Plaguers

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Plaguers
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Plaguers film poster
Directed by Brad Sykes
Written byBrad Sykes
Produced byJosephina Sykes
Starring Steve Railsback
Alexis Zibolis
CinematographyScott Spears
Edited byBrad Jacques
Music byTerry Huud
Production
companies
Nightfall Pictures
Rockaway Pictures
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Release date
  • September 8, 2008 (2008-09-08)(Semana)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plaguers is a 2008 American science-fiction horror film written and directed by Brad Sykes and featuring Steve Railsback. [1]

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Plot

Tarver (Steve Railsback) is a crew member on board Pandora, a freight transport carrier headed toward Earth with a desperately needed new energy supply, a strange substance called "Thanatos". Pandora's captain, Darian Holoway (Alexis Zibolis) was recently promoted after the death of former captain Rubini (David P. Johnson). Some of the crew are suspicious of the Thanatos. Approaching Earth, the ship diverts to respond to a distress call from the spacecraft Diana. The Diana appears abandoned until the discovery of four nurses from the Diana's medical facility who claim to have survived a pirate attack. The nurses are actually the pirates and they attempt a takeover of the Pandora. During the struggles, the Thanatos container is ruptured and fluid spills onto one of the pirates. She mutates and becomes a "plaguer". One by one, the pirates and the Pandora crew become infected, as the Thanatos becomes strong enough to take control of the ship and head it straight toward Earth.

Cast

Background

Writer/director Brad Sykes included certain elements that were reminiscent of Alien . His reference points in writing the film were Aliens , Prince of Darkness , and The Thing . He said he "liked how the characters didn't die, but were transformed into something alien or inhuman as the story progressed." Sykes also said that Italian film director Lamberto Bava's Dèmoni (also known as Demons) influenced the actions of the plaguers themselves and that he loves "the wild energy of Italian horror films and tried to bring that into the film whenever possible." [2] He even told his cast to watch Dèmoni for inspiration. [3]

Reception

Quiet Earth wrote that Plaguers is a "scifi horror film that wants to be Alien but comes off feeling like another in a long line of Alien 'homages'." [4]

In its review of the film, DVD Talk said there "are a lot of problems with Plaguers, though it does have some merit", offering that there were "occasional scattered moments of actual tension, and a few effective jump scares", and that "makeup effects are for the most part lots of fun..." [5]

DVD Verdict said, "Plaguers is a 'so bad it's bad' film that explores the space zombie territory with little regard for common sense or science fiction", concluding that the film "doesn't qualify for camp or cult classic, it's just flat out terrible and would be embarrassing for even a public access channel to put on their schedule." [6]

Awards and nomination

Wins

Nominations

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References

  1. ↑ Butane, Johnny (12 December 2006). "First News & Pic From Plaguers". Dread Central. CraveOnline . Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Compton, Michael (5 January 2010). "A Conversation with Brad Sykes, Director of Plaguers". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Mail Order Zombie: Episode 111.5". 14 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Brad Sykes' PLAGUERS trailer harkens back to great ALIEN rip-offs of the 80s". Quiet Earth. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Biltz, Jeremy (10 January 2010). "Review: Plaguers". DVD Talk . Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Cullum, Brett. "Review: Plaguers". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "2008 ShockerFest Award Winners". ShockerFest International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
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