A bleak future unfolds as scientists and a unique girl journey to save humanity from a fungal plague.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy (free), Fandango at Home (free), YouTube (free) and Plex (free).
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past an R: real scares and several jump scares.
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In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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