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The Skin I Live In (2011) I was already a fan of Pedro Almodovar (Bad Education, Talk To Her, High Heels, All About My Mother) before I saw this possibly his first horror film so had high expectations-it far exceeded them! This is based on a book (forget the Spanish author at the moment) like a lot of his films and draws inspiration from Frankenstein but this is no reinterpretation of the story it goes in a different direction and Almodovar fans like me can enjoy joining the dots to his previous films. Nevertheless this is a jaw dropping film and you don't have to have seen any of his previous films to get it. This is a film to watch in awe-awe at it's ideology, it's subtle performances (especially Antonio Banderas) and its fluidity. If Insidious and Trollhunter don't count as 2011 films then I choose this as my fave horror or any film of 2011.