Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
Infested is a solid French creature-feature that delivers on its premise with genuine tension and effective spider sequences. The apartment building setting is used cleverly as a confined, claustrophobic space, and the cinematography capably escalates the dread. However, the plot follows a fairly standard infestation-survival structure with thin character development beyond the protagonist's backstory, and the ending feels abrupt and unsatisfying. Acting is serviceable and believable for the genre. Its novelty lies in its French setting and the impressive practical/VFX spider work, giving it a slightly distinctive edge over generic Hollywood creature features, though the core concept remains familiar.