10 Weirdest Places Horror Movie Characters Were Trapped In
3. The Suburbs - Vivarium (2019)
Vivarium puts a pretty horrific spin on the already well-established mundane horrors of suburban life, seen through the lens of Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and Gemma (Imogen Poots) as they search for their first home. Like most first-time buyers, they are attracted to a brand new housing development on the edge of town, which offers competitive prices and a uniform standard of living to suit most commuters and young professionals. Unfortunately, their trip into the suburbs is the last they ever make.
Visiting one of the completed houses, Tom and Gemma find themselves trapped in a never-ending, labyrinthine structure of suburbs that take the tongue-in-cheek way that the suburbs are discussed in pop culture to their physical extreme. And why? Well, aliens.
That’s right, a kooky race of alien creatures control the show, trapping humans in precisely what they think might entice the greatest number of people, and making them raise the aliens’ offspring. For the rest of their lives, Tom and Gemma are stuck there, enjoying the limited benefits of a plain house in a plain street with a feral, domineering baby to take care of. But hey, at least they don’t have to go into the office.