Before Spielberg's shark arrived, a film sowed panic in Spain with something simpler: getting trapped

Antonio Mercero, with José Luis Garci and Horacio Valcárcel, turned a simple comic idea into the oppressive drama La cabina.

Starring José Luis López Vázquez, it follows a man trapped inside a phone booth, transforming an everyday object into a symbol of anxiety.

The work became a landmark of Spanish psychological horror and one of the most memorable images in Spanish fiction.