mungflesh
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I had avoided this for years, based only on not liking that poster art much. Big mistake! It was actaully really good.
Workers in an office block, situated in a bizarrely isolated location, arrive at work to find a new meaning to the term "office cull".
I don't like these kind of movies where people are locked in and made to turn on each other. They're full of depressing messages about our species.
Having said that, this one somehow makes it a good, witty watch with a very fast pace and excellent characters. It is quite bloody at times but never cruel and protracted.
I thing the last 20 mins or so could have been a bit less generic and predictable but otherwise did not spoil a really great watch.
Workers in an office block, situated in a bizarrely isolated location, arrive at work to find a new meaning to the term "office cull".
I don't like these kind of movies where people are locked in and made to turn on each other. They're full of depressing messages about our species.
Having said that, this one somehow makes it a good, witty watch with a very fast pace and excellent characters. It is quite bloody at times but never cruel and protracted.
I thing the last 20 mins or so could have been a bit less generic and predictable but otherwise did not spoil a really great watch.
A crocodile is killing people in the jungle somewhere and must be stopped!
It's a bit of a dull movie with a hokey plot, based on chemical dumping and eco-warriers out to expose the bad guys.
In the middle of all this is a really big and really static crocodile. If you think the Jaws shark looked fake, this one is a mic drop for the award.
The movie needed much more gore and grizzly set pieces to bring it to life. As it stands, there's not a whole of interesting content. It might have played reasonably well back on release but when compared with Italian splatter classics by Fulci and Bava etc, this one has little to offer today.
Nice, lush looking movie, as with other Italian rip offs of that era but that's about it.
It's a bit of a dull movie with a hokey plot, based on chemical dumping and eco-warriers out to expose the bad guys.
In the middle of all this is a really big and really static crocodile. If you think the Jaws shark looked fake, this one is a mic drop for the award.
The movie needed much more gore and grizzly set pieces to bring it to life. As it stands, there's not a whole of interesting content. It might have played reasonably well back on release but when compared with Italian splatter classics by Fulci and Bava etc, this one has little to offer today.
Nice, lush looking movie, as with other Italian rip offs of that era but that's about it.
VHS Beyond is 50/50 but the 3rd chapter is a must see. One of the best in the franchise.
Overall, it's not a bad film. 4 of the 6 segments are decent and the remainder are forgettable.
They're losing their way a bit with the found footage being a bit too contrived and the wrap around somewhat detached from the other stories but these issues don't wholly detract.
The alien abduction/attack theme running throughout was better than I expected. Plenty of variation and independent ideas rather than just 6 stories of people ending up as lab rats.
If you like the other VHS movies, this one is worth checking out. Not the best but not the worst.
Overall, it's not a bad film. 4 of the 6 segments are decent and the remainder are forgettable.
They're losing their way a bit with the found footage being a bit too contrived and the wrap around somewhat detached from the other stories but these issues don't wholly detract.
The alien abduction/attack theme running throughout was better than I expected. Plenty of variation and independent ideas rather than just 6 stories of people ending up as lab rats.
If you like the other VHS movies, this one is worth checking out. Not the best but not the worst.