“The Sadness”, a controversial ultraviolent horror film made in Taiwan

More and more foreign productions are gaining ground in popular space, and in particular horror stories, such as “El hoyo” or “The Medium”. Now, surrounded by controversy, comes “The Sadness”, a horror film with some of the most violent scenes that have been seen on the big screen recently.

Although it doesn’t have a renowned cast or director, ‘The sadness’ presented his trailerand managed to shock the whole world with its impressive and grotesque story, which caused so much sensation on social networks, due to the indecent amounts of blood spilled in its course.

In the latest edition of the 2021 Fantasia Fest, Taiwanese horror movie ‘The sadness’, it managed to attract some attention, and later, in Sitges, it consolidated as one of the promises to be reckoned with, due to its provocative plot that takes zombie cinema to its last consequences.

First, say that ‘The sadness’ is a film by director Rob Jabazz, in which Regina Lei, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Berant Zhu, Berant Zhu and Ying-Ru Chen participate. And secondly, it should be noted that this is not a film for all audiences, as there are numerous scenes of physical and sexual violence.

What is the story of the movie ‘The Sadness’ about?

The story of ‘The Sadness’ takes place in Taiwan, where the city is going through a pandemic, but in the media they say it’s just a flu, as several influencers upload their conspiracy theories to YouTube, and the government doesn’t want to postpone it. population to their homes for fear of the economy falling.

It is then that the story of ‘The Sadness’ explodes, because the mysterious virus that has affected the population has begun to mutate and the infected are transformed into bloodthirsty creatures, but not like the typical Hollywood zombies, but as the Violent killer who they will stop at nothing to maim and abuse their victims.

Unlike other zombie horror movies like ‘Train to Busan’ or even the ‘The Walking Dead’ series, ‘The Sadness’ warns that there will be mutilation, suicide, blood, cannibalism and a lot of sexual violence, which has certainly raised alarms. in some regions. There is currently no release date for this film outside of its territory, so we have to wait to see if it reaches streaming platforms.