By Robert Scucci
| Updated 1 hour ago

There is nothing like finding an old friend that you haven’t seen for years. But if your friend is convinced that the demons will take control of the earth, and that he is the only person who has been informed of his plans for the domination of the world, you are not going to take out the beer table and take out the beer and the beer and remedy you at old days. It’s the heart of history in 2015 They look like peopleThe independent psychological horror thriller which is a bit existential, a little theological and 100% terrifying when you consider the implications to let someone you are used to crashing in your place for an indefinite time.

Wyatt and Christian, finally meet

They look like people Centers on two childhood friends, Wyatt (MacLeod Andrews) and Christian (Evan Dumouchel), who were inseparable when they grew up but separated when they reached adulthood because their lives took them in directions different. When Wyatt arrives unexpectedly in Christian’s apartment in New York, Christian takes it because it is immediately obvious that something is with his best friend, and he wants to help in the way he can. Wyatt reveals that he broke with his fiancé, but does not explain the reason why – he suspects that she has become a conduit for a demonic force that has taken over his body.

Christian, also comes out of his own wave of depression after being dropped by her The fiancé, is somehow even more delusional than Wyatt because he thinks that the audio terminals are getting closer and collide with the gymnasium and listen to the audio books of self-assistance so that he can “dominate” life is the Correct he needs to find real happiness.

Wyatt decrease

As They look like people Burn slowly, Wyatt finds himself receiving phone calls in a demonic voice telling him that he needs to save himself from the imminent apocalypse, which made him store various weapons in Christian’s basement to prepare to what will happen. Constantly switch from Wyatt’s point of view from a more neutral point of view, They look like people Keep his cards near his chest by referring to Wyatt’s past mental health problems, but also suggests that reality is not such a binary experience, and that there can be a kind of demonic force at stake .

Christian, trying to be a friend of support, urges Wyatt to see his therapist and adjust his drugs. While the treatment with Christian in Wyatt is exactly the kind of behavior you would like to see from a best friend because he comes from a sensitive and attentive place, Christian also fights with his own personal demons because the new character that ‘He adopted as a Macho man and the right shooter does not work exactly in his favor, and causing him problems on the professional and romantic front.

Disturbing exploration of mental illness and friendship

They look like people Offers a unique viewing experience because its two protagonists are both fighting two different types of torments which are both very real from their own views. Christian’s Odyssey stems from his own hateful and desperate desire to become the modern alpha-male despite most of his life as an incredibly unsure individual. Wyatt, on the other hand, finds himself on the verge of a psychotic break, and the only person who will even plan to hear him is Christian, that I would not blame personally if he had to expel Wyatt from his place after his behavior becomes more and more volatile and unpredictable because he thinks demons are about to show up and ensure a new dark age.

Forcing the spectator to use his imagination and to consider the implications of what Wyatt and Christian experience, They look like people is a slow combustion exploration of friendship and mental illness on which you don’t want to sleep. While the two characters go through extremely different existential crises, their friendship is ultimately what keeps them in the earth while they try to give meaning to their lives around them, which will ultimately have to be addressed that The apocalypse arrives or not.

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