This is the movie that broke me. You don’t need any more of an intro than that.

In The Earth is a thriller released on Hulu back in April 2021. The plot is pretty sparse. There is a deadly virus ravaging the world. Scientist Martin (Joel Fry) and guide Alma (Ellora Torchia) head into the forest to meet up with Martin’s former colleague Olivia (Hayley Squires) to assist with her studies. On their way to her camp, they come across Zach (Reese Shearsmith). Zach kidnaps Martin and Alma in order to force them to help him…contact a sorcerer in the forest? Eventually the pair escapes, only to be subjected to similar pains when they finally find Olivia.

Supposedly, this movie was written and filmed in 15 days. And it shows. There are giant holes in the plot that make no sense. There are these strange flashing images that seem to have nothing to do with the plot either. It feels like writer and director Ben Wheatley wrote a handful of pages and filled the rest in with strobe lights.

I watched this movie almost a week ago. This review was supposed to be written on Monday. I couldn’t bring myself to talk about this pile of crap because I was so upset I watched it in the first place that I didn’t want to address it. But it should be addressed. People should know how terrible this “movie” is. I mean, look at the poster! They couldn’t even put together a good poster. They just cut the eyes out of characters. (Yes, there are multiple posters - one for each character.)

Gah, don’t watch it. It’s terrible. Hulu should just delete the damned thing and we should all forget it even existed.