Note: This is a re-post of our Vivarium review from the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival. The film is now available on demand and on Digital HD. Sometimes, nature is a bitch. It's not evil, it just is -- you can't call a lion an asshole for eating that gazelle and a parasite isn't exacting some cruel vengeance against its host, but the predator's lack of moral culpability doesn't make the food chain any less painful for the prey. Lorcan Finnegan's sophomore feature Vivarium is all about the ravages of life cycles, natural and …

The suspense thriller Vivarium tells the unsettling story of what happens when one couple’s search for a dream home places them directly in the center of a terrifying nightmare that they can’t escape, once they are trapped within mysterious rows of identical houses. Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and Gemma (Imogen Poots) take an unsuspecting trip to the idyllic suburban neighborhood of Yonder, and quickly find a hell that strains their patience and their relationship. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress Imogen Poots talked about the film’s building sense of terror, the support system that …

White picket fences. Sunny skies. Block parties. Nosy neighbors. Little boxes. Mortgages. Ah, the wonders of Suburbia, the one-time dream neighborhoods that have since become symbols of class signaling, domesticity, and getting trapped in a matching McMansion, popping out a couple of kids until your life passes you by and, dear god, we used to have dreams once, Linda! Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finegan captures that existential malaise and panic handily with his new oddball fantasy-horror Vivarium, starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg as ac couple who gets trapped -- quite literally -- in a suburban housing complex. When the pair …

The star of the slasher remake talks about the most challenging scenes to film.

We interview Black Christmas star Imogen Poots about portraying the character of Riley and what fresh aspects the remake brings to its genre.

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Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures have released the official trailer for Black Christmas. It's worth noting right up front that the trailer for this second remake of the 1974 horror film reveals a lot about the story. Like, to the point of potentially spoiling the ending. I'm sure there are still some twists left to ensure audiences are surprised but if you really loathe spoilers, just watch the first half of the trailer. [caption id="attachment_804845" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Universal Pictures[/caption] That said, this new take on Black Christmas looks like a hell of …

Sometimes, nature is a bitch. It's not evil, it just is -- you can't call a lion an asshole for eating that gazelle and a parasite isn't exacting some cruel vengeance against its host, but the predator's lack of moral culpability doesn't make the food chain any less painful for the prey. Lorcan Finnegan's sophomore feature Vivarium is all about the ravages of life cycles, natural and man-made, from the intimate perspective of a couple experiencing the peaks and valleys of the 21st Century human life cycle in fast-forward, while literally trapped in …

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