"The Plague" is a blood and guts zombie picture that leaves many questions unanswered. More about that later.
Children of the world under the age of nine years suddenly become comatose. Farmer David Russell (Arne MacPherson) rushes his young son to the local hospital only to find every other child under 9 there too. Ten years pass and the children have aged accordingly. Then out of the blue comes Tom Russell (James Van Der Beek) David's brother, who has just been paroled from prison where he had been serving a sentence for killing a man in a bar brawl.
Suddenly the comatose children awake and become violent killers of all adults...a sort of biting the hand that fed you. David's son Eric (Chad Panting awakes and kills his father. Meanwhile Tom has met up with ex-wife Jean (Ivana Millicevic) and her brother Sam Rayner (Brad Hunt). They go to David's house and discover him murdered. Eric attacks them and is killed in the process.
Gradually, the zombie like children, who now are fully grown, are taking over the town. A young couple, Kip (Joshua Close) and Claire (Brittany Scobie I think) are just over the age of 19 and try to blend in with the zombies. Sheriff Cal Stewart (John B. Connelly), his wife Nora (Dee Wallace) and Deputy Nathan Burgundy (Bradley Sawatzky) join up with Tom, Jean, Sam, Kip and Claire to try to escape the carnage. Nora releases her daughter from captivity even though the daughter is one of THEM. Predicably, The daughter turns on her mother and kills her. Sheriff Stewart is forced to shoot his daughter as a result. Leaving him with no other alternative, the sheriff blows his brains out.
Anyway, the principals are killed off one by one until only Tom and Jean remain. Cue the weird ending where...................................................
The film leaves the viewer scratching his head. What caused the plague? Who caused the plaque? Was it aliens or a supernatural source such as the devil? What exactly did that page from the minister's diary actually mean? How were the zombies able to communicate with each other? And on and on and on.
I see on IMDb that there is a director's cut running at some 107 minutes. I saw the 88 minute version. Could some of the unanswered questions be cleared up in the extended version? Who knows.
Children of the world under the age of nine years suddenly become comatose. Farmer David Russell (Arne MacPherson) rushes his young son to the local hospital only to find every other child under 9 there too. Ten years pass and the children have aged accordingly. Then out of the blue comes Tom Russell (James Van Der Beek) David's brother, who has just been paroled from prison where he had been serving a sentence for killing a man in a bar brawl.
Suddenly the comatose children awake and become violent killers of all adults...a sort of biting the hand that fed you. David's son Eric (Chad Panting awakes and kills his father. Meanwhile Tom has met up with ex-wife Jean (Ivana Millicevic) and her brother Sam Rayner (Brad Hunt). They go to David's house and discover him murdered. Eric attacks them and is killed in the process.
Gradually, the zombie like children, who now are fully grown, are taking over the town. A young couple, Kip (Joshua Close) and Claire (Brittany Scobie I think) are just over the age of 19 and try to blend in with the zombies. Sheriff Cal Stewart (John B. Connelly), his wife Nora (Dee Wallace) and Deputy Nathan Burgundy (Bradley Sawatzky) join up with Tom, Jean, Sam, Kip and Claire to try to escape the carnage. Nora releases her daughter from captivity even though the daughter is one of THEM. Predicably, The daughter turns on her mother and kills her. Sheriff Stewart is forced to shoot his daughter as a result. Leaving him with no other alternative, the sheriff blows his brains out.
Anyway, the principals are killed off one by one until only Tom and Jean remain. Cue the weird ending where...................................................
The film leaves the viewer scratching his head. What caused the plague? Who caused the plaque? Was it aliens or a supernatural source such as the devil? What exactly did that page from the minister's diary actually mean? How were the zombies able to communicate with each other? And on and on and on.
I see on IMDb that there is a director's cut running at some 107 minutes. I saw the 88 minute version. Could some of the unanswered questions be cleared up in the extended version? Who knows.