Back in 2013, I highly recommended a short 7-min. film called "Cargo", featuring a father trying to protect his infant daughter after he's being bitten by a zombie. (Link here.)
Now, five years later, the original creators of that short have made a full-length feature film, this time starring Martin Freeman, of Hobbit and Sherlock fame.
When was the last time a horror movie made you cry?
The story has been expanded, but the premise is the same. Martin, as "Andy", is trying to find a safe place for his daughter, Rosie, before he succumbs to whatever is causing people to go stark raving. I also have to give kudos to the people who created these monsters (no CGI, by the way. It's all in-house makeup!) These "zombies" have touches of originality, including burying their heads in the ground in order to "hibernate", and the yellowish fluid they exude from their mouths and eyes as their insides putrefy.
To add the cherry on top, this takes place in Australia, which makes the perfect backdrop for this post-apocalyptic wasteland.
This story will tear your heart out, and in a good way. Which is why my two-thumbs-up recommendation is that you
To add the cherry on top, this takes place in Australia, which makes the perfect backdrop for this post-apocalyptic wasteland.
This story will tear your heart out, and in a good way. Which is why my two-thumbs-up recommendation is that you
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