pretty much solidifes lorcan finnegan as one of the more fascinating voices in horror allongside the surfer.
i think what most films about parenthood miss is the fact rather then it being filled with dissapointment, anger or screaming....it can feel empty.
vivarium places that empty feeling and uses liminality to fill its horror.
the same places, over and over again. when a child needs to grow up, they need to have a place to stay and sure thats good for the childs development but the longer the years go by, the more your inviroment becomes normal and largely the same and hollow as nothing is able to be explored anymore. but the film also sees a young couple pushed into being parents, a kid is not necesarrily a must but there is a slight societal pressure to raise one since its a normality.
but i also like how it tells us that maybe being parents isn't for everyone and that children are for a lot of people, relationship ending thing.
(watch my films
the grievance of the day: https://boxd.it/eD8Suj
summer walk: https://boxd.it/ewenRP )
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