Based on a short story written by the famous H.P. Lovecraft. Color Out of Space follows the Gardner family. The family live on an isolated farm living a quiet life since leaving the noisy city lifestyle.



Soon a large meteorite lands right in front of their home. At 1st the meteorite seems exciting and somewhat odd, but little do they know, this meteorite is something to be concerned about. Soon the family begin to suffer life-changing and horrific consequences. Surrounding the home shows unusual activity. Such colour shining bright in the sky, bright, colourful plants begins to appear, and the list goes on.



I must advise fans before continuing that I am personally not familiar with H.P Lovecraft novel/stories nor have I ever read the books. Going into this film, I was blind without any understanding of what I was getting myself into.



Color Out of Space is a horror movie, but it is also so much more than that. The film is filled with uncomfortable moments and added horrific elements along the way. As a film, I found it to be genuinely unsettling as we witness an innocent family beginning to fall into complete madness and horror.



The visuals of this film are incredible to the point I would state some shots are truly a work of art when it comes to filmmaking. The film audio track is also brilliant as we hear an 80’s type synth track during the unusual activity surround the family. Performance was also solid. I am particularly surprised to see the actor Nicolas Cage provide an applaud worthy performance and it feels like this is a performance fans have been missing for some time now. The actor seems hugely passionate about this film. Another exciting face is the man behind the camera. The director of this film is Richard Stanley who hasn’t directed a movie since he was fired while working on “The Island of Dr Moreau” (1996).



Overall, Colour Out of Space has left me speechless. Because I enjoyed many elements in the film, it’s an unsettling horror film with artwork filming style and a stand out soundtrack.
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