Sam Amico
Nothing screams “horror” quite like a pandemic, so why not make a movie about it? That appeared to be the motivation behind Sick, a film inspired by the COVID-19 virus that rocked the world. The movie debuts on Peacock on Jan. 13, though the trailer is out now.
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It’s set in April 2020, pretty much at the height of the pandemic, when Parker (Gideon Adlon) and her best friend Miri (Bethlehem Million) decide to quarantine at a family lakehouse.
Except they aren’t alone.
In true horror genre fashion, the pair of pals are hunted by a mysterious psychopath. (Clearly, he doesn’t really care about the whole six-foot-distance thing.)
Perhaps the most telling scene is when a woman refuses to rescue Parker and lets her into a car because, you know, Parker isn’t wearing a mask.
Sick Trailer
Granted, there have been plenty of pandemic-related horror films that have crept up throughout history. There have even been several on COVID-19 since 2020. This really is just the latest.
As relayed by Lauren Milici of GamesRadar:
“Rob Savage’s Host, which cleverly takes place over the duration of a Zoom call between friends during the pandemic, was both a critical and commercial success. Andy Milton’s The Harbinger, which came out in 2022, holds a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes.”
Sick was directed by John Hyams and written by Kevin Williams, perhaps best known for the Scream franchise.
