The Plague (2006)

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Purely Joyful Movie!

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

After 88 minutes of this film, we never learn what force caused the children to become mindless zombies (if you may), and for what purpose did they go about killing any and every adult they could find.We did learn that they wanted their souls, but for what reason? We learned that a willing victim would be sacrificed without incident, but to whom or what?The bottom-line here, this film was a complete waste of 88 minutes, and if I were you I'd stay away. Clive Barker has been known for producing some of the most confusing and myopic thrillers I've ever seen. "Night Breed" was much more entertaining then this film. What made this film even more confusing is the paperback copy of the novel "Grapes Of Wrath" in the back pocket of one of the zombie children (which you see in the very last shot in the film).If you're looking for another zombie-type thriller, you won't find it here in this film. What will see is a lot of blood, screaming, bad acting, and bad make-up....

A mysterious plague has kept the world's children in a collective coma for the last decade. Now the kids have awakened with a common purpose: the total annihilation of the adult human race.Clive Barker's The Plague is one of those films that leaves the viewer struggling to make sense of what they have seen: although the makers clearly intended their movie to have some kind of higher meaning beyond 'the world's children wake from a ten year coma and become killer zombies', the direction, script or editing (or possibly any combination thereof) is so clumsy that it's virtually impossible to come to any satisfying conclusion.My guess is that the children were sent by 'God' to cleanse the world by taking the souls of adults—to wipe the slate clean, so to speak—but even this explanation leaves me with too many unanswered questions: why is it only 9s and under that are affected? Why don't the children attack the 19-year-old couple? If the plague was sent by a higher power to rid the planet of sin, why would the children kill people who have selflessly devoted ten years of their life to look after them? After such a long time spent in a coma, how come the kids' muscles hadn't seized up or wasted away?It's not all bad news, however: the film is admittedly very creepy at times, with enough excellent edge-of-the-seat set pieces, effective jump scares and atmosphere to ensure that it is never boring, but with a narrative that is so difficult to decipher, it ultimately proves to be an unsatisfying experience overall.4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for the zombie style attacks by the children.

The one star out of ten that I do give goes to honor the wonderful Dee Wallace and even Van der Beeck and Milicevic produced quality performances.The worst thing about this film is the writing, the directing, the production, the plot, the hidden messages, Clive Barker's weakening ability to write horror, and all the rest! A veritable suckfest to be sure. I was so disgusted by the immense waste of time after watching this film that I felt compelled to go back online and write this review! There goes 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back.Again, the only worthwhile thing in this movie were Dee Wallace and the other main characters---absolutely nothing else!

You have all probably seen this before. No, you have seen this before. If you have seen Village/Children of the Damned, there is no difference. A few hours vs. 10 years. Same thing.Once the children come out of their coma, then it is more 30 days of Night as they are zombified (not zombies as they never really died) and they start killing off everyone.The violence escalates as they learn to anticipate and use weapons.I thought James Van Der Beek did a fairly good job, and I also liked Ivana Milicevic. Tom definitely redeemed himself as everyone could certainly empathize with his actions that sent him to prison.