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JULY 28 – People often call Hollywood, and of course movies in general by association, the dream factory. It's where people go after a hard day to forget the real world and enjoy the fantasies that are sold on screen by the filmmakers. Some even go as far as qualifying "opium" films for the people.
While this is certainly true for the vast majority of mainstream and associated movies, dreams are not the only things people want to buy.
The continued success of the most cliché horror films is proof that nightmares also make good business, perhaps even better deals than dreams in some cases.
Then there are disastrous films like The Inferno Towering Armageddon and The next day after tomorrow which also proved to be important business too, but these are, of course, pretty ridiculously expensive to achieve.
Apart from horror films, another kind of "nightmare" that is much more achievable on a limited budget is the apocalypse or the post-apocalyptic film.
From Mad Max ] to lower key and min imalists like The Road and It Comes At Night an apocalypse (of any kind) gives the filmmaker the Perfect excuse for a small cast and a very small number of places. 19659006] With the zombie craze post 28 Days Later the zombie and post-apocalyptic genre even merged to produce a fairly long series of zombie apocalypse movies, from television series like The Walking Dead and Z Nation to great blockbusters like World War Z remakes of classics from the 70s as Dawn of the Dead and smaller films like Stake Land and The Battery the landscape of modern pop culture is so littered with examples of the zombie apocalypse film that find something unique is damn difficult.
Yet, all over the world, filmmakers have not stopped trying to put a new twist on the genre, and so far this year I've met four notables that anyone who calls a fan might find worthy to check.
Cargo
A finalist Tropfest (as a short film) in 2013 has now become a Netflix movie (extended version, feature film), directed by the same directors, and even though now its Minimalist story of a husband and a wife and their one-year-old daughter trying to survive in a world of zombie apocalypse There is nothing new, until 39, the heartbreaking choice of what to do when a beloved family member is infected, Cargo is still an emotionally affecting experience. So, if you love your zombie movies with more beating heart, this one is for you.
The Cured
Another zombie apocalypse movie, but with the twist that a cure was found and that 75 indeed, 25% of infected people were cured and only 25% are still resistant to healing.
Another twist comes in the form of memories because the patient can remember everything he's done when he's been infected. This one is a very beautiful meditation on the concept of memory, guilt and helplessness, and would have worked perfectly like a full-fledged drama, but unfortunately the filmmakers could not help falling into the traps clichés of the genre, making the climax is nowhere as interesting as the accumulation.
The Night Eats the World
Cargo was Australian, The Cured was Irish, so it is more than logical that the third movie is not American. While it is still primarily in English, The Night Eats the World is a French film, and takes place in Paris where a night of zombie apocalypse was produced while his hero was sleeping in a locked room in an apartment The following is quite unique and very minimalist even in this genre usually minimalist, as the film plays a bit like Robinson Crusoe with zombies (or Castaway with zombies, for those need a more modern reference), except that the island is an apartment and the dangers of nature and the sea are replaced by zombies.
We follow our hero as he searches nearby flats for food and entertainment. he likes to have fun while being stuck in the apartment
With such a minimal editing, it is to the credit of the director Dominique Rocher that he still manages to produce something as interesting and engaging as this one.
The Domestics
The only non-zombie film here, The Domestics is also, ironically, the most devoted to providing the traditional pleasures of horror movies .
An apocalypse was caused by a biological weapon, wiping out the majority of the population, leaving those immune to the plague divided between the gangs (who are in an endless struggle for territory) and only your typical domestic survivors.
For the sake of our hearts, the film focuses on a scrambled couple who tries to pull themselves together during a trip back to the house of the woman's parents.
For the sake of our guts, the film gives us a lot of weapons and violence to the The Purge Movies courtesy of the gang members they meet in course of road, especially during the impressive climax. If you want to have fun, this one is an easy choice.
* This is the personal opinion of the chronicler.
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