Lo Mbhali wasehlobo noMqondisi uMegan Freels Johnston udonsa ingqondo yethu yangaphakathi njengoba esiyisa ohambweni oludabukisayo ngokusebenzisa iphupho langempela lasedolobheni. I-suburbia yedolobha eliphakathi ibonakale njengesizinda samafilimu amaningi asabisayo eminyakeni edlule futhi iyaqhubeka ngempumelelo namuhla. Amafilimu afana I-Halloween, I-Nightmare ku-Elm Street, UCarrie, I-Poltergeist, futhi Ubaba wesibili badwebe isithombe esisaphazekile segazi sendlela yokuthi indawo engaphansi komhlaba esesabekayo futhi eyincithakalo ingaba kanjani. Ukuphathwa kwehlobo kulo nyaka, I-Ice Cream Truck, iphinda imizwa yaphezulu yokwesaba futhi inikeze isikhumbuzi sokuthi awuphephile. Ukujwayela kungaba mnandi, kepha kubulale.

 

Indaba yethu iqala njengoba ikhamera idonsa ukuvakasha komakhelwane. Indawo engaba eyakho noma eyami; indawo ethule nejwayelekile… okungenani okwamanje. Ukusetha ithoni amaphuzu angalungile afana namabhithi avela kumafilimu ethu amnandi kaJohn Carpenter. Kwakuwuthando ekuqaleni komsindo, sibonga umqambi uMichael Boateng. Ngokungazelelwe ngaba nokuthula, ngabuyiselwa emuva ngokuzithandela esikhathini, manje ngidlula ngendlela engangikhulele kuyo lapho lomculo we-cryptic udonsa izindlebe zami. Amaphuzu anika impilo lesi sithombe esinyakazayo, sigcwalisa amakhanda ethu ngokwesaba okusheshayo nokungaqiniseki. Inganekwane kaJohnstons igxile kuMary (Deanna Russo) ebuyela edolobheni lakubo ngenxa yokuthuthela umsebenzi komyeni wakhe. Ukuvumela umndeni wakhe ukuthi usale futhi uqede isikole, engaqiniseki ngaye kanye nesimo, uMary uzimele yedwa. Enesizungu futhi elangazelela ukuxhumana nabantu, uMary uhlangana noJessica (Hilary Barraford), umakhelwane onobuhlakani onabo bonke umgwaqo.     

UMary uyedwa futhi uvumela umndeni wakhe ukuthi uhlale emuva kuze kuphele isikole ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezengeziwe. Ngokushesha uMary uhlangatshezwa yindoda yokulethwa engajwayelekile (uJeff Daniel Phillips) obonakala ene-ajenda efihliwe. Ukugxila kwakhe kwebiwa njengeloli le-ayisikhilimu elivuthiwe liqhubeka njalo nokuhla ngomgwaqo. Omunye womakhelwane umema uMary ukuba eze endodaneni yakhe uMax's (John Redlinger), iqembu lokuthweswa iziqu esikoleni esiphakeme. Njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka, uMary uzithola echitha isikhathi esiningi kakhulu noMax osemncane. UMary uyazi ukuthi akufanele achithe isikhathi eyedwa nale nsizwa enamandla, noma ingasaphathwa eyemicabango yokuheha. Ukulangazelela kukaMary ubusha bakhe obulahlekile kufiphaza izinzwa zakhe njengoba indoda ekhinyabeza u-ayisikhilimu icathamela emigwaqweni yangakubo. Noma ingabe ukwesaba okungaqondakali kucashe kakhulu kunalokho angakucabanga? Thola ngo-Agasti 18 lapho I-Ice Cream Truck kukhishwa kuzingxenyekazi ze-VOD nezinema. 

Ukusetha i-haze eyethusayo ngaphezulu kwe-suburbia, I-Ice Cream Truck uthatha imizwa nobuhle benkathi engiyithandayo futhi ngiyilangazelela. UJohnston nethimba lakhe bakukhiphile, bakha kabusha iqhinga ngempumelelo kusukela ebuntwaneni bami. Ifilimu lenza umsebenzi oncomekayo ekusebenziseni izinhlobo zalo ezinhlobonhlobo ezizwa livumela amahlaya amnyama ukuthi akhafule njengoba esebenza ngokuzungeza kanye neqiniso lokuthi impilo yasemadolobheni ingaba kanjani. Ukulingisa akuyona into ongayinaki, ngokuvezwa kukaDeanna Russo no-Emil Johnson ngoMary ne-Ice Cream Man, kuyamangalisa. URusso uletha impilo ethile kumlingiswa wakhe, uMary, into enginesiqiniseko sokuthi izokhanga abesifazane abaningi. UMary uyintombazane noma yimuphi umfana angafuna ukuyiletha ekhaya kumama; limnandi, linengqondo, futhi liseneso lokuzijabulisa. U-Emil Johnsen udlulisela umlingiswa onolaka empilweni ngeyunifomu yakhe yesitayela kanye neloli elididiyelwe lokuvuna, ezulazula endaweni ebukeka ehlanya futhi engahlonipheki emehlweni akhe.

Idizayini yefilimu izonikeza ababukeli amandla okusebenzisa umcabango wabo nokuhumusha kwabo konke, ikwenze kube yinto esabekayo ngokweqiniso kwabanye edala imvula enkulu kubandakanya ukuhleka nokwesaba. Ifilimu ehlekisayo eyethusayo umzuzu owodwa kumnandi ngokwengqondo olandelayo, I-Ice Cream Truck ngeke kudumaze.

 

 

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URyan T. Cusick ungumbhali we ihoror.com futhi uyijabulela kakhulu ingxoxo nokubhala nganoma yini engaphakathi kohlobo olwesabekayo. I-Horror iqale ukuvusa isithakazelo sayo ngemuva kokubuka okwangempela, The Amityville Horror lapho esemncane eneminyaka emithathu. URyan uhlala eCalifornia nomkakhe nendodakazi eneminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala, naye ozwakalisa ukuluthakasela lolu hlobo olwesabekayo. URyan usanda kuthola iziqu zakhe zeMasters kwiPsychology futhi unezifiso zokubhala inoveli. URyan angalandelwa ku-Twitter @ Nytmare112