Infested (2023)
April 26, 2024 8:35 AM - Subscribe
Original title: Vermines. Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders. A French language horror film from Sébastien Vanicek, who is currently shooting the sixth film in the Evil Dead franchise.
Starring Théo Christine, Finnegan Oldfield, Jérôme Niel, Sofia Lesaffre, Lisa Nyarko, Marie-Philomène Nga, Emmanuel Bonami, Abdellah Moundy, Mahamadou Sangaré, Xing Xing Cheng, Malik Amraoui, Ike Zacsongo-Joseph, Samir Nait.
Directed by Sébastien Vaniček. Written by Sébastien Vaniček, Florent Bernard. Produced by Harry Tordjman for My Box Films. Edited by Thomas Fernandez, Nassim Gordji-tehrani. Cinematography by Alexandre Jamin. Music by Douglas Cavanna.
95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Currently streaming in the US on Shudder.
Starring Théo Christine, Finnegan Oldfield, Jérôme Niel, Sofia Lesaffre, Lisa Nyarko, Marie-Philomène Nga, Emmanuel Bonami, Abdellah Moundy, Mahamadou Sangaré, Xing Xing Cheng, Malik Amraoui, Ike Zacsongo-Joseph, Samir Nait.
Directed by Sébastien Vaniček. Written by Sébastien Vaniček, Florent Bernard. Produced by Harry Tordjman for My Box Films. Edited by Thomas Fernandez, Nassim Gordji-tehrani. Cinematography by Alexandre Jamin. Music by Douglas Cavanna.
95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Currently streaming in the US on Shudder.
I want to see this but then a huge part of me doesn't want to see this. It's a banner year for scary spider movies though, what with Sting also coming out soon (if it hasn't already).
posted by Kitteh at 9:26 AM on April 26
posted by Kitteh at 9:26 AM on April 26
I thought this one was rats for some reason until I made this post. I was so freaked out, because I don't do rats. But I was going to watch it anyway with my kid. Thing is, this being spiders instead of rats is good for me, but bad for them, because they do not do spiders.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:28 AM on April 26 [3 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:28 AM on April 26 [3 favorites]
"I was so freaked out, because I don't do [x]"
I know, it's so weird! The trailer has no effect on me. The skitter noise does nothing. Spiderlegs strobe and accompanying scarydrums? Nothing. Slowly creeping grasshopper + ascending horrortrills...? "...uh-huh. whatever. yawntown."
Whereas if this were exactly the same sequence of shots with exactly the same sound accompaniment but cockroach-inflected instead of spider-inflected, I'd be shrieking and hopping and scratching myself and startling at nothing for the next few hours.
posted by Don Pepino at 11:30 AM on April 26 [3 favorites]
I know, it's so weird! The trailer has no effect on me. The skitter noise does nothing. Spiderlegs strobe and accompanying scarydrums? Nothing. Slowly creeping grasshopper + ascending horrortrills...? "...uh-huh. whatever. yawntown."
Whereas if this were exactly the same sequence of shots with exactly the same sound accompaniment but cockroach-inflected instead of spider-inflected, I'd be shrieking and hopping and scratching myself and startling at nothing for the next few hours.
posted by Don Pepino at 11:30 AM on April 26 [3 favorites]
Okay, I might be afraid of spiders now. Jesus fucking Christ.
Really well-made, with interesting, idiosyncratic characters, great pacing, a lot of effectively skewed angles and shallow depth of field. Like a scarier, less jokey Attack the Block.
A-level monster movie. Not deep, but very sharp.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:09 PM on April 26 [1 favorite]
Really well-made, with interesting, idiosyncratic characters, great pacing, a lot of effectively skewed angles and shallow depth of field. Like a scarier, less jokey Attack the Block.
A-level monster movie. Not deep, but very sharp.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:09 PM on April 26 [1 favorite]
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posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:35 AM on April 26