Spain Archives - Desperate Living

The bouncy Spanish pop song by Jeanette that featured in the bleak film Cría Cuervos and became an unlikely international hit.

The Salto del Colacho is a Spanish festival of purification and celebration that culminates in the local men jumping over newborn babies.

A charming animated film about the power of music to help the lost and broken find identity and friendship.

The world’s favourite fashion doll might be having a moment in the spotlight right now – but she has always had all manner of exciting adventures.

An impressive catalogue of graphic novels from Barcelona.

The once-ubiquitous child’s ventriloquist dummy is one of the creepiest toys of the 1970s.

In the desperation to find something to blame apart from the obvious, sexual expression is always a go-to distraction.

A Spanish slasher short that left unsuspecting TV viewers aghast in the early 1990s.

Is the attempt to move Peperami upmarket doomed to failure or an inspired move?

How a German playboy used the notoriety of being falsely accused of being a serial killer to become an unlikely 1970s celebrity.

An examination of the legendary painter’s most notorious and unsettling work.

The power of Satan – or the power of a woman? A Hardline Catholic Bishop gives it all up for the love of a writer of occult-flavoured erotic fiction.