{"id":264874,"date":"2025-11-15T20:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/264874\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:17:13","slug":"mia-goths-thrill-ride-psychological-horror-with-a-mind-bending-plot-is-on-tv-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/264874\/","title":{"rendered":"Mia Goth&#8217;s &#8220;thrill-ride&#8221; psychological horror with a &#8220;mind-bending&#8221; plot is on TV tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Halloween may be over, but that isn&#8217;t going to stop Film4 airing some science fiction body horror on a Saturday night. Case in point, the channel is showing 2023&#8217;s Infinity Pool at 11.35pm tonight.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Directed by David Cronenberg&#8217;s son Brandon, the film stars MaXXXine&#8217;s Mia Goth, Succession&#8217;s Alexander Skarsgard and Black Rabbit&#8217;s Cleopatra Coleman.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">It follows a couple who travel to an isolated island resort in a fictional country for a holiday, where they strike up a friendship with another couple.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">They ignore the warnings to remain inside the resort and instead go off exploring the wilderness, where tragedy strikes, and they discover that the country has a very strange punishment system for tourists.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">We won&#8217;t give anything away, but that&#8217;s where the science fiction element comes in.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"alexander skarsg\u00e5rd, infinity pool\" title=\"Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Infinity Pool\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1996\" height=\"1108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/infinity-pool-alexander-skarsgard-1674991478.png\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Elevation Pictures<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"15\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Best streaming services in 2025\" data-node-id=\"15.2\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best streaming services in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"17\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The film has a very strong 87% positive rating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/infinity_pool_2023\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/infinity_pool_2023\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Rotten Tomatoes\" data-node-id=\"17.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> from 237 critic reviews, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/infinity-pool\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/infinity-pool\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Empire\" data-node-id=\"17.3\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Empire<\/a> calling it &#8220;a slick, satirical, insane thrill-ride&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"19\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;Combining sly social commentary, mind-bending hallucinogenic orgy sequences, and a tinge of sci-fi body horror, Infinity Pool aims squarely at wealth and the desiccated morals that come with the power of money,&#8221; wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/culture\/film\/infinity-pool-review-sexy-depraved-hitchcock-acid-brandon-cronenberg-2226254\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/culture\/film\/infinity-pool-review-sexy-depraved-hitchcock-acid-brandon-cronenberg-2226254\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"iNews\" data-node-id=\"19.3\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iNews<\/a>, which also called the film &#8220;Hitchock on acid&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"21\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;As sophisticated, morally murky sci-fi, this is as good as Cronenberg\u2019s father David Cronenberg at his best,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/6bf8c25f-2ead-4c93-bfb3-1ae0ff5bea67\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/6bf8c25f-2ead-4c93-bfb3-1ae0ff5bea67\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Financial Times\" data-node-id=\"21.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Financial Times<\/a> said. &#8220;But Cronenberg fils has his own particular aesthetic sensibility, palpable in the macro and ultra-wide angle lenses used by his cinematographer Karim Hussain. It&#8217;s bracingly nihilistic stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"mia goth, infinity pool\" title=\" Mia Goth, Infinity Pool\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/infinity-pool-mia-goth-as-gabi-beach-1675159436.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Universal<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"24\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a69438079\/christmas-karma-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a69438079\/christmas-karma-reviews\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"London-set festive film Christmas Karma lands brutal 0-star review despite stacked cast\" data-node-id=\"24.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">London-set festive film Christmas Karma lands brutal 0-star review despite stacked cast<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"26\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/mar\/23\/infinity-pool-review-brandon-cronenbergs-holiday-horror-has-tremendous-mia-goth\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/mar\/23\/infinity-pool-review-brandon-cronenbergs-holiday-horror-has-tremendous-mia-goth\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Guardian\" data-node-id=\"26.0\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> stated that Mia Goth gave &#8220;a tremendous turn&#8221; in her performance, while the film itself contains &#8220;some intriguingly nasty ideas&#8221;, although the publication felt like there were too many &#8220;shark-jumping moments in the second and third acts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"28\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Looking ahead, Cronenberg is working on a science fiction epic called Dragon, which recently resumed development after being put on pause for years.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"30\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Plot wise, it&#8217;s said to be about humans who poach intergalactic creatures in deep space in order to produce hallucinogenic drugs.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"32\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Infinity Pool airs on Film4 at 11.35pm tonight, and should be available on Channel 4 streaming afterwards.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"35\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The new edition of Living Legends is here! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/special-editions-subscriptions-lvgwitchesariana\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/special-editions-subscriptions-lvgwitchesariana\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Buy Ariana &amp; Witches in newsagents or online\" data-node-id=\"35.0.3\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buy Ariana &amp; Witches in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<br data-node-id=\"35.0.5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763237833_137_6bf117e6-90c2-44bc-a2bb-92355b4636ba_1550228669.file\" alt=\"Headshot of Joe Anderton\" title=\"Headshot of Joe Anderton\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he&#8217;s covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">movies<\/a> both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I&#8217;m a Fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Halloween may be over, but that isn&#8217;t going to stop Film4 airing some science fiction body horror on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[379,109357,381,96,1156,2839,109356,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-264874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-a7610b3f-6a68-46df-9de7-e0446a47923c","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-mia-goths-mind-bending-horror-on-tv-tonight","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}