Vermin on France.TV: a summit of horror made in France (review)

ByLeila October 12, 2026October 12, 2026

A first film which achieves the feat of renewing the French genre film while weaving, in the background, a powerful social commentary.

After its broadcast on Sunday evening in the second half of the evening, Vermines is available for free streaming on the France Télévisions website for one month. The opportunity to catch up with the first feature by Sébastien Vaniček, who has since signed Evil Dead: Burn. Our review.

Do horror and social issues go well together? Guillaume Nicloux tried the experiment in 2022 with La Tour, a series B replica in which the inhabitants of an HLM were forced to remain locked up under penalty of disappearing into an interstellar void. But where Nicloux focused on a small world gradually sinking into a madness linked to compartmentalization, Sébastien Vaniček imagines with Vermines a group of individuals looking outwards, with young people nourished by this desire to escape the hell of the neighborhood…

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Leila is the editor-in-chief at DTmovies, leading the charge with her team to deliver engaging cinema and series content. With a keen eye for emerging trends and a passion for the stories behind the screen, she is the creative backbone that drives the site’s editorial excellence. Her expertise and dedication have established DTmovies as a go-to source for film and series enthusiasts.