Forbidden Empire vs Vivarium

Vivarium has the higher audience score (6.1/10 against 5.9/10 for Forbidden Empire). Vivarium is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 2h 8m. Forbidden Empire is the older of the two (2014 against 2019). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forbidden Empire posterForbidden Empire2014 VS Vivarium posterVivarium2019
Forbidden EmpireVivarium
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 6.1/10
Year20142019
Length2h 8m1h 37m
GenresAdventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, ThrillerHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorOleg StepchenkoLorcan Finnegan
Main castJason Flemyng, Igor Jijikine, Aleksey Ogurtsov, Yuriy Tsurilo, Valeriy ZolotukhinImogen Poots, Jonathan Aris, Jesse Eisenberg, Senan Jennings, Éanna Hardwicke

Synopsis

Forbidden Empire

Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend…

Vivarium

A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.

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