The Night Eats the World

Non-vocal zombies make for a fine and creepy innovation. And not a rampaging horde in sight.

The Night Eats the World is a minimalist horror film, well made and very well acted and not without interest. But anyone expecting the usual thrills of a zombie movie will be quickly disillusioned.

If you are going to take a dusty old premise, you have to be creative -- and director Dominique Rocher does this with flair.

The Night Eats the World occasionally concocts moments of peril to keep the material from devolving into torpor. But by and large, torpor is its main subject - as is the discontent it breeds.

To Rocher's credit, this is not nearly as tedious as it sounds.

No matter how spare and arty "The Night Eats the World" is, there's nothing here that hasn't been done before.

The going is very slow, and unlike other films that manage to have a single character carry the film while keeping the audience engaged, it becomes tedious not too far in.

The Night Ate the World is unhurried, thought-provoking, and features an absorbing performance from Anders Danielsen Lie to make something new out of an aged premise.

The Night Eats the World is a well-crafted nightmare that holds its own among the best zombie films in recent memory.

A character study around coping with change and loneliness. Also, a fresh French zombie film for those who are more into music than horror.