ElikaHulu EMonsterland kungaba enye ye imibukiso engaphansi kakhulu ka-2020. Iqukethe izilo, ezabantu nezingaphezu kwamandla emvelo, lo mbukiso uzokushiya uphazamisekile ezingxenyeni ezimnyama zaseMelika, nangaphakathi kwakho. 

Imibukiso ye-Horror anthology ibone ukuthandwa okwandayo eminyakeni edlule, njenge Isibuko Esimnyama, ElikaHulu Kungene ebumnyameni, nama reboots we The Twilight Zone futhi I-Creepshow. Nginikezwe isihloko, ngangena kulo mbukiso ngilindele izilo ze-schlocky CGI ezinesakhiwo se-lackluster, kepha lo mbukiso wafeza womabili lawo mathemba. 

Ungangizwa kabi, izilo ze EMonsterland akhona, afaka ama-zombies, amadimoni, ngisho nama-mermaids asabekayo kepha kaningi kunalokho asebenza njengabalingiswa bangemuva kubantu abayizilo zangempela. Uma kubhekwa izihloko zeziqephu, eziqanjwe ngamadolobha athile eMelika, uhlelo luthi iMelika yiMonsterland. 

Idalwe nguMary Laws (umbhali we I-Neon Demon futhi umshumayeli) futhi lwenziwa yi-Annapurna Pictures, lolu chungechunge lwafika eHulu ngo-Okthoba 2020 kahle kakhulu ngaphansi kwe-radar iningi. 

Umbukiso ususelwa ku- Iqoqo lezindaba ezimfishane likaNathan Ballingrud, Izilo zaseNyakatho Melika zaseMelika: Izindaba, futhi njengencwadi, zonke iziqephu ziyindaba ehlukile ephazamisayo equkethe "isilo" esihlukile.

Iqukethe uhlu lwabalingisi bezinkanyezi, njengoKaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), UTaylor Schilling (I-Orenji yiNew Black, The Prodigy, UKelly Marie Tran (I-Star Wars Isiqephu VIII: I-Jedi Yokugcina), noNicole Beharie (Ihlazo, Ubuthongo Obungenalutho).

Abaqondisi beziqephu bangabaqondisi abanethalente ngokulinganayo, abafaka uNicolas Pesce (Intukuthelo, Amehlo Kamama Wami), Babak Anvari (Ngaphansi kweSithunzi, Amanxeba), UKevin Phillips (Izikhathi Ezimnyama Ezinkulu), noCraig William Macneill (The Boy (2015), ULizzie).  

Njengoba kungalindelwa kumbukiso we-anthology, ezinye iziqephu bezimangalisa kanti ezinye bezi… hhayi. Abathembeli ekwesabeni ngokweqa noma ekusetshenzisweni ngokweqile kwezidalwa ezimbi, kunalokho bagxile ekuletheni idrama eklanywe kahle kodwa ephazamisa kakhulu etafuleni ezokwenza ukuthi uhlale uphakeme futhi ucabange ukuthi lezi zindaba ziphazamiseke kanjani. 

Futhi ngenkathi isihloko singazwakala silly kancane, izindaba azilutho, kepha zivame ukuxoxa izindaba ezingezinhle neze nezicasulayo ezenzeka eMelika nsuku zonke. Ngobusuku, umbukiso uyefana I-Black Mirror kepha isebenzisa ama-horror tropes nezilo esikhundleni se-sci-fi ukuxoxa izindaba zayo zemvelo emnyama yabantu. 

Ngezansi, ngizoya ngokujule kakhudlwana kuzo zonke iziqephu ngizihlele ukuze ukwazi ukubona ukuthi yiziphi iziqephu ezikhuphuka ngaphezu kwezinye noma ezingakuthakasela kakhulu.

Ukubeka iziqephu ze- EMonsterland

1. EPlainfield, e-Illinois

Ukube lesi siqephu bekuyi-movie, kungenzeka ukuthi ibe siphezulu konyaka kimi. Le ndaba ye-zombie engokomzwelo neyesabekayo yobudlelwano obunzima futhi obuyoqina izokuhlekisa, ikhala, ikhefu futhi mhlawumbe izizwe igula.

UTaylor Schilling noRoberta Colindrez bobabili banikela ngemidlalo emangalisayo njengoba abashadikazi, uKate noShawn, abahlangana eqenjini labo lezingxoxo zasekolishi. UKate kudala wahlushwa izinkinga zempilo yengqondo ezibekela inselelo amandla omkakhe okumnakekela kanye nengane yabo ndawonye. Ukushuba kwesimo kugcina ngesenzo esesabekayo esidalwe umzuzwana wobuthakathaka kuShawn okufanele aphile naso impilo yakhe yonke. 

Ngenkathi isiyonke indaba yothando ebuhlungu, ezinye izici zalesi siqephu ziyaphazamisa impela, futhi zisebenza ngokuphelele nabaholi ababili. Njengendaba ye-zombie engajwayelekile, ikhanya nakanjani phakathi kwezinye iziqephu.

2. IPort Fourchon, eLouisiana

Lesi yisiqephu sokuqala se- EMonsterland, futhi akuchithi isikhathi ukukushaya ngempama ebusweni ngokuhlukumezeka okuthile. UToni (uKaitlyn Dever) uweta osemncane ongashadile okhulayo okhulisa ingane eyonakele ebuchosheni. Uthola ubunzima bokulinganisela ukusebenza umsebenzi wakhe weholo eliphansi ngenkathi ethola nomuntu ozimisele ukunakekela ingane yakhe enenkinga, okuyilapho ehlangana nomuntu ongamazi ongaqondakali edilini asebenza kulo. 

Umuntu ongaziwa, odlula edolobheni, ubuza uToni ukuthi angahlala yini endlini yakhe ubusuku obubodwa ngama- $ 1000 ngenxa yokushoda kwamahhotela aseduze. Ngalobo busuku, umfokazi unikeza uToni impumuzo empilweni yakhe ebhajwe eshintsha umbono wakhe. 

Ukusebenza kukaDever njengentokazi ezwa sengathi ubhajwe empilweni kanti umsebenzi unembile ngendlela ebabazekayo futhi uyabekezeleka futhi untshontsha lesi siqephu. “Icebo” lomuntu ongaziwa elihlanganyela noToni liyethusa futhi alilindelekile.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi lesi siqephu sinezakhiwo eziningi futhi asifinyeleli ezintweni ezingaphezu kwemvelo ngokushesha. Futhi uma kwenzeka, izwa sengathi ibhakwe kancane. Ngaphandle kwalokho, lesi siqephu sakha indaba eshubile neyinkimbinkimbi yomama osemusha onesiphetho esishaqisayo. 

3. ENew York, eNew York

Lesi siqephu singenye yezindaba zokutholwa kwamademoni eziqhamuka kakhulu engizibonile. Isikhulu senkampani kawoyela sizama ukweqa icala lokuchitheka kukawoyela okubangelwe yinkampani yakhe. Umsizi wakhe, uzama ukusebenza ngaphakathi enkampanini ukuguqula imikhuba eyingozi yezemvelo, ulwa nokukhetha ukuvuza imininingwane kwabezindaba ezokhombisa ubudedengu benkampani. Ngenkathi ingaphansi kwengcindezi yabezindaba, i-CEO iba nenkolo eyimfihlakalo exwayisa nge-apocalypse eseduze. 

Uma ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kuyinkinga ethinta wena, lesi siqephu sizozwakala kabusha. Izigcawu zokuba nempahla ziyabanda ngokweqiniso futhi imibuzo eveliswa yilesi siqephu imbi kabi. 

4. UMfula i-Iron, eMichigan

UKelly Marie Tran untshontsha umbukiso kulesi siqephu esishubile se EMonsterland njengoLauren ongakhululeki emphakathini, osebenzisana nokunyamalala okuyisimangaliso komngane wakhe omkhulu eminyakeni eyishumi ngaphambi kosuku lomshado wakhe. Akusizi ukuthi uLauren ushada nesoka lomngani wakhe wangaphambili, futhi kubonakala sengathi untshontshe impilo yakhe yonke, kubandakanya nonina. 

Le ndaba iyajikajika, ekubeni uzwelana nomlingiswa oyinhloko bese ubuza ukuthi yisiphi isandla abenaso ngempela ekunyamalaleni, okuphetha ngokuthi… ilinde… isonteke! Okuwukuphela kwento ebuhlungu ukuthi kuze kube sekupheleni kwesiqephu lapho kwethulwa khona noma yiziphi izinto ezingaphezu kwemvelo, ngakho-ke kuzwakala kufana nokuthokozisa okungathandeki esikhathini esiningi sokusebenza.

5. ENewark, eNew Jersey

Umbhangqwana ulwela ukuxhuma kabusha uqhubeke ngemuva kokuthunjwa nokunyamalala kwendodakazi yawo ngonyaka owedlule. Phakathi kwalokhu, ubaba uthola ingelosi ewile endaweni yokulahla udoti futhi uyayihlengisa ibuyele empilweni. Ungizwe kahle. Ingelosi, evela ezulwini. 

Ngenkathi ngangingeyena umlandeli omkhulu wokusetshenziswa kwezingelosi kwifilimu eyethusayo, njengoba kunzima kakhulu ukwenza okwesabisayo, ukwakheka kwengelosi kwakukuhle impela kulokho okwakuyikho. Ngikhumbula kakhulu umfokazi ophindaphindayo ongumphambukeli kunomuntu ongokwenkolo wamakherubi, ngangizimisele ukuxolela, okungenani kancane. 

Noma kunjalo, lesi siqephu sihle laphaya futhi izingxenye ezihamba phambili impela idrama phakathi kwalezi zithandani nosizi lwazo ngokulahlekelwa kwazo okwesabekayo. 

6. New Orleans, Louisiana

Kuzo zonke iziqephu ku EMonsterland, lena ingikhathaze kakhulu, kepha ngezizathu ongahle uzilindele. Xwayiswa: lesi siqephu kungaba nzima ukusibuka kubabukeli abaningi, ngoba sifaka, ngaphandle kokonakalisa noma yini, izingqikithi ezinamandla kakhulu zokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ngokocansi. 

UNicole Beharie udlala indawo ka-Annie, umama owashada waba yisicebi. Kufanele abhekane nemfihlo emnyama yesikhathi sakhe esedlule eveza ngokungathandeki ubude babantu abantu abazohamba ukuze baphumelele empilweni. 

Ngokwethembeka, lesi siqephu kungenzeka ukuthi besingcono uma besingathembeli kakhulu kulezi zenzo zonya zomhlaba zangempela. Isimo esiphazamisayo kakhulu salesi siqephu sikwenze kwaba kuhle kodwa kwaba nzima kakhulu ukusibuka. 

7. IPalacios, eTexas

Nginikeza lesi siqephu amaphuzu ebhonasi ngokuba yi-movie ye-horror "ye-killer mermaid" ethakazelisa kakhulu laphaya. Kuyisinyathelo esinesibindi sokuhamba ne-mermaid, kepha nakanjani isidalwa engifisa ukuthi sihlolwe kakhulu kuhlobo olwesabekayo. 

Umdobi owayekhubazeke ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo ngemiphumela yokuwela kumakhemikhali ngesikhathi kuchitheka uwoyela (yebo, yena lowo ovela esiqeshini saseNew York) ulwela ukuziphilisa edolobheni lapho engasakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi awuthandayo futhi uhlekwa usulu ngabangane bakhe bangaphambili. 

Ngelinye ilanga, uthola insizwa yasolwandle igezwe ogwini isuka lapho kuchitheka uwoyela yambuyisela endlini yakhe. Lapho le mermaid ivuka, uSharko umbona njengomngane ongaba ngumuntu onesizungu, kuyilapho enezisusa ezingezinhle. Cabanga Umdwebo Wamanzi kodwa kuncane kwezothando nokwesaba okukhulu. 

Inkinga enkulu ngalesi siqephu futhi ukuthi ibibandakanya isenzo esincane kakhulu nokukhuluma kakhulu. Ngenkathi ngiyithande ngokuphelele, ngithole ukuthi iyisicefe kunazo zonke iziqephu. 

8. U-Eugene, e-Oregon

Ngenkathi nginalesi siqephu endaweni ephansi kakhulu, lokho akusho ukuthi angisithandi noma ukuthi kubi, ukuthi nje bekunezinto eziningi ezingangisebenzelanga. Ngizijabulele kakhulu izingqikithi ezihloliwe, kepha ngokuthembeka, ukufana okwenziwayo bekuxaka kakhulu kimi ukuthi ngisale emuva. 

UCharlie Tahan udlala osemusha ongathandwa, uNick, okufanele ayeke isikole ukuze ondle umama wakhe onobungozi obubangelwa ubuchopho obumshiya angakwazi ukusebenza noma ukuzinakekela. UNick uswele amandla okukhokhela umuthi kanina odingekayo, okuvulwa ngawo isiqephu ngumshuwalense wezempilo kanina. 

Ngemuva kwesigameko lapho exoshwe khona emsebenzini endaweni yokudlela esheshayo, uqala ukubona izidalwa eziyizithunzi endlini yakhe. Ufinyelela “emphakathini okwi-inthanethi” oke waba nezehlakalo ezifanayo futhi wahlanganyela “empini yokulwa namathunzi” ngenkathi eba ngumngani nabantu abaku-inthanethi. 

Lesi siqephu sisebenzisa ngokusobala isidalwa sethunzi njengengathekiso yentsha enesizungu ethola ubungani emiphakathini eku-inthanethi ebenza babe radicalize, ikakhulukazi ukuba ngabadubulayo. Ngikuthandile impela ukuhlukaniswa kwamatimu kulokhu kepha bekungewona umlandeli wokubulawa.

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Kukonke, inkinga enkulu enamaphutha EMonsterland ngukuthi iziqephu zivame ukuba nesibindi, ezinomoya omude, zigxile emdlalweni wezimo futhi zithathe isikhathi sokufika kuleso sehlakalo. Kepha uma befika lapho, baya kanzima. 

Izindikimba zingaphezu kokulandiseka ngendlela ephazamisayo futhi izilo ezingaphezu kwemvelo ezikulo zisetshenziswa ngezindlela zokudala nezintsha. Kepha okubaluleke kakhulu, izilo ezingabantu azikho ngaphezu kwenyama futhi zenza isiqephu ngasinye sihlanganyele. 

EMonsterland ngumbukiso owethusayo ophelele wango-2020, ungena emaqinisweni angakhululeki abantu baseMelika ababhekana nawo nsuku zonke ezweni lonke.

Kodwa-ke, labo abafuna izindaba ezibanzi zezilo ezingaphezu kwemvelo noma ukweqa ukwethuka, ungashiywa udumele.