Comments on: The Night Eats the World Reviewed and Discussed https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/ Movies, Books & TV for people who like to think.. Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Philipp https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1173860 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 11:28:43 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1173860 Just one more thing: I also think that the film title itself implies a death dream scenario: The Night (death?) Eats The (your?) World.

]]> By: Philipp https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1173738 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:37:43 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1173738 I have been a zombie fan for decades, but this movie is really special to me, imho this movie is the best zombie movie since 28 Days Later. I want to get right into the “death dream” theme, first again the interesting parallels to 28 Days later. It starts with the main actor. He looks confusingly like Cillian Murphy, especially after he shaves his beard during the course of the film (as did Jim in 28 Days Later, by the way). That’s no coincidence. Just as the scene with the colorful buckets on the roof was not a coincidental parallel. Perhaps the story of 28 Days was Jim’s dying dream after his serious accident. This makes sense especially in connection with the original ending of the movie in which Jim dies (again in the hospital).

On the subject of dreams or “death dreams”. The film really seems like a dream, or a death dream. At first it was clear to me that the 2nd half was a death dream, after Sam was attacked and probably bitten by zombies while trying to get the cat.

Meanwhile, I’m more inclined to believe that he may have died at the very beginning. Why? Sam himself says later in film “you probably thought to drop dead peacfully in your sleep and then this happens” Why would a young man assume such a thing? It can only be possible at that age if one is suffering from a terminal illness. I wonder if his ex-girlfriend knew about this? She seems superficially very friendly, almost compassionate with Sam. But in the end also completely indifferent, as she just leaves him standing around.

After Sam gets a nosebleed at the party at the beginning of the film, he falls into a chair. The camera zooms in on his face. He takes 2-3 deep breaths, then the breathing stops abruptly, cut. Yes, it really looks like Sam is dying here.

By the way, I also find it interesting that the “tapes” he wanted to pick up and burns at the end of the film is a technology that was already technically obsolete when Sam was born 25-30 years ago.

On the other Perhaps the film/Sam’s dream/nightmare is simply to show the struggle to let go after a failed relationship and to set out for new shores. I think that is also quite possible.

]]> By: Taylor https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1169940 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 13:40:32 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1169940 Hey there Justin!
Nice comment – and since you mentioned you liked different sorts of zombie movies, I thought I’d swing by and recommend a really out there and different sort of z-film. The film is called The Cured.

The concept is simple – what if we came up with a cure for zombies? And what if we tried to reintegrate some of them? It’s almost a morality tale of sorts. Brilliant film. You should check it out.

]]> By: Justin Wittner https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1169935 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:47:55 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1169935 I have always been obsessed with zombie movies, video games, and shows since I was a child, so I enjoyed this movie. It was very different then most I’ve seen in the past, and although Sam could’ve easily killed each zombie through the downstairs kitchen window by making noise and stabbing each one in the head through the bars, I will gladly overlook that plot hole because the movie was still good. I love reading everyone’s different take on the movie, because some of these interpretations are both far out, and somehow still right on. I’m very glad I stumbled upon your review Taylor, and hope to read more from everyone here in the future

]]> By: Justin C https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1169147 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 22:36:13 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1169147 Why didn’t Albert the zombie attack sam when he cut him loose? He even looked at him and then continued walking… why? The zombies show nothing but relentless brutality, why would one suddenly display human emotions for our main protagonist when every other person was chopped liver even for their own family members.

]]> By: Apollo https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1148793 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 23:29:23 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1148793 Hi Taylor and everyone,

I absolutely love this film, and think it may be one of my favourite films of all time. I’ve been addicted to zombie films for as long as I can remember and none of them ever made me think or feel as much as this one did.

For me, this film is essentially a character study in loneliness, disguised as a zombie film. And that’s what makes it so brilliant.

For a zombie film, it feels so grounded and real. In reality, most of us would be pretty useless in a zombie apocalypse and would probably end up doing nothing of note as we tried to survive, so I really enjoyed an ‘honest’ take on the zombie apocalypse.

There were a few moments I found very emotional and poignant, with the defining one being when Sam laid the old couple together in the bed, rather than simply throwing their bodies to the street. A small, inconsequential scene that really showed a lot about his character and the situation he found himself in.

Definitely one of the few zombie films that has stuck with me over the years, and a film I’ll always end up coming back to.

]]> By: Carmen S https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1129131 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:10:42 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1129131 @Mahboud I just love your take on this! It’s brilliant!

]]> By: Adam https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1117380 Tue, 11 May 2021 03:42:50 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1117380 @Mahboud He doesn’t have a tumor. His nose was bleeding because the guy in the hallways ran into him and made his nose bleed.

]]> By: Mahboud https://taylorholmes.com/2018/12/04/the-night-eats-the-world-reviewed-and-discussed/#comment-1106235 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:36:52 +0000 https://taylorholmes.com/?p=17961#comment-1106235 Remember how near the start of The Night Eats The World, when he moves to the back room to get his tapes, he has a headache? Then he bleeds on his tapes? Then falls asleep?

Whether it was a brain cancer or an aneurysm, Sam is dying, and what goes on in the rest of the movie, are his last moments of brain hallucinations. It’s not the world that is ending. It is Sam. His darkness is expanding to engulf the world.

As we saw earlier, Sam’s not one for the social scene. People seem to bore or disgust him. He wants to be left to his own devices, unencumbered with silly parties and friendships. How fitting that his brain swiftly created a world in which everyone else has gone mad?

His escape to the other rooftop is his last step to freedom. Unbeknownst to him, Alfred and Sarah are doctors and hospital workers trying to revive him. On the rooftop, he’s free from all, as his last thoughts fade away.

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