Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations
Ike Zacsongo
- Toumani
- (as Ike Zacsongo-Joseph)
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- TriviaThe visually striking buildings where the action is set have not been created for the movie; these are the Picasso arenas in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris, designed by architect Manuel Núñez Yanowsky in the 80s.
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Watchable, but ultimately a forgettable movie...
I had never heard about the 2023 French horror movie "Vermines" (aka "Infested") prior to stumbling upon it by random chance here in 2024. And I have to say that I was instantly drawn to the movie, given its rather interesting title.
But I got a hold of a movie with the English title on it, so I wasn't aware that it was a French movie, not that it mattered as I don't mind foreign language movies one bit. And seeing it was a movie about arachnids, well, that just sweetened the deal all the more.
I have to say, that while I wasn't aware of what I was in for here, nor having heard about the movie before, then I did actually harbor some expectations to writers Florent Bernard and Sébastien Vanicek, as there is just something fundamentally fabulous about an arachnid and horror movie combination, just think of the 1990 movie "Arachnophobia".
Writers Florent Bernard and Sébastien Vanicek, with the latter also directing the movie, put together a fair enough script and storyline. It was not a deep or profound storyline, but it proved to be an entertaining enough popcorn movie, if you don't mind those types of movies. Just be sure to double check your popcorn bucket before munching down, there might be an eight-legged unwanted visitor.
It just made zero sense that the spiders would grow so big in so little time. Sure, it was somewhat good for the cause of entertainment, but if you look at it with a sense of realism, yeah, not so much.
Visually then "Vermines" was fairly good. The spiders looked realistic and that definitely was an important thing for a movie such as this; as lousy CGI effects ruin the effectiveness of a creature feature.
When the movie came to an end, I have to admit that I was left with a sense of 'was that really it?'. Yeah, "Vermines" just didn't really live up to what I had hoped it would be. Sure, it is a watchable movie, but you're not in for a grand horror movie experience here. In fact, you'll find more entertainment in the 1990 movie "Arachnophobia".
My rating of "Vermines" lands on a bland five out of ten stars.
But I got a hold of a movie with the English title on it, so I wasn't aware that it was a French movie, not that it mattered as I don't mind foreign language movies one bit. And seeing it was a movie about arachnids, well, that just sweetened the deal all the more.
I have to say, that while I wasn't aware of what I was in for here, nor having heard about the movie before, then I did actually harbor some expectations to writers Florent Bernard and Sébastien Vanicek, as there is just something fundamentally fabulous about an arachnid and horror movie combination, just think of the 1990 movie "Arachnophobia".
Writers Florent Bernard and Sébastien Vanicek, with the latter also directing the movie, put together a fair enough script and storyline. It was not a deep or profound storyline, but it proved to be an entertaining enough popcorn movie, if you don't mind those types of movies. Just be sure to double check your popcorn bucket before munching down, there might be an eight-legged unwanted visitor.
It just made zero sense that the spiders would grow so big in so little time. Sure, it was somewhat good for the cause of entertainment, but if you look at it with a sense of realism, yeah, not so much.
Visually then "Vermines" was fairly good. The spiders looked realistic and that definitely was an important thing for a movie such as this; as lousy CGI effects ruin the effectiveness of a creature feature.
When the movie came to an end, I have to admit that I was left with a sense of 'was that really it?'. Yeah, "Vermines" just didn't really live up to what I had hoped it would be. Sure, it is a watchable movie, but you're not in for a grand horror movie experience here. In fact, you'll find more entertainment in the 1990 movie "Arachnophobia".
My rating of "Vermines" lands on a bland five out of ten stars.
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- paul_haakonsen
- Apr 27, 2024
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $2,210,601
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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