It's a pretty good horror film. I ended up liking it more than I anticipated. The plot is solid, and the characters aren’t offensively foolish.

Sick is a slasher film drawing inspiration from the COVID-19 pandemic, centering on Parker Mason and her friends as they attempt to evade a deranged killer. I usually dislike movies that try incorporating pandemic themes, but in this case, it manages to work reasonably well. As opposed to Glass Onion, Sick’s narrative revolves entirely around quarantine and isolation, so these aspects felt organically integrated into…

It’s remarkable how much potential there was for disaster with this film; it easily could have fallen apart under less skilled guidance. The idea of blending a pandemic and slasher elements doesn’t immediately inspire confidence, and although the screenplay isn't flawless in depicting the initial stages of the crisis, SICK manages to be an intense, gripping, and well-timed thriller. John Hyams’s direction significant…