‘Death is not the end’
Cerebrum is a 2022 British horror film about an insecure young man fighting his controlling father to discover what happened to his mother.
Written and directed by Sébastien Blanc, making his film debut.
The British-Swiss Lakeside Pictures production stars Tobi King Bakare, Ramona Von Pusch, Steve Oram and Davide Marangoni.
Plot:
After waking up from a year-long coma, an insecure young man must fight his controlling father in order to discover what really happened to his seemingly absent mother, as the true consequences of his past actions unravel before him. Richard is stuck in a limbo of denial and lost in the past, thinking that he can essentially reverse it and bring back the dead – with deadly consequences…
Reviews:
“It may be a bit too po-faced for such a routine genre exercise, but the central performances are excellent and Blanc stages several set-pieces – the nightmarish moments – with a stylised flair that breaks from the very cool, detached look of the rest of the piece.” The Kim Newman Web Site
“Cerebrum is a sci-fi horror that delves into the nightmare world of recovering from a coma after a traumatic accident. The horrors that can come from the typical recovery become clear to William. The remote house shows the isolation he is now experiencing, as he can’t manoeuvre as he once did. The twisted concept in the sci-fi side of the movie offers up an interesting discussion point too.” 3 out of 5, Movie Reviews 101
“Cerebrum is a depraved domestic saga – part tragedy, part psychodrama – where home is a place of alienation as much as comfort, and where familial love is reasserted, and reembodied, in terrible, perverse ways that go against nature, taking life from the living and giving it to the dead. In the end, as this dysfunctional dynasty is torn apart at the seams, we are left to wonder what on earth the authorities, audibly approaching, will make of the scene that confronts them.” Projected Figures
Trailer:
Release date:
Cerebrum had its world premiere at the 2022 FrightFest in London, England, on August 27, 2022.
Technical details:
1 hour 36 minutes
Notes:
Not to be confused with Arvi Ragu’s 2021 sci-fi film of the same name.
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