The once-infected world by a disease that was turning people into zombies has now been cured, but those who had turned face society’s discrimination and wrath for all the things they did.
Reinstatement, remorse, forgiveness, redemption, tolerance, stigmatisation, and family are the exceptional qualities that separate The Cured from the mainstream Hollywood post-apocalyptic zombie outbreak calamity.
I must thank my mate Gary for reminding me of this, commenting on #Alive (2020). Acting as a social commentary and fragile post-postapocalyptic metaphor for the real world we currently live in, without getting into historical or sociological analyses, The Cured is indirectly associated with the modern Irish history but also the whole world’s rehabilitation system and the stigma one carries trying to reinstate.
Writer/director David Freyne has done a brilliant job behind the camera, and Sam Keeley gives the justice that Senan deserves. Actor/producer Elliot Page has always been amazing in everything he’s been in, and his acting is a force to be reckoned with.
The (North and South) Irish film school of horror has been taking huge steps over the last few years, rightfully earning its stripes in the industry. If you are unfamiliar with Sea Fever (2019) and A Good Woman is Hard to Find (2019), make sure you spend some time getting around them.
The film’s title would have worked equally well as The Cur(s)ed.
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Solidarity for all the innocent lives who suffer the atrocities of war!
Stay safe!
Glad you liked it mate. I’ve just watched it again after I mentioned it to you. I still really enjoyed it. Well worth a watch.
Well worth a watch indeed. Also, well worth analysed from a historical, sociological, and psychological point of view.