Vermines (aka Infested) is a entertaining creature feature with a really cool vibe. You feel it early with the music and tone. It does a good job creating distinct characters and is generally well-made from a technical perspective.
As for the spider-ing, it's awesome and the best aspect of the film. They find lots of creative ways of showcasing the creatures. This is the kind of fun-horror I wish they made more of, rather than the thousands of boring haunting movies that Hollywood pumps out.
For me, there are a few things that hold this back from being rewatchable. There are several non-spider scenes that go on for far too long. I like that they took their time to develop the characters, but there are numerous parts where cutting something would have made zero difference to the story or movie. It's like the director was afraid to leave a single shot on the cutting room floor.
There are also a couple of questionable parts but nothing too bad. And multiple scenes had several people yelling at the same time, which makes it difficult to watch when you have to read constant double-lines of subtitles.
Even with those flaws, I still enjoyed this as a one-time viewing type of movie. It's levels better than another recent spider flick called Sting. That one has an embarrassing ~35 seconds of spider screentime and is very boring. Vermines is basically the opposite.
(1 viewing, 4/29/2024)
As for the spider-ing, it's awesome and the best aspect of the film. They find lots of creative ways of showcasing the creatures. This is the kind of fun-horror I wish they made more of, rather than the thousands of boring haunting movies that Hollywood pumps out.
For me, there are a few things that hold this back from being rewatchable. There are several non-spider scenes that go on for far too long. I like that they took their time to develop the characters, but there are numerous parts where cutting something would have made zero difference to the story or movie. It's like the director was afraid to leave a single shot on the cutting room floor.
There are also a couple of questionable parts but nothing too bad. And multiple scenes had several people yelling at the same time, which makes it difficult to watch when you have to read constant double-lines of subtitles.
Even with those flaws, I still enjoyed this as a one-time viewing type of movie. It's levels better than another recent spider flick called Sting. That one has an embarrassing ~35 seconds of spider screentime and is very boring. Vermines is basically the opposite.
(1 viewing, 4/29/2024)