Director: Neasa Hardiman
Notable Cast: Hermione Corfield, Dougray Scott, Connie
Nielsen, Jack Hickey, Dag Malmberg, Ardalan Esmaili, Olwen Fourere, Elie
Bouakaze
In a time where most of the world is quarantined due to a
massive pandemic, releasing a film about infections, quarantines, death, and
the mental anguish of all the above is one hell of a flex. Watching Sea
Fever is a harrowing experience that hits very close to home and certainly
plays on the anxieties of the current state of affairs. Isn’t that the appeal
of horror cinema though? Working through social and personal fears in a “safe”
medium from the comfort of your home or communal theater in a slightly heightened
narrative format? It’s definitely the main appeal for me. This is why, while Sea
Fever seems almost too perfectly timed, it’s release is only fitting.