The Plague
2006 Directed by Hal Masonberg
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All the worldwide children of less than nine years fall in coma at the same time. Ten years later, Tom Russel is released from prison after killing a man in a fight, and returns to his home town, more specifically to his older brother home, who has a son in coma. Tom intends to rebuild his life, but his ex-wife Jean Raynor is hurt and does not want to see him.
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I was expecting the worst (the lead is James Van Der Beek after all) but I didn’t actually mind The Plague. Admittedly it directly followed viewings of Rollergator and Alien Tornado so any film that approached being watchable was always going to be a massive bonus. The film is a post-apocalyptic tale set in a world where every child under the age of nine has drifted into a catatonic state. Ten years later and those children have awoken and have murder on their mind. Creepy murderous children are common in horror films (hell, you could probably say they are a sub-genre) and this one doesn’t do a great deal different to what has gone before it.
The opening 15 minutes…
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Who Can Kill A Child? and The Bad Seed don't have anything to worry about here. Hell, even Children of the Corn looks good compared to this. There was a nice spooky shot near the beginning though.
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The plot was so badly explained that when they used a fade for a scene transition I legitimately wondered if a character was fading away and turning invisible.
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I was expecting the worst (the lead is James Van Der Beek after all) but I didn’t actually mind The Plague. Admittedly it directly followed viewings of Rollergator and Alien Tornado so any film that approached being watchable was always going to be a massive bonus. The film is a post-apocalyptic tale set in a world where every child under the age of nine has drifted into a catatonic state. Ten years later and those children have awoken and have murder on their mind. Creepy murderous children are common in horror films (hell, you could probably say they are a sub-genre) and this one doesn’t do a great deal different to what has gone before it.
The opening 15 minutes…
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This movie actually started off really solid with a great premise. The follow-through, however, became problematic. The entire feel of the movie was reminiscent of a Stephen King novel-to-tv-movie circa 1990s.
Many of the performances delivered by the unknowns were poor, with the exception of the two kids. Clearly James Van Der Beek and Ivana Milicevic, the big names carrying the film, were too old to be cast as teenagers, but I felt like their characters were pointless. The story would have been better if it were centered on Kip and Claire.
Whatever, I guess we don't always get what we want!
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Who Can Kill A Child? and The Bad Seed don't have anything to worry about here. Hell, even Children of the Corn looks good compared to this. There was a nice spooky shot near the beginning though.
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Apocalyptic crap featuring the guy from Dawson's Creek with the huge noggin.
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The plot was so badly explained that when they used a fade for a scene transition I legitimately wondered if a character was fading away and turning invisible.