Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Sauna of the Dead: A Fairy Tale (UK 2016)




The Gist:
A bored man goes to a bath house just in time for a zombie attack.

Comments:
A short film where we have men getting together for sex turning into a zombie horror story. Considering this setup I expected the movie to turn into a metaphor about AIDS. It didn’t, which I guess says more about me than the movie, specifically my age, that my first thought was of course a story like this would use zombies as metaphor either for AIDS or fear of AIDS.   

But again, it doesn't. There is metaphor happening, but for a much more modern (or not) issue of making a human connection instead of just using each other for meaningless sex, which could count as spoiler, but I’m deciding doesn’t since the movie broadcasts this idea fairly quickly early on in its short run time. 

I’m not a huge horror person, but this is done rather well and worth checking out. 

Women:
No

People of color:
Yes 

Gratuitous nudity:
No, everyone manages to keep a towel on, even when turned into flesh eating undead 


  • Director: Tom Frederic
  • Writer: Tom Frederic
  • Actors: Tom Frederic, Kumar Muniandy
  • Short film 
  • 21 minutes
  • IMDB 

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