discover the serial killer genre for himself and creates a finely told, nerve-wrackingly exciting and debatable vision of fear and mistrust. Not a minute too long, COMPULSION is a bloody little film gem.