Passionate about exotic animals, Kaleb brings a venomous spider home, but it accidentally slips away. Soon, residents of the apartment building are battling an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
Infested is directed by Sébastien Vanicek which is his directorial debut.
I definitely think it's fair to say that Infested is the best spider horror film in recent memory. If you recall earlier this year we got Sting which while it had some decent kills and gore that can only get you so far. Luckily Infested is much more focused on the spiders (rather than uninteresting family drama) and there's solid enough balance between the human characters and the spiders.
Right off the bat the mixture of practical and CG spiders is really strong and gives the film a much more dirty and suspenseful look, that's also complimented by the camerawork there's a lot of up close up shots that brings this claustrophobic feel into the film. Especially when you combine it with the location, if you have arachnophobia it's sure to kick in during the film as it doesn't hold back at all. There's some genuinely nasty scenes with these spiders, I think what I do appreciate about these scenes are that they aren't over the top or incredibly goofy. They have this raw punch to it that makes the film much more effective.
The acting is solid enough, there really isn't any standout performances here which is to be expected. The writing is solid as well, it's not anything groundbreaking as the whole being stuck in mostly an apartment building has been seen before such as [REC] (2007). However as I said earlier the film does a great job of taking advantage of the setting, finally there's a soundtrack that's focused on rap that I had no idea what to think of at first. But it strangely fits the film quite well, plus it does add some personality to the film to help it standout.
Overall Infested is quite great, now that I have watched this film I think it's safe to say that the Evil Dead film that Sébastien Vanicek is going to direct will be quite fantastic!
Infested is available on Shudder.
8/10 B+
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