In a country driven to despair and paranoia by a pandemic and  the resulting repeated lockdowns, people are deeply divided into those who follow the line of the gouvernment that orders mandatory vaccinations and those who distrust big pharma - and the gouvernment for that:

Take Franklin (William Darche) for example, who doesn't dare to go out and wears a hazmat suit and gas mask even inside the house, and he dies from starvation when one day his grocery delivery doesn't arrive on time. Or take Roger (Michael Loayza), who has just lost a child due to complications with the vaccination, and who now finds gouvernment puppet Doctor Liar (Isabelle Rayne) and Nurse Follo (Ortal Saidof Arias) on his doorstep offering him a free vaccination with a burger and a soda. Or take stoners Ernie (Kay Lofton) and Bert (Jack Wheeler), who desperately long for a Halloween party to finally lose their innocence.

Amidst all of this, four youngsters (Diana Vanentina Irribarre, Adam Drew McNeill, William Buehler, Elisa Ramirez) decide to sit the next lockdown out in a cabin in the woods partying. They're a little less than thrilled about their elderly, vaccination mandate-supporting neighbours (Dean Lewis, Laurel Kornfeld), but hey, if that's the worst that can happen, so be it. Of course, that's not the worst that can happen, as a plague doctor mask wearing serial killer is prowling the neighbourhood, and he has chosen their cabin as his next hunting ground ...

Now one thing, this movie wears its heart on its sleeve a little bit too openly, which means that not all satire hits its mark, but all the same it sure is an inspired idea to bring (relatively) current issues and commentary into what ultimately unspools as a slasher movie - and it sure helps that Michael Loayza is a genre savvy director. On top of that the film doesn't it take itself too seriously (at least not always) and ultimately puts entertainment over preaching. And that the cast is as committed as relatable also helps making this a pretty enjoyable genre ride.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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