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Here are my thoughts on two movies from the 2010s that dealt with isolation, paranoia, and cosmic horror.

This Canadian film definitely feels like a love letter to John Carpenter's Thing while not being a blatant ripoff. An archeological team in the Arctic undercover a structure dating back over ten thousand years. Strange things begin to happen once their communication systems fail.

Pros:
No score added to the atmosphere and setting
Good of use of practical effects and tracking shots in some tense scenes
One of the biggest Chekhov's gun I can recall seeing

Cons:
It didn't seem to know whether if it wanted to be strictly scientific or be otherworldly, such as if the deer god they're seeing is a hallucination brought on by the ancient bacteria or if it's a malevolent supernatural entity
There is a line about one character's tumor cells resembling the cells of a cephalopod (possible Cthulhu Mythos reference) that does not play into the rest of the movie
The ending, though dark, is a bit rushed and ends abruptly as if the writer/director could not come with a more creative way to end it

A group of friends arrive at a remote resort only to find it completely empty despite evidence that guests have been there. They then begin to disappear one by one.

Pros:
The characters disappearing was simple yet effective as seen in the trailer, it very much reminded me of the classic Twilight Zone episode "And When the Sky Was Opened"
Steller performance from Zack Ward

Cons:
Not much is hinted at what is causing the disappearances, the writer/director wanting it to be that way
The characters are pretty forgettable except Zack Ward's, which is likely due to him being friends with the writer/director and the role being specifically written for him
 
The Nothingness said:
Here are my thoughts on two movies from the 2010s that dealt with isolation, paranoia, and cosmic horror.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=i2JmjCioya4
This Canadian film definitely feels like a love letter to John Carpenter's Thing while not being a blatant ripoff. An archeological team in the Arctic undercover a structure dating back over ten thousand years. Strange things begin to happen once their communication systems fail.

Pros:
No score added to the atmosphere and setting
Good of use of practical effects and tracking shots in some tense scenes
One of the biggest Chekhov's gun I can recall seeing

Cons:
It didn't seem to know whether if it wanted to be strictly scientific or be otherworldly, such as if the deer god they're seeing is a hallucination brought on by the ancient bacteria or if it's a malevolent supernatural entity
There is a line about one character's tumor cells resembling the cells of a cephalopod (possible Cthulhu Mythos reference) that does not play into the rest of the movie
The ending, though dark, is a bit rushed and ends abruptly as if the writer/director could not come with a more creative way to end it
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aTdzjKlYMQQ
A group of friends arrive at a remote resort only to find it completely empty despite evidence that guests have been there. They then begin to disappear one by one.

Pros:
The characters disappearing was simple yet effective as seen in the trailer, it very much reminded me of the classic Twilight Zone episode "And When the Sky Was Opened"
Steller performance from Zack Ward

Cons:
Not much is hinted at what is causing the disappearances, the writer/director wanting it to be that way
The characters are pretty forgettable except Zack Ward's, which is likely due to him being friends with the writer/director and the role being specifically written for him
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I fucking love Zack ward. Is it worth watching for him alone?
 
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If nothing else it's interesting to have child death, dog death, and castration in the same movie. Usually you might get one at most, maybe two, but Blood Beach pulls off a hat trick. There's an extended edition that adds a little bit of gore and more monster footage.
 
Calandrino said:
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If nothing else it's interesting to have child death, dog death, and castration in the same movie. Usually you might get one at most, maybe two, but Blood Beach pulls off a hat trick. There's an extended edition that adds a little bit of gore and more monster footage.
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The poster is the best thing about it. Legendary distributor Jerry Gross (the guy who distributed I Drink Your Blood, Africa: Blood and Guts, I Spit on Your Grave and Fulci's Zombie) sank all of his money into this only for it to bomb. Jerry retreated from film distribution afterwards and died in a boarding house.
 
BrunoMattei said:
The poster is the best thing about it. Legendary distributor Jerry Gross (the guy who distributed I Drink Your Blood, Africa: Blood and Guts, I Spit on Your Grave and Fulci's Zombie) sank all of his money into this only for it to bomb. Jerry retreated from film distribution afterwards and died in a boarding house.
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Marianna Hill from Godfather 2, Burt Young from Rocky, John Saxon from everything. And a decent premise. They could've had something there, maybe.

Anyway, rare screengrab of David Carradine jerking off (REAL):

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Calandrino said:
Anyway, rare screengrab of David Carradine jerking off (REAL):

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I knew to keep my expectations low, yet Evil Toons still disappointed. At least Dick Miller was in it (watching himself in A Bucket of Blood).

Chin of Campbell said:
The first movie literally had like 20 seconds of interesting footage, when the older, bigger robot kicked Mthreegan's shit in. The rest was boring, trite shit.
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I liked the beginning of the movie. It might've been been pretty good without the killer robot that is the entire selling point of the movie. What can ya do.
 
Watching the Final Destination series in anticipation for the new movie coming out.

Saw the first one so far and not going to lie, that bus scene was amazing that I kept replaying it over and over. The plane scene was also really great alongside when that guy went super berserk trying to act like he can defy death.

Those were definitely the most memorable parts besides Tony Todd's appearance.

I heard the sequels get pretty silly which I hope makes them fun.
 
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