Gaia (2021)★★★☆☆

Happy Earth Day! Here’s a South African eco-horror indie film for you. Well, maybe not for you. It depends on how you feel about slow burn horror movies, I guess.

As you may already know, “slow burn” is not my favorite style. I do feel like the slowness made sense for this film, but it certainly didn’t endear it to me any.

I thought the acting was really impressive in this, and the story well thought-out, but aside from one kind of jump scare moment, I didn’t really feel the horror in this.

(Kind of spoilers?) But if you’re a fan of The Last of Us, you may find something recognizable and potentially up your alley in this movie.