Vivarium

2019
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

78K

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Suspense Mystery Horror Mystery Sci-Fi

A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

78K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,217

155

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 10 nominations

Videos6

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Official Trailer

Vivarium: Just The Right Distance

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The Trailer Trailer for the Week of Feb. 24, 2020

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The Trailer Trailer for the Week of Jan. 27, 2020

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Trivia
The opening sequence displays the activities of an avian (bird) brood parasite, which rely on other birds to raise their young. The brood parasite manipulates a host, of the same or another species, to raise its young as if it were its own, using brood mimicry, for example by having eggs (or pudgy, weird babies) that resemble the host's. This behavior relieves the parents from the investment of rearing young. Some bird species mitigate the risk of egg loss by distributing eggs among a number of hosts.

Goofs
When the main characters are dancing in front of the car you can see a crew member hiding behind the car door.

Quotes
Gemma: Did you see the boy?
Tom: No.
Gemma: He's gone missing.
Tom: Well, so have we.

Connections
Featured in Half in the Bag: Quarantine Catch-up (part 2 of 2) (2020)

Soundtracks
Rudy A Message To You
Written by Dandy Livingstone (as Robert Thompson)
Performed by Dandy Livingstone
Used by permission of Carlin Music Delaware, a Round Hill Music Company
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

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Featured review

4/10

Would have made a good short film

Unfortunately there's not enough substance here to fill up an entire feature film. There's A LOT of padding. For example the scene where they're listening to ska music in the car. It doesn't add anything much to the movie. It feels like the actors were told to just make up a dialogue on the spot.

For a movie of this kind to sustain our attention for a full hour and a half there needs to be more than just the initial concept. Unfortunatley there's not. There's no twist. There's no second act. There's a really interesting "nightmare"-type scene towards the end which feels for a moment like the movie's finally going somewhere. But then it dissipates and we're left with nothing much once more.

Why didn't the protagonists try and decipher the book that was delivered? Surely that was a vital clue? What caused their health to fail? Why didn't they try breaking into other houses on the street? I wanted these characters to fight to the death but they really went out with a wimper.

Could have been great.... but wasn't. Watch "the Platform" instead if you want surreal horror with a message.