Despite the difficult health situation, a horror film produced by Steven Spielberg is surprisingly successful.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic which is pushing the countries of the world to reconfigure themselves, a horror film has made its way, and won the No. 1 spot at the box office in the United States, the weekend of Halloween. Its name: Come Play.
Directed by Jacob Chase, whose first feature film, Come Play, tells the story of a lonely young boy, Oliver, diagnosed with autism, and spends most of his time on digital devices. But when a terrifying monster called Larry tries to enter our world using Oliver’s screens, his parents are going to have to fight in order to save their son from this terrifying monster.
With a budget of $ 9 million, the film has already grossed 5.9 million, in just under ten days. At this rate, the film is likely to be compensated quickly.
Come Play is a horror film produced by Amblin, the legendary production company of Steven Spielberg. The Spielberg production is well known to moviegoers for its ability to generate daring and family blockbusters (Jurassic Park saga, Indiana Jones, The Goonies, Men in Black), this time the studio has ventured into the horror movie genre. However, Amblin and Spielberg had already confronted the horror arena with The Gremlins, which borrows from youth cinema to subvert its storyline and make into a hybrid style that has traumatized several generations of children.
Many spectators were able to understand the metaphor rich in meaning . The movie focuses on our relationship with devices, the film deals above all with the monster of loneliness that awaits autistic children who, unable to communicate, are forced to take refuge in the virtual world.
Note also that Oliver, the young boy, does not communicate orally. This element, used wisely, can really serve as a horrific mechanic. Come Play will confirms that horror cinema is never as fascinating as when it allows us to weave meaningful metaphors, which find an echo in our daily lives.
