The Night Eats the World

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Jamie L The Night Eats the World is atmospheric, different, and keeps you hooked from start to finish. The eerie silence and unique focus on isolation make it stand out in the zombie genre. I’d love to see a part two, but at the same time, I worry it might lose what made this so special and end up feeling like every other zombie movie out there. An underrated gem of a movie. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/20/24 Full Review Marco L "La Noche Devora el Mundo" ofrece una visión introspectiva dentro del género de zombies, centrando la historia en un único protagonista que enfrenta el aislamiento extremo. La película destaca por su exploración de la psicología del personaje, mostrando de manera convincente su lucha por mantener la cordura en medio de la soledad. Aunque logra generar momentos de tensión y reflexión, en ocasiones la trama puede sentirse algo lenta y menos dinámica de lo esperado para una película de este género. La actuación principal es sólida, transmitiendo eficazmente la desesperación y el desgaste emocional del protagonista. En resumen, es una propuesta interesante para quienes buscan una narrativa más profunda y contemplativa en las historias de zombies. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/14/24 Full Review Jamie D If your idea of a good zombie movie is World War Z, then this film is not for you. If you, like me however, can appreciate a tautly written, humanist picture, focused on what it takes to mentally prevail against total isolation and despair, with moderate lashings of jaw snapping zombie horror, then The Night Eats The World is more than worth a watch. Where so many zombie films focus on vapid action, cheap shock factor deaths and gore for gore’s sake, this film firmly plants itself as a post apocalyptic character study, not afraid to take its time to explore the smaller stakes of every day survival at the end of the world. That’s not to say that this film is afraid of the dark, however… The Night Eats The World also manages to establish a suspenseful atmosphere of impending dread, punctuated by its fair share of heart racing, near death zombie encounters. Director Dominique Rocher proves that good horror can be more than gruesome bloodshed or predictable jump scares, providing tense set pieces and fast paced life or death brushes with the undead. Darkly funny at times, this slow burn thriller is also brutally damning in its emotional dramas, with lead actor Anders Danielsen Lie exhibiting a breadth of nuanced character moments as well as explosive acts of emotional exhilaration. Unfortunately reinventing the wheel is impossible at this point and many films and tv series have undoubtedly traveled familiar ground. Yet Rocher manages to bring some fresh perspectives to an overplayed, but still very much enjoyable genre. If you’ve read this far into the review and are still interested in watching, then you’re more than likely of the temperament to enjoy this film. I’d recommend you ignore the audience scorers who prioritise popcorn entertainment over sincere cinema. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Paul J What a bore. It's nothing better than a college film made on a no-string budget. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/21/24 Full Review Desiree C This movie was OK. It had me on the edge of my seat for most of the movie, which was good. However, I am really sick of zombie movies where the protagonist CAN survive, and is surviving, but then does a series of idiotic moves that lands them in hot water. This is that movie. And the ending REALLY sucked. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Matthew B Very obviously inspired by the likes of "Rammbock: Berlin Undead" (also known as "Siege of the Dead") and the Spanish "REC" series, with the film taking place in a claustrophobic European apartment Complex infested zombies that are afflicted by a rabies-like virus... The Night Eats The World ends up feeling very original despite wearing its inspirations on its sleeve. Our main protagonist Sam is trapped in his ex girlfriends apartment after a zombie virus spreads its way through France overnight. Sam ends up pooling all the resources of his now dead neighbours within the building, and creates a safe but lonely fortress for himself where he eventually starts suffering from the mental ramifications of being the (seemingly) only person left alive within hundreds of miles. The use of sound here is very well done, the infected do not moan or scream which makes them MORE terrifying as they stare and grab at you behind soulless glassy eyes. This also means you can hear their footsteps throughout the building, which is EXTREMELY unsettling and it surprises me more zombie films do not take this menacingly silent approach. This unique use of silence also allows the filmmakers to scare the everlasting fuck out of you with some well placed audial jumpscares, which I'm not typically a fan of because this trope has become oversaturated to the point of insanity, but they are used effectively and only to progress the plot of the movie (for example, when Sam finds the shotgun) which is a breath of fresh air. I could have done without the zombie Sam keeps as some kind of pet, this part of the film feels quite tacky... but other than that this seems to be a mostly realistic depiction of isolation and survival. I have also read theories that the entire film is a metaphor for moving on from a (possibly abusive?) relationship with the ending signifying Sam finally moving on and realizing there are other "fish" in the sea (for lack of a better term), which is interesting and also somewhat clever if the filmmaker intended this to be the case. I recommend this film to any zombie fan. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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