"The Thrilling Prequel", the horror is a bit boring

Lauriane 2022-03-24 09:01:42

It's not the kind of movie you'll remember once you've seen it. But it makes me feel a kind of horror for horror's sake.



"Everyone around you may be a monster." But the people after the mutation seem to have no thoughts, and only know how to eat people.

If the monster can really replicate human wisdom, then he shouldn't be so stupid to expose himself. If the monster can't, then it's too good.

There are also those inorganic objects, even if they have turned into strange shapes, it does not mean that they cannot wear earrings.

Of course, it would be interesting if the male protagonist was innocently burned to death at the end of the film. But when he died, it was the sound of a monster, which was incredible.



Maybe I'm being too harsh, it's just a thriller, and I have to admit that I was spooked a few times by some of the sudden shots. But in essence, I really hate this kind of film that stimulates the viewer's heart through sound effects and screen transitions. In contrast, the pure horror and suspense are more attractive to me.



In fact, the theme of strange shapes can be played. Guess who is the strange shape and then confirm it one by one at the end, instead of exposing them all at once, leaving two. In this sense, the story can be arranged in two parts.



As for its sequel, the connection is actually handled pretty well, but I don't know where the heroine went...

In fact, arranging her suicide is also a good ending, well I'm evil again.

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Extended Reading
  • Anibal 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    It is better to say that it is a prequel, or a prequel + a remake. Everything else is fine, but in the Antarctic for a while during the day and then at night, I was entangled in the whole film

  • Miles 2022-04-21 09:01:54

    Thirty years after the remake of the original classic, the film industry has developed to this day, and the level of special effects can be said to be superb, but horror movies seem to be a bit of a dead end. Sophisticated technical processing can temporarily increase the visual excitement, but it lacks too much of the fascinating plot tension of old-fashioned films.

The Thing quotes

  • Sam Carter: And the last place you want to be is cooped up with a dozen of Norwegian guys.

  • Colin: You think they're gonna pay a bonus for bringing home an alien instead of core samples?