From the moment I saw the first image, I was hooked and though at the time I knew very little about what the film entailed, I had a sense that this movie was going to live up to whatever expectations I was about to set. To add to the mixture of films that has carried the weight of anticipated hype is the war horror film, OVERLORD. Let me start by saying, wow, what a year for horror! Whether it’s been more surreal art-house horror (hello, Suspiria) or the revitalization of one of horror’s most iconic figures (Welcome home, Michael), it’s been a year in which horror has once again reigned supreme.
Wyatt Russell as Ford in the film, OVERLORD by Paramount Pictures What was supposed to be a simple military operation quickly becomes a terrifying fight for survival against not only the Nazi military but of the unfathomable horrors that await in the bowels of the decrepit church. It’s then that the surviving paratroopers learn that within the Church, Nazi experiments are being performed on the villagers of the small town. As they make their way to a radio tower located in a church, they run across a French woman named Chloe (Mathilde Ollivier) who offers to help them and keep them out of sight as they regroup. Taking place in 1944 on the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers are deployed to Normandy to carry out a crucial mission vital to defeating Nazi Germany’s control over Western Europe. The film stars Jovan Adepo (HBO’s The Leftovers), Wyatt Russell ( Everybody Wants Some!!), Mathilde Ollivier ( The Misfortunes of François Jane), and Pilou Asbæk (HBO’s Game of Thrones). OVERLORD, the latest film from Australian director Julius Avery ( Son of a Gun), is an example of horror at its finest incorporating the ever-satisfying visual of Nazi’s being punched with the dial turned to 10 for extreme bloodshed.
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