Address: Sébastien Vanicek
translators: Finnegan Oldfield, Sofia Lessafire, Jerôme Niel
Year: 2023
premiere: February 2, 2024
★★★★
French Sebastien Vanicek logged in with the feature great monster movie. Everything is fine ‘Vermin: Plague’It describes a spider infestation in a building in the French town of Noisy-le-Grand. Vanicek, who also signed the script with Florent Bernard, uses the following expressions in his proposal: A perfect balance between terror and action (the last episode is a tense and magnificent action movie in itself) and social cinema.
In his film, which is a horror film, the filmmaker effortlessly portrays the shadows of life in the suburbs and powerfully brings up issues such as: racism, crime and police corruption. To do this, clearly define both the context and the characters and their conflicts. While this connection to reality isn’t the most important thing, it enriches the story and gives the film a layer of realism that fear and disgust can exploit.
‘Vermin: The Plague’ is generally not suitable for viewers with spider and insect phobias perfect as a monster movie. The realistic special effects are outstanding. And it doesn’t work with simple build-up: Vanicek takes advantage of the space (that building that has become a mousetrap, closed and isolated by the police), designs and executes the situations well, and manages to deal with the fears. Vanicek also said, play the push card well It makes the audience experience the same fear and disgust as the characters.