2023-07-12 16:30:52
Surviving surrounded by traps
Audiovisual proposals with a claustrophobic theme were already becoming common before the pandemic, but this might open the door to more films or series oriented towards the oppression of the enclosed space. Either because creatively there are artists who want to get out of confinement or because logistics impose few and very limited locations.
However, things of varying quality like the ‘Escape Room’ or ‘The Tube’ franchise are already becoming mainstream, and all with fairly common DNA. An identity that is very reminiscent of one of those cult classics that were born with low expectations, but have become an aesthetic or thematic reference. We are talking, of course, regarding ‘Cube’.
A deadly and endless prison
When talking regarding films like these, it was very easy to think of Vincenzo Natali’s film. But that is not why we must avoid referencing a great combination of horror and science fiction that continues to work from the most elemental to the subtext. A model jewel that you can watch it for free streaming on platforms like Plex o Pluto TV (it is with ads) and also on the MGM channel of Amazon Prime Video.
Six strangers wake up trapped in a mysterious room, which they don’t know how they got to or how they can get out. After a while of inquiries, it is discovered that solving puzzles will allow you to move, even if it is to another room. The real challenge will be get out of the complex maze of rooms without being killed due to the multiple traps that are placed.
Not only more recent films, such as the aforementioned ‘Escape Room’ (or the very concept of escape rooms), drinks a lot from this intricate and violent proposal. ‘Saw’ was also able to recognize the power of showing a group of strangers in the face of unexpected adversity and constantly present mortal risk. The fight once morest the clock presents a challenge as elementary as it is effective for a spectator who never loses sight of the fact that anyone can die at any time.
‘Cube’: intense proposal
From its minimalism, typical of an almost non-existent budget that made it necessary to reuse the same set with ingenuity to give a sensation of progress in the puzzle, Natali manages to be ambitious. In the drama of the characters reside powerful reflections on our behavior in a claustrophobic and pressing pressure. Again, all very simple, but elaborated in a very stimulating way.
That is why many horror and science fiction works end up returning to it in one way or another, consciously or unconsciously. The intensity of the proposal and the images make it remain etched in the retina, and its elaborate suspense provides the complete experience in just under 90 minutes. Come on, as a recommendation for an followingnoon of direct terror it is infallible.
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