MOVIE: Shelter
So it sounds like they mixed up the ‘torture porn’ (I hate that title but I’m not really sure what else to call it) and zombie subgenres of horror to make a twisted and unique zombie film. Interesting. It’s a film that hit the indie circuit in 2009 and received some great feedback at the time so hopefully we’ll have a chance to check it out soon and let you know what we think!
A young woman awakens in fallout shelter and finds she must do unspeakable acts to others in order to stay alive.
Zoey, (Cari Sanders) awakens in the medical facility of an underground fallout shelter. The Doctor, (Will Tulin) explains that an infection has killed most of the population. The only people left are either a few lone survivors like her and the infected: The living dead.
The Doctor is assisted by a Nurse, (Maria Olsen) who it seems has gone completely insane. They “treat” a steady stream of survivors/patients. The only way of “curing” the infection is by surgically removing the affected area, which leads to gruesome results.
The Doctor wants Zoey to replace the unstable Nurse and become his new assistant. Zoey is very hesitant to join the Doctor who is willing to do whatever it takes to survive, no matter how questionable or terrible the acts.
But after a patient offers to trade places with Zoey and do “anything” the Doctor wants, Zoey realizes that if she doesn’t do it, someone else will do these terrible things to her.
Zoey has to decide what she is willing to do to survive, and the viewer has to make that same decision: How far would you go to survive?
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