‘Infested’ Review: French Creature Feature Leaves ‘Evil Dead’ in Nimble and Nightmarish Hands

‘Infested’ Review: French Creature Feature Leaves ‘Evil Dead’ in Nimble and Nightmarish Hands

Spiders can be scary, but it’s our reaction to them that’s traumatic. The jolt of panic you feel when a tickle just hits wrong is a hard-wired evolutionary response that’s been explored in horror for decades. Humans developed the “Holy shit, get it off me!” feeling as a protection against the pests we can’t always see. And while hobbyists claim arachnids are misunderstood — playing a critical role opposite insects (and, I don’t know, singing pig…