Black Death (2010)
Directed by Christopher Smith
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
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There are also parallels with Christopher Smith’s very fine medieval thriller, “Black Death,” in the way that the film takes an arresting shift in the final act.
Colored in desaturated grays not unlike those of its contemporaries of both the art-house (Valhalla Rising) and Hollywood( Kingdom of Heaven) varieties, Smith’s film nonetheless distinguishes itself by matching its apocalyptic overtones with a look at man’s inherent brutality that’s more insistently dispiriting than thrilling.
There are hints, if only subconscious, of Blair Witch (the trees), The Village (the clothes), Pan's Labyrinth (the painterly scene framing), Suspiria (the chanting), Black Death (the Brits) and Haute Tension ("What the hell is going on?").