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"In the Earth," a new horror film written and directed by Ben Wheatley, is a quarantine film that actually captures the world we’re living in, of surgical masks and nasal swabs and social distancing.
There is a plague in England — the plague that we happen to be living through, as writer/director Ben Wheatley started writing the script for “In the Earth,” early in the 2020 lockdown. As such, it’s a quarantine film that actually captures the world we’re living in, of surgical masks and nasal swabs and social distancing. The extreme caution and danger that the plague dictates adds an extra layer of threat to “In the Earth,” a film that draws from a deep well of horror references, from “Frankenstein” to “The Wicker Man.” Wheatley has dabbled in folk horror before, notab...
Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Monero, and John Hollingworth. SYNOPSIS: As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. While it features a pandemic similar in reaction to the current global health crisis, the virus in writer/director Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth (taking a break from his recent bigger budget affairs to return to his roots, no pun intended, shooting this during the summer of lockdown in the UK last year) is fictional. However, upon noticing ch...
Ben Wheatley’s IN THE EARTH Is Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes Ben Wheatley's IN THE EARTH Is Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes By Mike Sprague Kill List director Ben Wheatley’s new horror flick In the Earth on April 16th. And today we hear the film has a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It sports a 77%. The Critics Consensus: In the Earth’s bleak kaleidoscope of horror is a hallucinogenic meditation on the residual pandemic fears that haunt humanity. The MPAA gave In the Earth an R for “strong violent content, grisly images, and la...
Hotly-Anticipated Folk Horror IN THE EARTH Gets New Release Date Ben Wheatly's hotly-anticipated folk horror IN THE EARTH will now arrive in theaters on April 16th. By Josh Millican In the Earth, was originally slated to hit select theaters on April 30th. The announcement also came with a creepy new poster. In the Earth Synopsis: As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. Through the night, their journey becomes a terrifying voyage...