A fear of spiders is one of the most common phobias in the world — and why not? They’re creepy crawlies, and you can say, “But they eat other bugs!” until you’re blue in the face… there’s a reason people (me, and millions of others) hate them.
He makes a big mistake: one day, he brings an exotic spider back to his apartment. Soon, the whole building becomes a giant spider nest, and Kaleb and his friends have to find a way out before they’re eaten alive.
After coming to Shudder, it’s received rave reviews online, currently sitting at 95% on Rotten Romatoes.
“Infested (Shudder) is as skin-crawling as spider horror gets, and one of that particular subgenre’s best movies to date. Spiders overrun an apartment building but they might as well be Facehuggers from the Alien franchise. It all works so well because we care about the humans,” Bloody Disgusting’s John Squirestweeted.
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“Now that it’s on Shudder, once again out here to say that Infested is a true eight-legged nightmare. Some of the most skin-crawling spider horror to date, right up there with Arachnophobia. Well worth your time,” Matt Konopkaposted.
“The kind of film where a viewer feels compelled to shake out their pant leg afterwards to make sure there aren’t any critters hiding in there, which, on an elemental level, makes Infested a success,” IGN’s Katie Rife alsowrote.
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Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
