Okay, so we are talking all inclusive dark thrillers, to ultra splatter to dark drama films... what are the ten best spanish horror films?

Spanish language will do (ie. mexicana).

My experience is very limited, so i can name ten but that's pretty much the ten I've seen

Tesis (1996)
Aftermath (1994)
In a glass cage (1987)
Espinazo del diablo (2001)
Cabina, La (1972)
Fragiles (2005)
Residencia (1969)
[Rec] (2007)
Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
Blood Splattered Bride (1972)

Thank you

What if we expand and include dark fantasy movies?

How about:
* Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971) aka La Noche del terror ciego
* Return of the Blind Dead (1973) aka El Ataque de los muertos sin ojos
* The Ghost Galleon (1974) aka El Buque maldito
* Night of the Seagulls (1975) aka La Noche de las gaviotas

there are a lot of coproduction movies between italy and spain spain and germany usa and spain so i ve selected only pure spanish movies sith spanish actors directors and so on i didnt mention blind dead becauste i still havent seen it

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

I'm pretty sure this movie qualifies

You should soo grab these ultra fantastic rips!! The Blind Dead Collection (1971,1973,1974,1975)

But that is just like my opinion.

if i say i didnt see it
that does not mean that i do not have them ( my collection program sayz i have it for 3 years now )

Some of my favorites:

La Noche de Terror Ciego - Amando de Ossorio (1971)
La Rebelión de las Muertas - León Klimovsky (1973)
El Espanto Surge de La Tumba - Carlos Aured (1973)
La noche de Walpurgis - León Klimovsky (1971)
El coleccionista de cadáveres - Santos Alcocer (1970)
El día de la Bestia - Álex de la Iglesia (1995)
¿Quién puede matar a un niño? - Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (1976)
La Residencia - Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (1976)
Los otros - Alejandro Amenábar (2001)
El Orfanato - Juan Antonio Bayona (2007)
El laberinto del fauno - Guillermo del Toro (2006)
Miss Muerte - Jesus Franco (1966)
Vampiros lesbos - Jesús Franco (1971)

Waaah, this movie sucks. I hate it. It's not a horror movie imho either.
It's just a brutal army themed fantasy flick with a weak story.

Sounds like a winner to me. We don't get very many of combinations of those everyday.
Looks like another flick to add to the queue...

I enjoyed it, was good to see how they combined the 'fantasy and real world' IMO

No recommendations from you please, I thought that film was excellent.

Enjoyed : Crimen ferpecto, a decent black comedy
Loved : El día de la bestia

Enjoyed Jaume Balagueró's Darkness and Los sin nombre too

As for Pan's Labyrinth, I enjoyed that as well Spud (as I think most did)!

erm, and if a Spanish girl was to be watching the movie (so sleaze/gore/violence is out of the question), and she's seen Pan's Labyrinth and The Orphanage?

In that case, go with Los Sin Nombre or Darkness.

Truba, I like most of your list. I would switch out Fragiles for Darkness, La Cabina for Tombs of the Blind Dead and I haven't seen Residencia (anyone want to link a rip?), so I would put in either To Let or The Baby's Room (probably To Let).

Yeah "The Orphanage" is a good one. One that suits similar taste I believe is "El Espinazo del diablo" or The Devil's Backbone, Truba mentioned this one earlier. I have not seen it but I hear that it is great and I have been planning on watching it for a while now. It definitely would probably be up your alley if the lady enjoyed "The Orphanage" or "Pan's Labyrinth" then maybe give this one a shot. It is classic Guillermo del Toro pre-"Pan's Labyrinth" but post-"Mimic".

Check it out at Imdb:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/

Actually I'd like to see pics first, but you can also go for Muñecos Infernales (classic Mexican flick from the 60s) or La Horripilante Bestia Humana (same - aka Night of the Bloody Apes). When you're watching the latter, you can throw in La Maldición de la Bestia, which is also a video nasty. It is rather bad, so you have to warn her it's gonna be an SBiG experience.

Another Spanish VN is La Semana del Asesino aka Cannibal Man, but I guess that one is too shocking for a girl you don't know yet.

Tesis is probably the best Spanish thriller I have seen. Good luck, and I still want pictures.

This is the index ti find all the movies of Spanish "FantaTerror": http://www.fantaterror.com/Pelis/AbecedarioPelis.htm