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MadS



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2024
Runtime: 1h 26m
Country: France
Language: French
Genre Tags: Horror, Thriller
Plot Summary: A teenager who stops off to see his dealer to test a new drug before heading off for a night of partying. On the way home, he picks up an injured woman and the night takes a surreal turn.

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phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: The beginning of the zombie apocaplyse filmed in a single take. Suffers the usual problems of this format, in that characters have to get to new locations in real time, but it does a pretty good job of keeping that brief, and tries to have the characters be doing something else at the same time. Does a better job focusing on the terror and violence of zombie transformations, and manages to cleverly switch point of view a few times. When things are on, they are ON. The opening car scene is frightfully claustrophobic and really sets the tone. Zombie behavior is a nasty cross between 28 Days Later and Gollum, and the second infected we meet is a standout.


Outside Reviews:

Brian Tallerico
3 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

“MadS” is viciously bleak—at about the halfway point, when Romain cedes center stage to the phenomenal Lucille Guillaume—I realized that everyone was doomed. And yet, moments of sharp, wicked humor are embedded in the bloody momentum. Horror fans always look for new ways to tell some of the most timeless stories, and I think they’ll flip for it. We’ve seen so many tales about the end of the world. We’ve never seen one quite like this.