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Infested (2002)

Director:
Josh Olson
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Horror
NORWEGIAN TITLE
-
RUNNING TIME
84 minutes
Producer:
Charles Block
Screenwriter:
Josh Olson


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Warren Zach Galligan ½
Ellen Lisa Ann Hadley
Steve Daniel Jenkins ½
Jesse Amy Jo Johnson
Mindy Nahanni Johnstone
Eric Robert Duncan McNeill
Father Morning Mark Margolis

 

Review

Sometimes, awful horror movies can be slightly entertaining simply because they are funny - either intentionally or unintentionally. There is no way I can be able to judge the filmmakers intentions after seeing Infested, but what I do know is that it is not funny in any form or to any extent. In return, it carries the 'awful horror movie' tag as easily as the worst Stephen King adaptation of the 1980s. Director Josh Olson combines a slow and slight build-up with completely unscary presentations of bugs taking over human bodies (for some reason). His design is so trivially materialized that the so-called horror feels completely logical - after all, this is a horror film. Nothing takes away the illusion more effectively. Add to that the worst special effects on this side of the millennium, and the insult is complete.

Copyright © 26.10.2008 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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