Directed by:
Richard StanleyCinematography:
Steve AnnisComposer:
Colin StetsonCast:
Nicolas Cage, Madeleine Arthur, Joely Richardson, Elliot Knight, Tommy Chong, Q'orianka Kilcher, Brendan Meyer, Julian Hilliard, Melissa Nearman (more)VOD (4)
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Color out of Space is a story of cosmic terror about The Gardners, a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches…including them. (XYZ Films)
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The American co-production Color Out of Space is as visually stunning as it is disgusting. You do not have to worry about missing out on some human deformities, animal mutants, and pretty explosions of human tissue. This movie has bucketloads of that. All of that is backed up by that gorgeous color from outer space. The movie is not groundbreaking, although it is beautiful to watch.
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H.P. Lovecraft fans have been waiting for some relevant big-budget movie adaptation of his works for many years now, so as soon as this project was announced many months ago and was associated with some really big names, I began to have high-hopes for this movie. I must say that Color Out of Space completely fulfilled all of my expectations. Cult director Richard Stanley mines the rich seams of the colorful Lovecraftian universe, which is impressively reminiscent of the 1980s (for example, one scene references John Carpenter's The Thing), with a slow-building dark atmosphere, quality special effects and almost a cosmic poetry that permeates all his movies. Some people may dispute the logic in the behavior of the characters (at times they are strangely calm as they take in the bizarre events going on around them), but otherwise the screenplay delivers many twists and turns for the audiences, and the excessively visually stunning finale is definitely worth waiting for. After watching this picture, I have three wishes: I want to see more adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft’s works, I want more movies that are made by Richard Stanley, and lastly I want the tireless Nicolas Cage to continue to choose at least one such ambitious project each year. Last year it was the absolutely superb Mandy, this year this - we will wait to see what happens next year. [Sitges 2019]
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Richard Stanley is back with his first feature film in over two decades, and what a triumphant return it is. It’s clear that this time around, no one meddled with his vision, and he crafted the movie exactly as he intended. Horror fans and those who’ve been yearning for a proper Lovecraft adaptation will be thrilled. The CGI effects are solid and blend seamlessly with the impressive practical effects, offering some truly satisfying gore. Overall, I’m thoroughly impressed and extremely satisfied with this film.
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The eponymous short story by horror legend HP Lovecraft about a meteorite from space which begins to remake the point of its impact on Earth into its image, has received a fantastic modern film adaptation, in which this purple-glowing meteorite hits a remote farm of a family of five, who are subsequently deprived of rational perception, gradually lose their minds and are exposed to their worst nightmares. The uncompromising, brutal, dreamily intoxicating, neon-psychedelic and distinctive vision includes radioactive monsters, magical rituals, a whistling well, alpaca llamas, Nicolas Cage's wonderfully hysterical acting, and even reflections on contemporary society's anxiety about the environmental crisis. A terrifying and intense film with an impressive camera, fitting music and an original "Lovecraft" atmosphere of deepening despair, helplessness and fear of a successfully rendered unknown evil, which is sufficiently specific and at the same time mysterious.
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Imagine the dark, atmospheric War of the Worlds or The Thing in a B-movie version and starring Nic Cage, who delivers the funny, energetic overacting we know and like in his crazy comedies. Does anyone want that? The film alternates high-quality slimy freak-show effects with cheap “space nebulae” and quite powerful horror scenes with the aforementioned comical Cage. It’s a story about a family in serious danger and the director, through Nic Cage, suggests you shouldn’t take the film too seriously. For me this is a little bit hard to swallow, although I enjoyed it and I was curious how it would turn out. [Sitges FF]
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