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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AN IDEAL HOST *** Australia 2020 Dir: Robert Woods. 84 mins From a witty script by Tyler Jacob Jones, debuting feature director Robert Woods (also nabbing credits for music, cinematography, editing and visual effects) has made an engaging riff on Carpenter’s THE THING within a broader satire of social mores.…
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,…