#infested 2023

*My personal review contains spoilers for the movie, which is why it’s been put under a cut. Please use your discretion in reading this review, and understand that this is NOT spoiler free*

My thoughts: This was truly one of the best foreign films I’ve ever seen (though admittedly I haven’t seen all that many). The acting was incredible, and the characters felt like just watching real people; I was empathetic to these characters and wanted them to make it out alive, as well as feeling sad when some died

I was also quite impressed with the quality of the makeup and special effects, which is something I love (and secretly kind of judge) in every horror movie. The makeup work seemed like something that would be very realistic for powerful spider venom coursing through a victim’s body

Honestly I really dislike spiders in real life. It’s not exactly a fear, more like a severe aversion, because I just don’t want them to be on/around me. So long as they leave me alone and keep their distance I’m usually fine, and even have a few spiders living around my house right now; I let them stay because they just hang out in the corners of whichever room they’re in and eat any smaller bugs that might fly into the house. Anyway, having this aversion already, the thought of large venomous spiders rapidly multiplying to the point that they could take over an entire apartment complex is absolutely terrifying. My skin was tingling and prickling the entire time I watched the movie, and I cringed quite a bit

Also as I do not speak French, I had to watch the movie with subtitles, as I mentioned above. Sometimes I find that this can take me out of the movie, especially if the dialogue is rather complex or detailed alongside the film. But in this case the subtitles were very easy to read and follow along with, and didn’t hinder my viewing of the movie

This is one I would absolutely recommend to other horror lovers, especially those who are particularly fond of creature features and monster movies