Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
But a new Spanish film streaming on Netflix suddenly feels crafted for this exact moment.
Are you feeling frustrated by the one percents access to lifesaving resources?
Is a lesser-quality isolation pushing you into conflict with your similarly disgruntled roommates?
Do you sometimes wake up screaming into the void?
Then youre in luck, because the horror movieThe Platformis here to give you catharsis … maybe.
Either way, throwing up is definitely a possibility.)
And the what is this:The Platformis set in a vertical prison composed of hundreds of levels.
(Are you feeling that familiar cold sweat of being at a local Trader Joes yet?)
But these inmates, like a lot of your neighbors, are absolutely terrible at community management.
(Like Billy Loomis told us inScream, we all go a little mad sometimes.)
Do you eat your roommate, orgeteaten by your roommate?
Who are you, really, when the desperate times kick in?
The art direction ofThe Platformisminimal but striking; the overall experience is grotesque, brutal, and depressing.
But is now the time for subtlety?
Reality has surpassed fanciful metaphors in its absurdity, so lets just ride this crazy train straight to hell.
Or in the case ofThe Platform, to The Hole.
