INFECTION (a.k.a. Infeccion) **** Venezuela / Mexico 2019 Dir: Flavio Pedota. 96 mins Banned in its native Venezuela for its anti-Chavismo content (though screened independently in early 2020), writer-director Flavio Pedota’s visceral movie may initially appear to be another post-28 DAYS LATER viral apocalypse but beneath the surface lies contemporary…
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Horror has a new homeland. INFECTION is the first zombie film made in Venezuela, and it sets the apocalyptic devastation against a backdrop of the very real sociopolitical turmoil ravaging the country. After an outbreak of a new strand of the rabies virus turns the population into crazed, bloodthirsty cannibals,…