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Butler has cited influences such as Film/ApocalypseNow, Film/DrStrangelove, Film/LaJetee as well as the works of Creator/JohnCarpenter, Creator/DavidCronenberg, Creator/JeanPaulSartre and Creator/SamuelBeckett.
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Butler has cited influences such as Film/ApocalypseNow, Film/DrStrangelove, Film/LaJetee ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', ''Film/DrStrangelove'', ''Film/LaJetee'' as well as the works of Creator/JohnCarpenter, Creator/DavidCronenberg, Creator/JeanPaulSartre and Creator/SamuelBeckett.
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* ZombieApocalypse: The characters run into an undead creature [[spoiler:that was once a man named Ferguson. An antidote reveals they are contagious and would infect others who come in contact with them.]]
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* ZombieApocalypse: The characters run into an undead creature [[spoiler:that was once a man named Ferguson. An antidote reveals they are contagious and would infect others who come in contact with them.]]]]
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->''"To survive this world you've got to be, well, perfect."''
-->--'''General Gore'''
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Diane (Slade), a young filmmaker, wakes up in a bunker after a mysterious disaster. Following a run in with Gore (Young), the two begin exploring their environment and each other's beliefs. As the pair venture out into the corridor for answers, bizarre things begin to happen.
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Diane (Slade), a young filmmaker, wakes up in a bunker after a mysterious worldwide disaster. Following a run in with General Gore (Young), the two begin exploring their environment and each other's beliefs. As the pair venture out into the corridor for answers, bizarre things begin to happen.
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Butler has cited influences such as Film/ApocalypseNow, Film/DrStrangelove, Film/LaJetee as well as the works of Creator/JohnCarpenter, Creator/DavidCronenberg, Creator/JeanPaulSartre and Creator/SamuelBeckett.
The film premiered in 2020 at the Oceanside International Film Festival. It was later nominated for a couple awards before being distributed by Creator/{{Troma}}. It has a fresh approval rating on Website/RottenTomatoes and Website/ThreeHundredSixtySixWeirdMovies says its "strengths, and weaknesses, are the double-edged swords of exiguous narrative, exaggerated performances, and elevated Art-Housery."
Butler has cited influences such as Film/ApocalypseNow, Film/DrStrangelove, Film/LaJetee as well as the works of Creator/JohnCarpenter, Creator/DavidCronenberg, Creator/JeanPaulSartre and Creator/SamuelBeckett.
The film premiered in 2020 at the Oceanside International Film Festival. It was later nominated for a couple awards before being distributed by Creator/{{Troma}}. It has a fresh approval rating on Website/RottenTomatoes and Website/ThreeHundredSixtySixWeirdMovies says its "strengths, and weaknesses, are the double-edged swords of exiguous narrative, exaggerated performances, and elevated Art-Housery."
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''Friend of the World'' is a 2020 SurrealHorror film written and directed by Brian Patrick Butler, starring Nick Young and Alexandra Slade.
Diane (Slade), a young filmmaker, wakes up in a bunker after a mysterious disaster. Following a run in with Gore (Young), the two begin exploring their environment and each other's beliefs. As the pair venture out into the corridor for answers, bizarre things begin to happen.
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!! “Friend of the World” contains examples of the following tropes:
* BodyHorror: Creatures merge with the living, displaying body deformity and mutilation.
* CrazySurvivalist: General Gore is a paranoid military officer who appears to be the only survivor of a mass casualty event.
* EmergingFromTheShadows: As the fourth chapter begins, Diane steps out from the shadows behind Gore.
* GenreShift: The multi-genre story shifts between SurrealHorror, BodyHorror, SciFiHorror and DarkComedy.
* HazmatSuit: [[spoiler:Two characters on the surface blow a hole in the bunker and make their way inside.]]
* MindScrew: While the film is set up better in the first half, the second half makes the viewer question what is happening.
* MinimalistCast: Slade and Young are the two lead actors, though there are a few supporting actors.
* OntologicalMystery: The characters are confined in claustrophobic spaces.
* SplashOfColor: Most of the film is DeliberatelyMonochrome. Flashbacks, dream sequences [[spoiler:and the outside world]] are in color.
* SurrealHorror: The bizarre imagery throughout the film is NightmareFuel.
* WakingUpElsewhere: Diane wakes up surrounded by corpses in an underground bunker.
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:A strange character crafts a bomb, puts it in their mouth and lights it.]]
* ZombieApocalypse: The characters run into an undead creature [[spoiler:that was once a man named Ferguson. An antidote reveals they are contagious and would infect others who come in contact with them.]]
Diane (Slade), a young filmmaker, wakes up in a bunker after a mysterious disaster. Following a run in with Gore (Young), the two begin exploring their environment and each other's beliefs. As the pair venture out into the corridor for answers, bizarre things begin to happen.
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!! “Friend of the World” contains examples of the following tropes:
* BodyHorror: Creatures merge with the living, displaying body deformity and mutilation.
* CrazySurvivalist: General Gore is a paranoid military officer who appears to be the only survivor of a mass casualty event.
* EmergingFromTheShadows: As the fourth chapter begins, Diane steps out from the shadows behind Gore.
* GenreShift: The multi-genre story shifts between SurrealHorror, BodyHorror, SciFiHorror and DarkComedy.
* HazmatSuit: [[spoiler:Two characters on the surface blow a hole in the bunker and make their way inside.]]
* MindScrew: While the film is set up better in the first half, the second half makes the viewer question what is happening.
* MinimalistCast: Slade and Young are the two lead actors, though there are a few supporting actors.
* OntologicalMystery: The characters are confined in claustrophobic spaces.
* SplashOfColor: Most of the film is DeliberatelyMonochrome. Flashbacks, dream sequences [[spoiler:and the outside world]] are in color.
* SurrealHorror: The bizarre imagery throughout the film is NightmareFuel.
* WakingUpElsewhere: Diane wakes up surrounded by corpses in an underground bunker.
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:A strange character crafts a bomb, puts it in their mouth and lights it.]]
* ZombieApocalypse: The characters run into an undead creature [[spoiler:that was once a man named Ferguson. An antidote reveals they are contagious and would infect others who come in contact with them.]]
