Kube… * amasheke abuka * isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka selokhu kwaqala i-COVID-19, kanti nomhlaba ubekelwe isikhathi eside. Bengicabanga ukuthi hlobo luni lohlu engingalwenza ukuze ngigubhe umcimbi onjalo, futhi kwabonakala kufanelekile ukugxila kumafilimu asabekayo lapho lezi zihloko zingakwazi ukuphuma endlini. 

Ngokuningi, abaningi amafilimu asabisayo, sivame ukuzithola sikhungathekiswa ukwehluleka kwesihloko ukuzikhulumela futhi siphume endlini esilahlekile. Kungani bengahambi nje? Kulamafilimu, empeleni abakwazi ukuhamba. Noma ngabe baboshelwa endlini noma babanjelwe ukuphepha kwabo (okuthiwa), laba baphikisi bamane babambekile.

 

Izinyawo eziyi-100 (2008)

Ngemuva kokuchitha iminyaka eyisikhombisa ejele ngokubulala umyeni wakhe owayemhlukumeza (ngokuzivikela), uMarnie (Famke Janssen) ufakwe isongo leqakala futhi waboshwa izinyanga eziyisithupha eboshelwe endlini. Unesithukuthezi futhi unesizungu, kodwa hhayi yedwa - umoya womyeni wakhe omubi ubhajwe endlini naye, futhi uthukuthele kakhulu ngayo yonke le nto yokubulala. Ngokuya ngezipoki, kunalokho usebenza ngezandla, kanti uMarnie usenesifiso sokuxosha umoya ukuze akwazi ukusebenzisa isikhathi sakhe ngokuthula. 

Ukudalulwa okugcwele, imiphumela yesipoki… ayisihle. Kodwa wonke "ubhajwe ngokoqobo lapha ngesipoki esithukuthele kakhulu nesikhuthazayo esinamaphuzu wokuxazulula" umqondo muhle. Futhi izigcawu zakuqala zikaMarnie ezama ukuthola okuthile azokwenza endlini (i-pre-internet, into empofu) ziyathandeka. 

Ungabuka kuphi: Ukusakazwa akutholakali

 

Ukuhlala endlini (2014)

Lo mdlalo wamahlaya waseNew Zealand ulandela owesifazane osemusha onezinkinga ogama lakhe linguKylie (Morgana O'Reilly) ogwetshwe izinyanga ezi-8 eboshelwe endlini ngemuva kokuthi ezame (futhi ehluleka) ukubamba i-ATM. Kepha ukwengeza ukuhlambalaza ukulimala kwakhe, ubekwe ekhaya lakhe lobuntwana ngaphansi kokunakekelwa ngumama wakhe ome njengeqanda, uMiriam (Rima Te Wiata). UMiriam unesiqiniseko sokuthi indlu ihanjisiwe, futhi njengoba uKylie onqikayo efunda okuningi ngezimfihlo zendlu, uthola kunzima ukuba ngumuntu ongabazayo. Kepha! Kuyinkimbinkimbi. 

Lokhu kumane kuyifilimu enhle kakhulu ukuzihlolela yona. Kungumbukiso wokuqala wefilimu kaGerard Johnstone, futhi uyayikhipha epaki ngehlaya elihlekisayo elisebenza zombili izinhlangothi. Ukuphuma endlini unenhliziyo eningi, ikakhulukazi ngendlela obuxhumana ngayo nobudlelwano obuyinselele bukaKylie nonina nobaba wakhe wokutholwa. Uzwa izimo zengqondo zikaKylie eziguqukayo ezibhekiswe kunina - ukucasuka nokuzizwa enecala, ukudabukelwa nokukhungatheka - nokuthi impela zimthinta kanjani uMiriam, ngenxa yokusebenza kahle kukaTe Wiata. 

Ukuphuma endlini unconywe kakhulu ngabagxeki nabalandeli ngokufanayo, wagoduka nezindondo zeBest Horror Film, Best Comedy Film, neBest Ensemble Cast I-Toronto Ngemuva Komkhosi Omnyama Wefilimu (omunye wami fests ozithandayo). 

Ungabuka kuphi: IHoopla, iTubi

 

Abahlaseli (aka Shut In, 2015)

U-Agoraphobic Anna (uBeth Riesgraf) akasishiyanga indlu yakhe eminyakeni eyishumi selokhu kwashona uyise. Lapho iqembu lamasela lingena ukuntshontsha imali yakhe efihlekile (okwenza ngeshwa umcabango ongaqondile wokuthi ngabe akekho ekhaya), u-Anna - ongakwazi ukuhamba ayofuna usizo - uphoqeleka ukuthi athathe izinto ezandleni zakhe. 

Abangeneleli kuyinto ethokozisayo yokuboshwa kwendlu ngoba ukuphela kwento egcina u-Anna ebhajwe ngaphakathi endlini yena uqobo. Ayikho ingcindezi yezomthetho. Umuntu one-agoraphobia wesaba ukushiya izindawo abacabanga ukuthi ziphephile, kepha ngokuvikeleka kwesiphephelo sakhe kusengozini, u-Anna ubhekene neqiniso elisabisayo. Noma nini lapho ezama ukuhamba, unqotshwa ukuhlaselwa okukhubazekile okumbuyisela emuva ngaphakathi ngamandla kangangokuba angakwazi ukunqoba ngokomzimba, noma azi ukuthi usengozini enkulu. 

Enye yezinto engizithandayo Abangeneleli yindlela ephenya ngayo iskripthi kwabangenayo. Kunomzuzu omuhle lapho u-Anna eguqula izimbongolo zabo ezixolayo ezaletha injabulo kubabukeli lapho ngiqala ukubona ifilimu eToronto After Dark Film Fest. Isenzo sesithathu asiqine kangako, kepha kusese iwashi elifanele. 

Ungabuka kuphi: I-Amazon Prime, iTubi

 

10 iCloverfield Lane (2016)

Umuntu ozolandela ngokomoya I-Cloverfield, okutholakele kwe-footage, Umzila weCloverfield 10 ishintshela endabeni yomuntu wesithathu ngokulingiswa okumangazayo (okwamanje okuncane). Kule filimu, abantu ababili abangabazi - uMichelle (uMary Elizabeth Winstead) no-Emmett (uJohn Gallagher Jr) - balethwa endaweni engaphansi komhlaba yendoda ethule kodwa enamandla okuthiwa uHoward (John Goodman, owesabisa kakhulu kule ndima). Kubukeka sengathi kube nohlobo oluthile lokuhlaselwa futhi nomoya ufakwe ubuthi, ngakho-ke indlu yamakhaya emangalisayo ngokumangazayo ukuphela kwendawo yabo ephephile. Bazovalelwa ngaphakathi okungenani unyaka, kepha uMichelle uqala ukuzibuza ngokufaneleka kwezimangalo zikaHoward.

Yize bengekho ngaphansi kokuboshwa endlini, bavalelwe ngaphakathi kwaleli “khaya” elingaphansi komhlaba isikhathi esinqunyiwe, ngaphandle kokuxhumana nezwe langaphandle. Batshelwe ukuthi abakwazi ukuhamba - okuningi ngendlela abangathanda ngayo. Njengakwezinye izinto eziningi ezishaqisayo zokuboshwa ezindlini, kunemizila yezindlela abazitholayo zokubulala isikhathi, okuthi - ngemuva kwalo nyaka odlule wokuhlukaniswa yedwa - uzizwe ujwayeleke kakhulu. 

Umzila weCloverfield 10 kuyinto engeza kancane engavumelani nalolu hlu, kepha ngizwa ngathi ilingana netimu. 

Ungabuka kuphi: Qasha ku-Amazon Prime, Google Play, naku-YouTube

 

Iwindi Engemuva (1954)

Kubhekwa kabanzi njengenye yamafilimu amahle kakhulu kaHitchcock, Window Yasemuva inganekwane yakudala yomthwebuli zithombe ongasendlini ophenduke isihlalo sabakhubazekile (isihlalo esinamasondo) Lapho uLB “Jeff” Jefferies ephuka umlenze ngesikhathi esabiwa ngokuthwebula, ubambekile efulethini lakhe, uhlala esihlalweni sakhe sabakhubazekile futhi ubuka omakhelwane ngefasitela lakhe ukubulala isikhathi sakhe esiningi. Uyasongelwa ezimpilweni, othandweni, nasekulahlekelweni ngabantu abahlala nabo abaxakile, kepha lapho egcina ukubuka njalo imisebenzi yabo yansuku zonke, ubona isimilo esingajwayelekile esivela kule ndoda ngendlela eholela ekukholweni ukuthi le ndoda ibulele unkosikazi. 

Woza ukuzobulala nokutadisha nge-voyeurism, hlala uthole amashothi amade amahle ahlangana nezakhiwo, agxile efulethini ngalinye nasezimpilweni ezicebile ezenzeka ngaphakathi. Yifilimu eqoshwe kahle impela, enentuthuko ejabulisayo yothando phakathi kukaJeff nentombi yakhe uLisa (owayezomlahla ekuqaleni ngoba ecabanga ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukuhambisana nendlela yakhe yokuphila elungele futhi elungele). 

Impela kuyisasasa, kepha ukubona ukuthi umqondo unganikezwa kanjani ithuba elibuhlungu kakhulu, hlola I-Disturbia (2007). Empeleni kumane kungukuphindwa kwesimanje kwesimo se- Window Yasemuva Indaba, kodwa nomakhelwane obulalayo kanye nentsha onamathele ngaphakathi ngenxa yomqaphi weqakala awutholile ngokushaya uthisha wakhe ngezibhakela. 

Ungabuka kuphi: Qasha ku-AppleTV, i-Amazon Prime, i-Google Play, i-YouTube
Ungabuka kuphi I-Disturbia: Qasha ku-AppleTV, i-Amazon Prime, i-Google Play, i-YouTube

 

Isikhulumi Esihloniphekile: I-Delirium (2018)

UTom (Topher Grace) udedelwa esikhungweni sabagula ngengqondo futhi uboshwe izinsuku ezingama-30 eboshelwa endlini, ne-caveat yokuthi uma eba nenkinga, uzobuyiselwa esikhungweni. UTom uzuze ifa lesithabathaba sikayise (qaphela ukuthi ubaba wakhe wazibulala ezinsukwini ezi-5 ngaphambi kokukhululwa kukaTom) futhi uzohlala yedwa endlini, nesikhulu sakhe sikashwele sithunyelwe ukumhlola njalo. Uhlushwa ukubona izinto ezingekho kahle futhi ulwela ukubambelela ezintweni ezingokoqobo, ethola izingcingo ezingahambi kahle futhi ebona nemibono kayise ongasekho. Isimo, ngokubikezela, siyakhula. 

Kulungile, ngizothembeka, I-Delirium akuyona ifilimu enhle. Iskripthi asisihle, uzungu luyabikezelwa, futhi ludlulisa umqondo wesimo ngokweqile (ungitshela ukuthi ngemuva kweminyaka engama-20 esikhungweni sezengqondo, bashiya umfana yedwa, endlini, ngaphandle kokuholwa noma ikhono azinakekele, bese uthi "uzokhululeka uma ukwazi ukusingatha lokhu izinsuku ezingama-30"? Cha). Kepha! Ihambisana nengqikithi, ngakho-ke, nayi.

Lapho ungabuka khona: I-Netflix